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.
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 tandem of senior attackmen Brody Eastwood and midfielder Challen Rogers has grown side by side to produce two of the most storied careers in Stony Brook lacrosse history.
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.
The team was unable to snap a six-game losing streak against its America East rivals, as No. 11 Albany steamrolled No. 13 Stony Brook in the final minutes of the game, winning 16-10 on Saturday afternoon.
“[It] was just a pure hustle goal by four or five guys,” head coach Jim Nagle said. “Bodies flying everywhere… those are the kind of plays that can spark a team.”
