There are 18 freshmen on this year’s Stony Brook men’s lacrosse team, making the class far and away the largest on the team.

Although the Seawolves outscored the Fighting Irish and fell to the Midshipmen, head coach Jim Nagle was able to test out his new toys as he works to finalize his lineup.

The America East Championships start Thursday night in Albany when the second-seeded Seawolves face the third-seeded Catamounts in a semi-final matchup beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Seawolves continue conference play on Sunday, April 24 when they head upstate to face the Binghamton Bearcats.

Everything was clicking for the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team, handily claiming Long Island bragging rights with a 13-5 home victory over No. 12 Hofstra on Tuesday night.

“We feel like we have our best group that we’ve had in years, certainly our deepest team,” head coach Jim Nagle said.