STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The No. 14 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team has advanced to its second consecutive CAA Championship game after it downed the No. 4 seed Elon, 17-4, on Thursday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. With the win, the Seawolves extended their season-long winning streak to 11 games in a row and advanced to their 11
th conference championship game in the last 13 years.
The Seawolves were paced by a trio of scorers who recorded hat tricks. Graduate attack
Kailyn Hart led all scorers with a career-high tying seven goals and a career-high eight points. Senior midfielder
Ellie Masera also registered eight points as she finished the game with three goals and a career-high tying five assists. Graduate midfielder
Charlotte Verhulst added a hat trick of her own as the trio totaled 13 of the Seawolves' 17 goals.
With the eight points, Masera eclipsed 300 points in her career and 100 points this season. She is just the fifth player in program history to record over 300 points in their career and the sixth player to register 100 points or more in a single-season.
Stony Brook's defense dominated as it shutout Elon in the second half and limited them to just 15 shots in the game and four goals. The four goals were tied for the second fewest allowed in a game by the Seawolves (also allowed four goals against Delaware on April 6).
Junior defender
Avery Hines was a force on defense as she tied a career-high with six caused turnovers. Her six caused turnovers upped her season total to 55, which tied Brooke Gubitosi (2017) for the program single-season record in caused turnovers.
The Seawolves never trailed in the contest as they took an 8-4 lead into the halftime break. Stony Brook went on to outscore Elon, 9-0, in the second half and was fueled by Hart who scored six of her seven goals over the final 30 minutes.
STATS AND NOTES
- Stony Brook's 16 wins this season are currently tied for the most in the nation at the conclusion of today's game.
- The Seawolves move to 18-0 in conference and conference tournament games as a member of the CAA.
- The 11-game winning streak is the longest such streak since winning 14 games in a row during the 2022 season. Stony Brook has out-scored its opponents 183-77 over the streak.
- Head coach Joe Spallina is now 20-1 in conference tournament games as Stony Brook head coach and the Seawolves have won 19 consecutive conference tournament games under him.
- Hart's eight points (seven goals, one assist) set a new career-high and her seven goals tied a career-high. It was the second time this season that she scored seven goals in a game and her 13th hat trick of the season.
- Masera also tallied eight points with three goals and five assists. Her five assists tied a career-high and it marked the third time she tallied five assists in a game this season. The senior added nine draw controls, which marked the sixth time this season that she tallied nine or more draw controls in a game. Masera is the fourth 100-point scorer in a single-season in CAA history.
- Hines caused a career-high tying six turnovers for the second time this season. She has caused two or more turnovers in seven consecutive games.
- Verhulst netted three goals and picked up a pair of draw controls. For Verhulst, it was her ninth hat trick of the season.
- Graduate midfielder Erin MacQuarrie picked up a career-high five ground balls and caused a career-high tying two turnovers.
- Senior goalie Aaliyah Jones picked up the win and made three saves over three quarters of action. Graduate goalie Emily Manning made five saves in the fourth quarter.
- Graduate attack Alex Finn tallied three points with a goal and two assists. Finn has recorded multi-point games in 15 of 18 contests this season.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
NEXT UP
Stony Brook advanced to the 2024 CAA Championship game against No. 2 Drexel on Saturday, May 4, at 12:30 p.m., at LaValle Stadium. The Seawolves are a perfect 5-0 against the Dragons in the all-time series and defeated them, 18-11, in the lone regular season meeting on April 14, in Philadelphia. The game is set to air on
LacrosseTV and
tickets are on sale now.
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