March 16, 2010 QUEENS, N.Y. - The Red Storm lacrosse team concludes its four-game road swing as the team travels to Stony Brook, N.Y. to face the Stony Brook Seawolves of the America East conference on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. St. John’s (2-2, 0-1) comes into Tuesday’s contest after losing to Drexel, 11-4, in the team’s first non-conference loss of the season. No. 12/15 Stony Brook (3-1, 0-0) comes into the game after defeating No. 14/14 Delaware, 16-12, on Saturday. The Seawolves’ only loss of the season came at the hands of No. 1 Virginia. Fans can keep up with all of the live action by following the St. John’s lacrosse twitter feed at www.twitter.com/STJ_Lacrosse. Live stats and streaming live video will be available on www.GoSeawolves.org. The Series St. John’s leads the all-time series, winning the only official game between the two schools back in 1986, 22-4. Last Time Out Last Saturday, the Red Storm fell to Drexel on the road, 11-4. Sophomore Charlie Holenstein posted a career-high two points, scoring one goal and one assist in the first half. Senior Garrett Mitchell became the only player on the team to score a goal in every game this season after he found the net in the first half. After falling behind 4-0, the Red Storm were able to climb back into the game and tie the score at 4 by the middle of the second quarter. Drexel scored a goal at the end of the first half and another in the third period to make the score 6-4 after three. As the rain and wind made conditions more severe in the final frame, Drexel was able to add five goals and make the final margin 11-4. NCAA Leaders The Red Storm defense has been stout throughout the team’s first four games. The team has given up an average of 8.75 goals per game, ranking 17th among all D-I NCAA teams. Senior goalkeeper Gavin Buckley ranks in the Top 20 in the country in a couple of categories. He has averaged 8.75 goals allowed per sixty minutes and is ranked 19th in the country. Buckley also ranks 20th with a save percentage of .545.
Freshman Dillon Ayers and junior Dan Cremens rank in the Top 50 in two defensive categories. Ayers is 34th in the country with an average of 1.5 caused turnovers per game, while Cremens ranks 41st in ground balls per game (4.0). Scouting the No. 12/15 Stony Brook Seawolves Stony Brook enters the game coming off a 16-12 victory over No. 14/14 Delaware on Saturday. Junior Jordan McBride earned America East Player of the Week honors after scoring seven goals, including four in the second quarter, in the team’s win over Delaware. McBride leads the team with 21 goals and four assists on the season. Stony Brook was tabbed as a preseason Co-Favorite to win the America East conference along with UMBC. The Seawolves return nine starters from a team that finished tied for first in the conference in 2009. The Seawolves only loss this season came at the hands of Virginia, currently the consensus top No. 1 team in the country. |
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