by Nicholas McEntyre
(Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletics)
Hectic week on the Island. Stony Brook and LIU programs went 6-0 on the week. Hofstra Women fall, again, to a ranked opponent and Wagner College men loses twice to Long Island teams. Here is the recap.
Hofstra-Stony Brook
The 10th battle of Long Island commenced on Thursday between the women’s lacrosse teams of Hofstra and Stony Brook. In the 10th renewal between the programs, Stony Brook tied up the all-time series to five games apiece with a 12-8 victory over the Pride. It was a defense-controlled game with Ally Kennedy and Alyssa Parrella, both on the Tewaaraton Award watch list were limited to two goals apiece. It was all Stony Brook in the first 23 minutes of the game, with the Seawolves going up 7-1. Hofstra bounced back and scored three to finish the half down 7-3. Stony Brook came back from halftime looking sluggish and unable to control their possessions, but Hofstra’s offense did not take advantage of the Seawolves play and only got one goal in the first fifteen minutes. The middle of the second half so defense one would expect out of these two teams, with Hofstra forcing a shot-clock violation on Stony Brook and the Seawolves not allowing the Pride to get to the net. The Seawolves were able to get put a nail in Hofstra’s coffin with three goals in the last ten minutes and held off a late surge to win the game. Jess Smith made 10 stops in the loss with Kameron Halsall getting the ‘W’ with 12 saves. The number 6 seeded Seawolves moved to 7-2 on the season, while the Pride fell to 3-3 earning their second consecutive lost to a number six seed, losing to Boston College last weekend. The Pride will next host Drexel on Saturday, April 3 at 4 p.m.
Stony Brook
The Seawolves had another game this week, this time against America East opponent Hartford, and there was little to worry about this time around for the Seawolves who defeated the Hawks 19-1. This was the third time the two teams have met, with the Seawolves winning the first two meetings 21-3 and 21-4. Ten Seawolves had at least one goal with four earning hattricks. Ally Kennedy led the team with four goals, while Kira Accettella and Ellie Masera both earned their first collegiate hattricks. Hayley Hunt earned the win facing only six shots on goal compared to 32 Hartford faced. Stony Brook had a 13-0 lead heading into half, with the lone Hartford goal coming halfway into the second half. Stony Brook (8-2, 4-0 in America East play) travels to Vermont for a 11 a.m. matchup on April 3. Hartford is now 0-4 on the season having only played conference opponents and will host UAlbany next weekend.
The Stony Brook men’s team faced off against SUNY rival UAlbany and defeated the Great Danes 16-10 behind Patrick Kaschalk’s hattrick. It was Kaschalk’s first start of the season and he didn’t disappoint. Tehoka Nanticoke, coming off a one-game suspension, and Logan Tucker both scored four for UAlbany, who falls to 4-2 on the season and 2-2 in the conference. Anthony Palma made 12 saves in the win with Liam Donnelly, giving up six goals with one save in only 10 minutes of play earned the loss. Will Ramos replaced Donnelly and couldn’t hold off the Seawolves. Stony Brook (5-3, 3-1) will travel up to Hartford for a 1 p.m. next Saturday, while UAlbany hosts UMass Lowell on Saturday for a 3 p.m. game.
Hofstra
The Hofstra Pride men opened conference play against Fairfield, winning 15-7 behind Ryan Tierney’s six-point game with five goals. Bobby Casey started his first game of the season and made 11 saves in route to the win, while his counterpart Colin Consoli made 18 saves in the loss. Hofstra moves to 4-1 on the season and will face UMass this Tuesday for a 1 p.m. first draw. Fairfield is now 2-4 and will travel down to face Delaware for the second time this season for a Friday, April 2 noon matchup.
LIU
The LIU men secured their second win of the season against Wagner College with a 18-13 win on Staten Island. Jake Gillis led the Sharks with six goals while three Wagner players earned themselves Hattricks. Eight different Sharks found the net with Blake Behlen making five assists. Will Mark made 13 saves in the win, and Danny Brady made 18 for Wagner, who falls to 0-6 on the season and will next play St. Joseph’s on Saturday. LIU (5-1, 4-0) will play Merrimack for a 1 p.m. matchup in North Andover.
The LIU women played two this past week, winning both games. 11-7 against St. Francis University and 13-7 against Central Connecticut State University, the second matchup against the Blue Devils, winning the regular season series 2-0. Whitney Moran and Jamie Alvino both had hattricks against St. Francis, with Hailey Duchnowski making five saves in the win. Against CCSU, Sara Stephens earned five goals with Francesca Vasile-Cozzo making five assists. Duchnowski made seven saves. LIU (6-1, 4-1) hosts Bryant University on Saturday for a noontime matchup.
