HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team defeated Hofstra, 11-10, on Saturday evening at James M. Shuart Stadium to secure the programs first-ever berth into the CAA Tournament.
Graduate midfielder
Matt Anderson led the offensive effort for the Seawolves, tallying a career-high tying four goals. Graduate attacker
Jonathan Huber and senior attacker
Dylan Pallonetti each recorded a pair of goals while
Will Button,
Noah Armitage, and
Robbie Smith all added a goal.
Stony Brook struck first within the first three minutes of the contest courtesy of Anderson who found the back of the cage off an assist from Button. However, the Pride did not stay silent for long as they responded with a goal of their own with 9:32 remaining in the first quarter.
Pallonetti answered back for the squad, recording his 46
th goal of the season with 5:33 left to play in the first quarter. Less than 10 seconds later, Hofstra's Chase Patterson slid a shot past sophomore goalie
Jamison MacLachlan to tie the contest at 2-2 before heading into the quarter break.
The Pride came out of the break hot, taking a 3-2 lead within the first minute of the second quarter. This time it was Huber who tied the game at 3-3 for the Seawolves off an assist from senior attacker
Blake Behlen. Stony Brook and Hofstra would continue to exchange blows for the remainder of the quarter to, once again, enter the break tied, this time at 4-4.
Coming out of halftime, it was the Seawolves on top, 5-4, as Anderson converted an assist from Behlen within the first 20 seconds of the third quarter. The squad added five more goals to take control of a 10-5 lead, their largest margin of the contest.
The Pride fought back, adding six goals of their own. However, it would not be enough as Anderson sealed the victory for Stony Brook, registering the squad's 11
th goal of the night with 12:50 remaining in the contest to secure the 11-10 win and the program's first-ever berth into the CAA Tournament.
STATS AND NOTES
- Anderson tallied a career-high tying four goals and added an assist for a career-high tying five points. It marked his sixth hat trick of 2023 and 13th of his career.
- Pallonetti finished the game with two goals to extend his goal scoring streak to 42 games, which continues to be the longest such streak in the nation. He finished the regular season with 47 goals, the seventh-most in a single-season in program history.
- Huber recorded a pair of goals, an assist, and picked up two ground balls in the contest. He finished the regular season with 28 goals, recording at least one goal in 12 of the 14 games.
- Behlen registered a game high four assists on the night. It was the 12th time this season that he recorded a multi-point game and sixth time he finished a game with multiple assists.
- Senior long stick midfielder Christian Lowd recorded a team-high eight ground balls and three caused turnovers. He finished the regular season with 58 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers, leading the team in both categories.
- Michael Sabella and Riley Hegarty both added three ground balls in the Seawolves' defensive effort. The three ground balls mark a career high for Hegarty.
- Armitage, Button, and Smith all recorded a goal in the contest.
- MacLachlan stood tall in the cage, registering 11 saves to mark his eighth double-digit save performance on the season. He finished the regular season with 166 saves and 11.86 saves per game, leading the CAA in both categories.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves head to Newark, Del. to compete in the CAA Tournament. The squad enters as the No. 3 seed and will play No. 2 seeded Drexel in the semifinals on Thursday, May 4
th at 8:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on LacrosseTV.
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