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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse set a program record with 28 goals in a senior day victory over Hampton on April 26 at LaValle Stadium. Justin Bonacci led the way offensively with a career-high eight points (two goals, six assists) and Jamison MacLachlan made five saves to earn his seventh win of the season.

Five different goal scorers helped Stony Brook open a 6-0 lead less than nine minutes into play. The Seawolves added four more goals, including a pair of man-up tallies, taking a 10-1 lead into the second quarter.

Hampton and Stony Brook traded goals back and forth before an 8-0 Stony Brook run to close the first half. The Seawolves carried a 19-2 advantage into the intermission.

A quiet third quarter saw each side score twice. Stony Brook outscored Hampton 7-2 in the fourth quarter, scoring the final six goals of the contest, cruising to a 28-6 victory on senior day. 

“Proud of the guys for sending the seniors off the right way. That’s what we focused on all week. We were disappointed how the one-goal games ended, that put us in the position where we knew this was going to be our last time together as a team. We cherished it all week and the guys played hard and played disciplined, which was the focus. We made sure to send those four seniors off the right way,” said head coach Anthony Gilardi.

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Fueled by a dominant 8-0 run and strong second-half defense, Stony Brook men’s lacrosse defeated CAA foe Monmouth, 13-9, at LaValle Stadium on April 12. Collin Williamson and Justin Bonacci led the Seawolf attack, each recording a game-high six points.

Good goalie play and timely offense allowed the Hawks to take a 3-1 lead with 5:55 remaining in the first. The Seawolves scored two of the final three goals in the first quarter, bringing the score to 4-3 in favor of Monmouth heading into the second quarter.

Stony Brook opened the scoring in the second with a man-up goal from Williamson to even things up at 4-all. Each team traded a goal to make it 5-5 with 7:42 remaining in the first half.

Monmouth tacked on a pair of goals late in the second quarter to take a 7-5 lead into the locker room.

The Hawks carried their momentum into the third quarter, scoring the first two goals of the second half and giving themselves a 9-5 lead with 6:55 remaining in the third. The Seawolves answered back just nine seconds later after Robbie Smith won a face-off and raced downfield to bury Stony Brook’s first goal of the half.

From that point on, the Seawolves took full control of the game, scoring the final two goals of the quarter, including a buzzer-beater from Gary Correa that brought them within one goal heading into the final frame.

Stony Brook evened things up with 11:47 remaining in the fourth as Bonacci buried the game-tying goal. Just over four minutes later, the Seawolves took their first lead of the day on a goal from Williamson.

Now in the driver’s seat, Stony Brook tacked on three more fourth-quarter goals to bookend an 8-0 run that spanned more than 21 minutes of game action to secure victory over the Hawks.

The win gives Stony Brook a 2-1 lead in the all-time series.

Up next, the team will travel to Philadelphia for its next matchup against Drexel on April 19. The contest will begin at noon and will stream live on FloCollege.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse fell to Delaware, 17-9, on April 5 at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Del. Collin Williamson posted a team-high three points on three goals to lead the Seawolves.

Delaware scored the first six goals of Saturday’s contest, taking a 6-0 lead with 4:40 remaining in the first quarter.

Stony Brook got on the board with a pair of goals from Williamson and Kian McCoy, cutting into the Blue Hen lead. Delaware answered back with the final goal of the first, taking a 7-2 lead into the second quarter.

Delaware opened the second quarter with three consecutive goals, extending its advantage.

Caleb Yeung tallied the lone Seawolf goal of the second quarter as the Blue Hens took a 10-3 lead into the half.

Just like the previous two quarters, Delaware opened the scoring in the third. Each team then traded two goals apiece to close out the quarter.

Both sides notched four goals in the final quarter of play, as the Blue Hens secured the 17-9 win.

Up next, the team will return home to LaValle Stadium for its next matchup against Monmouth on April 12. The contest is slated to begin at noon and will stream live on FloCollege.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse outlasted No. 12 Fairfield, 17-16, on March 29 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.

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.

“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, the team 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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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.

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The Stony Brook men’s lacrosse team fell to Hofstra, 13-12, in double overtime in Hempstead on March 15. Several Seawolves contributed offensively, as five Stony Brook players paced the offense with two points apiece.

After the Pride tallied the game-opening goal, the Seawolves responded with a pair of goals from Richie Dechiaro and Collin Williamson to take a 2-1 lead with 8:45 remaining in the first quarter.

The Stony Brook advantage was short-lived, as Hofstra scored the game’s following three goals to take a 4-2 lead into the second.

The Seawolf attack rattled off two quick goals from Justin Bonacci and Dechiaro in the opening minutes of the second quarter to even things at four. The Pride answered with their lone goal of the second, giving them a 5-4 lead heading into the locker room.

Like the previous quarter, Stony Brook opened the third with two goals, this time from Ray O’Brien and Carson Boyle, evening things at six-all.

After a goal from Hofstra put the Pride back in front, Stony Brook scored four out of the next five goals as the game headed to the fourth with the Seawolves up 10-8.

The Pride scored two quick goals early in the fourth to even things at 10-10 with 11:17 remaining. Both teams then traded two goals each to send the game to overtime with a 12-12 scoreline.

Following a highly contested first overtime, Hofstra’s John Madsen buried the sudden-death winner with 1:59 to play in double overtime.

Up next, the team will stay on the road, traveling to Maryland to take on Towson on March 22 at noon.

 

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse fell to Binghamton, 12-10, on March 8 at LaValle Stadium. Jamison MacLachlan made a season-high 18 saves in the contest and Collin Williamsonpaced the offense with four points.

Binghamton scored the first four goals of the contest and led 5-1 after the first 15 minutes of action on Long Island.

The Seawolves scored a pair of man-up goals to begin the second quarter, cutting into Binghamton’s lead.

After the two sides traded goals, Liam Ferris scored at the 7:13 mark to make it a three-goal game. Stony Brook did not score over the final nine-plus minutes of the half, heading into the break trailing 7-4.

Stony Brook shortened the deficit to two goals, 9-7, late in the third quarter and opened the scoring in the fourth frame to make it a one-goal game.

Binghamton extended its lead back to three goals, 12-9, and held the Seawolves to just one goal over the final eight-plus minutes of action to close out the victory.

“We were not ready to play with the level of focus, urgency and energy. I have to do a better job of getting the message across that we have to earn every single thing in every game,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said. “We need to learn from this and get ready for a rivalry game to start CAA play next weekend.”

Up next, the team opens CAA play next Saturday, March 15 at Hofstra. The Seawolves and Pride are set for a 7 pm start in Hempstead with the contest streaming on LacrosseTV.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse defeated Manhattan, 12-7, on March 1 in Riverdale to pick up its second straight win. Freshman Brendan Marino scored four goals and Justin Bonacci tallied a career-high seven points (three goals, four assists) in the road victory over the Jaspers.

Stony Brook started fast on the strength of its freshmen class. Caleb Yeung broke the ice and Marino added a pair to put the Seawolves ahead 3-0. Bonacci assisted on all three of Stony Brook’s goals to begin the afternoon.

After a pair of tallies from Manhattan in response, Richie DeChiaro and Marino found the back of the net to push the lead back to three goals.

After completing a first-half hat trick, Marino netted a fourth goal, but it would be Stony Brook’s lone tally of the second quarter.

The Jaspers scored twice to make it a one-goal game heading into the half and found the equalizing goal to open the scoring in the second half.

With the score level at 6-all, Stony Brook’s defense locked Manhattan down. MacLachlan and his defensive unit shut out the Jaspers in the third and Stony Brook scored thrice in the frame to go ahead 9-6.

Bonacci added two goals to start the fourth, completing his own hat trick and capping a stretch of five straight Seawolf scores.

Manhattan managed just one goal in the second half and Stony Brook pulled away to close out the 12-7 road victory in the Bronx.

“Proud of the guys on earning a tough, gritty win on the road. I thought we played great team lacrosse. I’m excited to keep seeing these guys work hard and improve,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said postgame.

Up next, the team returns to Long Island to host Binghamton on March 8. The Seawolves and their former conference counterparts do battle at noon from LaValle Stadium, with the contest streaming live on FloCollege.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse scored nine second-half goals to erase a halftime deficit and take down Iona, 11-7, on Feb. 25 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.

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.

“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, the team returns to action on 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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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse fell in overtime, 7-6, to Sacred Heart on Feb. 22 at LaValle Stadium. The Seawolves erased a two-goal deficit and held the Pioneers scoreless for nearly the entire second half, but Sacred Heart struck late to force an extra period and found the sudden-death winner in overtime to upend Stony Brook.

Ray O’Brien opened the scoring in the opening minute of the contest off an assist from Caleb Yeung.

Michael Kloepfer added to the Seawolves’ lead with a goal in the fifth minute of play, but Sacred Heart responded with two tallies of its own to even the contest less than seven minutes in.

Collin Williamson found a rebound and scored to put Stony Brook back in front, but the Pioneers responded just 33 seconds later.

After a combined six goals in the opening nine minutes of play, there were just two more scores over the ensuing 21 minutes, both by Sacred Heart.

Trailing 5-3 out of the locker room, Stony Brook locked things down defensively. Offensively, goals from Kian McCoy and Carson Boyle in the third period evened the contest at 5-5.

Tanner Williams gave the Seawolves their third lead of the afternoon with a fourth-quarter goal.

The Pioneers could not get one past Jamison MacLachlan for nearly the entire second half, but Jake Ward finally managed to beat Stony Brook’s goalie with 29 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.

Sacred Heart won the opening face-off of the extra period but turned the ball over before getting a shot off. After a Stony Brook timeout, the Seawolves gave it away on a shot-clock violation.

After back-to-back empty possessions to start overtime, the Pioneers gained control of possession and Will Moulton ended it with the sudden-death winner with 1:43 to play in overtime.

“Frustrated with the game; I thought offensively we didn’t play well and didn’t shoot the ball well. I think that is something that as a young team playing five freshmen on offense, we know there are going to be ups and downs and peaks and valleys. We have to find a way to continue to grow and I think the struggle for us is that in game, being able to fix things that we as coaches are seeing, and everything is new,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said postgame.

“That’s the first time we’ve been in overtime, it’s the first time we’ve been up a goal in the final minute. All of these situations are so new and we’re trying to coach every aspect of it and it’s a challenge. I think the guys are playing hard and giving us the effort, so now we need to mentally eliminate the mistakes,” he said.

Up next, the team stays home, hosting Iona on February 25. The Seawolves and Gaels are set for a 4 pm start at LaValle Stadium, with the contest streaming live on FloCollege. It marks the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

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