Tuesday, March 29
Ulrich Sports Complex
7:00 pm
Lehigh University
5-4
6
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16
Stony Brook
7-2
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4
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Stony Brook
7
3
3
3
16
Lehigh
2
1
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6
Mountain Hawks drop midweek matchup against No. 12 Stony Brook
3/29/2016 10:09:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Tied at one midway through the first quarter, No. 12 Stony Brook scored nine of the next 10 goals to take a 10-2 lead, a deficit the Lehigh men's lacrosse team couldn't overcome as the Seawolves went on to a 16-6 win on Tuesday evening at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Matt Raposo led the Mountain Hawks' offense with two goals while freshman Craig Chick tallied six groundballs and three caused turnovers, also winning three faceoffs. With the loss, Lehigh falls to 5-4 while Stony Brook improves to 7-2.
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"I thought Stony Brook was impressive tonight," said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. "They played a great game. They jumped on us early and they were really impressive, especially on offense. They had a lot of possession and made the most of it. It was tough to overcome."
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Along with Raposo's two goals, senior Reid Weber, junior Ian Strain and freshmen Tristan Rai and Lucas Spence scored for the Mountain Hawks. Freshman Eddie Bouhall recorded four groundballs and one caused turnover while senior Tripp Telesco had three groundballs and a caused turnover.
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Weber evened the score at one at the 8:37 mark of the first quarter on a nifty unassisted goal. The Seawolves answered with the next three goals before Raposo's first goal of the evening pulled Lehigh within 4-2 with exactly three minutes remaining in the opening stanza.
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Stony Brook answered in a big way, scoring the next six goals to take a 10-2 lead at 2:21 of the second quarter. Lehigh responded with the next two goals, from Rai with 54 seconds left in the second and Raposo at 13:37 of the third to pull his squad within 10-4.
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From there, Stony Brook's Ryan Bitzer recorded a natural hat trick, scoring three straight goals, including the final two with the 30-second shot clock running. The Seawolves led, 13-4 after three quarter of play.
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Two early fourth-quarter goals, from Strain and Spence, pulled the Mountain Hawks within 13-6 with 13:27 left in the fourth quarter, but that's as close as they would get. Bitzer rounded out the game's scoring with two more mid fourth-quarter goals for the 16-6 final.
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Final shots were 42-22 in favor of Stony Brook while the Seawolves held a 37-31 edge in groundballs. The Mountain Hawks struggled in winning just 9-of-26 faceoffs; Chick led the way by winning 3-of-5. Freshman Chris Kiernan played the first three quarters in goal, making six saves, while sophomore Adam Sawicki entered in the fourth quarter and stopped five-of-eight sent his way.
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Lehigh now hits the road on Saturday to face No. 20 Boston University at 12:30 p.m. The Mountain Hawks return home the following Saturday (Apr. 9) to host Loyola at 2 p.m. in Goodman Stadium.
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"The first thing we do is we have to get healthy," said Cassese. "It seems like we have more injured guys than we have healthy. Our sports med staff is going to be working overtime in the next few days to see if we can get some of our players back on the field. It's something that we deal with in our sport and it's part of the game. We asked some younger guys to step up tonight and I think they got a lot of valuable experience. Hopefully, that serves us well down the road, but it was a tough challenge for them tonight. We tip our caps to Stony Brook. They played great."
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Photo by Alex Sangiuliano '16
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Team Stats
SBU
LEHIGH
Shots
42
22
Turnovers
13
11
Caused Turnovers
4
8
Faceoffs Won
17
9
Extra-Man Opps
2
0
Ground Balls
37
31
Game Leaders
Players
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2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
G
1
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
3
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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