STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook men's lacrosse scored nine second-half goals to erase a halftime deficit and take down Iona, 11-7, on Tuesday evening at LaValle Stadium.
Collin Williamson netted the first hat trick of his collegiate career and
Jamison MacLachlan made 10 saves to power the Seawolves back into the win column.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Iona's offense broke the ice at the 8:22 mark of the first quarter before Caleb Yeung netted his fourth goal of his freshman campaign to even the ledger late in the opening period.
- After a slow start offensively for both sides, Iona gained control of the momentum and built a two-goal cushion. Back-to-back tallies were answered by Kian McCoy's third of the season, but Iona's leading scorer Cullen Lawry found twine to make it a two-goal game once again.
- Trailing 4-2 out of the half, Stony Brook's offense exploded. The Seawolves scored four straight goals to begin the half and turn their two-goal deficit into a two-goal advantage.
- The Gaels stopped the bleeding with a goal of their own, but a score by Williamson in the final minute made it 7-5 in favor of Stony Brook heading into the final stanza.
- The Seawolves added three more goals to start the fourth quarter, including a pair from Williamson to complete the hat trick and extend their advantage to five goals.
- Stony Brook's defense held Iona without a goal for 18-plus minutes between the third and fourth quarters, while the offense put the game to bed.
STATS AND NOTES
- Williamson's hat trick was the first of his collegiate career and his second multi-goal game of the season. Williamson totaled four points, a new career-best mark. His six goals and seven points this season are second-most on the team.
- McCoy matched Williamson with a game-high four points (one goal, three assists). The freshman's eight points this season are tied with Carson Boyle and classmate Tanner Williams for the team-high mark through five games.
- McCoy also drew the first start of his collegiate career today in place of Williams.
- MacLachlan made 10 saves, finishing with a .625 save percentage en route to his third win of the season.
- Tommy Wilk made his first appearance of the season in cage, stopping one of the two shots he faced.
- Freshman Brendan Marino netted a goal and added an assist, the first points of his collegiate career.
- Seven different Seawolves registered a point in the victory.
- Defensively, Stony Brook held a fifth straight opponent to a single-digit goal total. The Seawolves caused eight turnovers.
- The Seawolves finished with a edges in shots (40-29) and shots on goal (24-18) and won the face-off battle, 16-6.
- Robbie Smith accounted for 14 of Stony Brook's wins at X, a new personal best.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm proud of the way we came out in the second half. We are a young, inexperienced team and every opportunity to learn, grow and compete is huge for us," head coach Anthony Gilardi said postgame. "We keep saying as a staff, 'we've got to get better' and in the first half we didn't have the right mentality. That's what a young team does. They look at the scoreboard, instead of focusing on us. I thought we did a really good job in the second half. At halftime, the leaders rallied the troops and we just played Stony Brook lacrosse. That's what it's going to take for us to win games. We're a grimy, grind-it-out, blue-collar team and we've got to keep playing that way."
UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to action on Saturday, March 1 at Manhattan. The Seawolves and Jaspers are set for a noon start in Riverdale. The contest will stream live on the Jaspers Sports Network.
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