Stony Brook men’s lacrosse dropped a highly contested, back-and-forth matchup at Towson on March 22, 13-12, in overtime. Freshman Brendan Marino led the Seawolves offensively, notching a season-high five goals.
Stony Brook came out of the gate hot, opening the game with back-to-back goals from Marino. Towson promptly responded with three straight goals to take a 3-2 lead with 3:48 remaining in the first quarter.
The Tigers’ lead was short-lived. Less than a minute later, Marino scored a goal to secure a first-quarter hat trick and even things at 3-3 heading into the second.
Towson regained momentum early in the second, opening the quarter with a pair of goals to take a 5-3 lead.
The Seawolves answered, closing the second quarter on a 4-2 run. Goals in the final minutes from Kian McCoy and Marino evened things at 7-7 heading into the half.
Richie Dechiaro scored a goal for Stony Brook early in the third quarter to open the second half scoring and take back the the lead for the Seawolves. Following that, Collin Williamson and Robbie Smith each netted two goals, extending the Stony Brook lead to 10-7 with 8:21 left in the third.
Towson scored two out of the following three goals as the Seawolves took an 11-9 advantage in the fourth quarter.
The Tigers scored the first two goals of the fourth to tie the game at 11-11 with 6:55 remaining in regulation. The Seawolves answered back just 34 seconds later with a goal by Justin Bonacci, making it 12-11 in favor of Stony Brook with 6:21 remaining in the fourth.
With just under three minutes to play in regulation, Towson found the back of the net to even things at 12-12 and eventually force overtime.
In sudden death with 3:15 to play, Towson’s Josh Webber buried the game-winner to walk it off for the Tigers.
The team will return to LaValle Stadium next Saturday, March 29 for a matchup against No. 15 Fairfield at noon.