STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team (2-3) fell to Brown (3-1), 17-12, at LaValle Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Seawolves had four student-athletes record multi-goal games, with senior attack
Dylan Pallonetti leading the way with a hat trick in the defeats.
Brown jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before Stony Brook senior long stick midfielder
Christian Lowd found the back of the net for the first time this season. The Bears bounced right back by going on another 4-0 run to go out in front 8-1.
After falling behind by seven goals with 8:02 to play in the second quarter, Stony Brook went on a scoring run of its own. From the 6:22 mark in the second through the 3:22 mark in the third quarter, the Seawolves tallied eight of the nine goals scored and tied the game up at 9-9.
Over that scoring streak, Pallonetti registered a hat trick and senior attack
Blake Behlen scored a highlight reel behind the back goal with 12:23 to play in the third quarter.
The Bears closed out the third quarter by scoring a pair of goals and took an 11-9 lead into the fourth. Brown outscored Stony Brook 6-3 in the fourth quarter and secured the 17-12 win.
STATS AND NOTES
- Pallonetti led the Seawolves with five points as he recorded three goals and two assists. The senior extended his goal scoring streak to 33 consecutive games, which is the second-longest streak in the nation. Pallonetti has scored at least one goal in every game of his collegiate career. It was his fifth multi-goal game of the season and 27th of his career. He also picked up four ground balls.
- Behlen registered three points as he accounted for two goals and one assist. It was his third multi-goal game of the season and third in as many games.
- Senior attack Will Button also finished with three points (two goals and one assist). It was his second multi-goal game of the season, and the three points tied a career-high.
- Graduate attack Jonathan Huber added three points of his own with two goals and an assist. It was his third multi-goal game with Stony Brook and the 18th of his collegiate career.
- Lowd picked up a career-high tying six ground balls, caused two turnovers, and scored his first goal of the season and sixth of his career.
- Freshman FOGO Robbie Smith won six face-offs, picked up six ground balls, and scored his first career goal. Smith and Lowd both tied for a team-best with six ground balls in the game.
- Stony Brook limited Brown to just 2-of-12 on extra man opportunities.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm disappointed. To go down 5-1 at the start of the first quarter was tough. I thought we were prepared, we knew what they were doing, we got to make the plays in the moment. The consistency that we said we have been striving for – we are still looking for it. I am proud of the guys for coming out at halftime and tying it up at 9-9, but we beat ourselves. We had too many unforced plays, too many fouls, and I think those are the plays that hurt us. We got into an emotional rollercoaster there in the moment and we need to be disciplined to not beat ourselves," said head coach
Anthony Gilardi.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook is back on the field next Saturday, March 11, when they travel to Providence to take on the Friars at noon. It marks the first meeting between the teams since April 5, 2000, when the Seawolves picked up a 12-5 win. Stony Brook is 6-0 all-time against Providence and the teams first met on March 22, 1992.
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