STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University men's lacrosse team was topped by Vermont, 19-10, in the 2022 season finale on Saturday afternoon at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The Seawolves conclude the season with a 9-5, 4-2 America East record and were winners in four out of their last five games of the year.
Stony Brook celebrated its senior class prior to the game with its annual senior day ceremony. The Seawolves recognized
Allessio Giovannetti,
Kevin Mack,
Mike McMahon,
Austin Deskewicz,
Wayne White,
Matt DeMeo,
Mike Fiorentino,
Liam Kalbacher,
Anthony Palma,
Jacob Williams,
Chris Merle, and
Mike McCannell for their hard work, dedication, and contributions to the men's lacrosse program.
The Seawolves jumped out to a 6-2 lead after the first quarter of play as they opened the game on a 4-0 scoring run. Stony Brook received goals from four different goal scorers over the first six minutes of the game. Vermont used a 3-1 second quarter to cut the Seawolves' lead to 6-5 at the halftime break.
Stony Brook was outscored by the Catamounts, 10-2, in the third quarter as they began to pull away in the frame. The Seawolves received a pair of goals in the third from senior midfield
Matt Anderson and graduate midfield
Matt DeMeo – both goals cut the deficit to two, but the Catamounts responded each time.
Vermont closed out the game by outscoring Stony Brook, 4-1, in the fourth quarter to seal the win. The Seawolves' offense was paced by eight different goal scorers as Mack and sophomore attack
Noah Armitage tallied multi-goal performances.
STATS AND NOTES
- Mack finished the game with four points as he totaled two goals and two assists. It was his 11th multi-point game of the season and eighth multi-goal game. Mack finished the season with a team-high 53 points (27 goals, 26 assists).
- Armitage rattled the cage twice as he upped his goals total to 25 on the season. It was his second consecutive multi-goal game and eighth of the season.
- Sophomore attack Dylan Pallonetti scored one goal in the game and extended his goal-scoring streak to 28 games in a row. He has scored in every game of his collegiate career and finished this season with 34 goals. The sophomore also picked up a career-high six ground balls.
- Junior long stick midfielder Christian Lowd scored his fourth goal of the season and picked up a pair of ground balls.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I am really proud of the guys, their effort, and their focus to stick together the entire season when we found out about the America East's decision earlier in the year. The second half of this game got away from us. I think it comes down to mental mistakes, fouling guys with one second left on the shot clock, and the face-off game. It was a disappointing way to end the season," said head coach
Anthony Gilardi.
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