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.
Jim Nagle’s team appeared down and out in a packed Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Wednesday night, with a 4,860-fan crowd reminiscent of a Seawolves football game in the fall.
The Stony Brook men’s lacrosse team had its 2014 season stolen from it with only a few seconds separating the team from an appearance in the America East Championship game.
The two-time defending NCAA Champion Duke squad will look to back up its win over the Seawolves last season, when the team defeated Stony Brook 14-6 in North Carolina.
“If Lyle Thompson doesn’t get the Tewaaraton, that’s crap,” Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse coach, Jim Nagle, said after a devastating 17-16 overtime loss against Albany in the America East semifinals.
All season long, Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse has underachieved. Whether coach Jim Nagle’s team is young, inexperienced, or shy in the big moment, they have failed to get over the hump in tight games.
In any sport, possession of the ball is important, and lack of it cost the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team in their 12-11 loss at home against Quinnipiac. In a game where the Seawolves had few problems putting the ball in the net when they executed, costly turnovers and mistakes gave the Bobcats opportunities to out-possess coach Jim Nagle’s team and win the game.
The Seawolves’ Men’s Lacrosse team came off a heartbreaking loss on Friday night, being denied at the buzzer. They would not let this happen Tuesday night, as they rattled off 10 of 11 goals and won 18-10 over Lafayette.
