Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse will host reigning national champion Maryland and Syracuse in a trio of exhibition games this October, Stony Brook Athletics announced on Friday.
However, this game was different from the rest, as Stony Brook took the lead early and did not look back, recording their sixth consecutive win against Hartford.
After facing a 4-0 deficit at the end of the first quarter of game play, Stony Brook scored 14 unanswered goals in a win over St. John’s in Queens on Sunday afternoon.
At the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse Senior Day, the senior duo of attackmen Matt Schultz and Brody Eastwood combined for eight goals as the Seawolves downed the Hawks 16-8.
The game had it all — behind-the-back goals, controversial calls and overtime — but in the waning seconds of the extra period, the Red Foxes upset the eighth-ranked Seawolves.
Corpolongo’s go-ahead goal kick-started a 9-1 first half run for No. 12 Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse, culminating in a 16-6 rout of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks Tuesday night.
It took four seconds for midfielder Jay Lindsay to win the opening face-off and dish left to fellow midfielder Ryan Bitzer, who buried Stony Brook’s first goal of the season.
Albany will likely be the toughest barricade for the Seawolves to knock over if they are to win the America East Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Mike Rooney increased his points total to 77 on the season, which ties the Stony Brook Division I record, in a 12-11 loss to Lehigh on Sunday afternoon.
