STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook men's lacrosse outlasted No. 12 Fairfield, 17-16, on Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium, handing the NCAA's last remaining unbeaten team its first loss of the season.
Kian McCoy paced the offense with a career-high six points (three goals, three assists) while
Jamison MacLachlan made a season-best 20 saves in cage.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The high-scoring contest featured a 10-goal first half, seeing Stony Brook take an early 5-1 lead.
- The Seawolves led 6-4 after the opening 15 minutes of action. Six different Seawolves scored a goal in the frame.
- Fairfield trailed by four goals early on but scored three of the final four goals of the quarter to trim the deficit to two goals.
- A five-goal scoring run that spanned the final three-plus minutes of the first quarter and the first six minutes of the second stanza gave Fairfield its first lead of the afternoon, 7-6.
- Brendan Marino snapped Stony Brook's nearly 15-minute scoring drought with his second of the afternoon to even the score at 7-7. McCoy followed with his second of the contest to put the Seawolves back in front.
- The Stags tallied a pair of goals to back ahead by one before Richie DeChiaro scored in the final minute to even the contest at 9-all heading into the intermission.
- The lead continued changing hands in the second half. McCoy completed his hat trick to break the ice in the second half and put Stony Brook in front 10-9.
- Fairfield notched back-to-back goals to make it 11-10 in favor of the nationally-ranked visitors.
- The two sides entered the fourth quarter all even at 13 after Tanner Williams found the back of the net to complete the scoring in the third quarter.
- Carson Boyle netted a man-up goal and Collin Williamson padded the Seawolves lead to two goals with one of his own early in the fourth.
- Fairfield responded with two more tallies to tie it again, 15-15. MacLachlan held strong in net, stopping a pair of Fairfield shots and keeping it even as the contest entered the final five minutes.
- MacLachlan caused a turnover with less than three minutes to play, intercepting a pass to the X. Stony Brook gained possession, cleared and called timeout to set the offense.
- Ray O'Brien scored the go-ahead goal, unassisted, sneaking a shot inside, with help from the post, with 2:17 to play.
- Robbie Smith won the ensuing face-off, leading to a Caleb Yeung unassisted goal to push the lead to two goals with 1:06 to play.
- Smith won the next face-off as well, but Fairfield forced a turnover and scored with 20 seconds to play.
- After a Fairfield timeout, the Stags went early on the face-off, giving what proved to be the final possession of the contest to Stony Brook. The Seawolves ran the clock out on their second ranked win of the season, and first in league play.
STATS AND NOTES
- McCoy's six points, three goals and three assists were all season-best marks for the freshman. He has registered a point in eight straight games and in nine of his 10 appearances this year. The rookie has notched multiple points in six straight contests.
- MacLachlan made a season-high 20 saves to earn his fifth win of the season. Eight of Jamo's 20 saves came in the second half. MacLachlan also tallied an assist on a first quarter goal, his first of the season and the second of his career. Through 10 games, MacLachlan's .591 save percentage and 9.57 goals against per game average are career-best marks.
- Chris Esposito won 11-of-20 at the X, matching a season-best effort. His eight ground ball pickups matched a career high.
- Marino netted a second straight hat trick, totaling three goals in the victory. The freshman has scored multiple goals three times this season and has four multi-point performances in 2025.
- In total, 11 different Seawolves scored a goal and 12 different players finished with a point.
- Defensively, Riley Hegarty caused a pair of turnovers. Jack Crosby, Jack Delli-Pizzi, MacLachlan and Marino also caused a turnover.
- The win over a ranked opponent is Stony Brook's second of the season and the 15th in program history.
- Fairfield entered play on Saturday as the last remaining undefeated team in the NCAA.
- Stony Brook improved to 12-5 all-time against Fairfield and remain unbeaten at home against the Stags (9-0).
- The Seawolves improved to 2-3 this season in games decided by one goal. Saturday was Stony Brook's third straight contest decided by one goal.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm so proud of the guys, they played so hard. These last four weeks, we've practiced so hard and we're in these one-goal games. It comes down to play here or there, and we talked all week about finishing. We broke every huddle with 'finish' the entire week and every huddle in game today and our guys just made one more play and that was the key," head coach
Anthony Gilardi said postgame.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook hits the road to face Delaware on Saturday, April 5. The Seawolves and Blue Hens are set for a noon start in Newark with the contest streaming live on FloCollege.
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