Golden Eagles fend off Seahawks 13-9

SEAHAWK MEN'S LACROSSE RESULTS
St. Joseph's (L.I.) 13, Salve Regina 9
Newport, Rhode Island - Toppa Field
Sunday, March 4, 2018

Summary
Visiting Saint Joseph's College of Long Island scored the first two, and final three goals of the game, and never trailed on its way to a 13-9 victory over the Salve Regina University men's lacrosse team in non-conference action Sunday afternoon.

Series and Streaks
The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series 1-0.

Three Stars of the Game

1. St. Joseph's senior Casey Hickey (East Quogue, N.Y.) scored six times bookending the game with goals.
2. St. Joseph's sophomore Adam Sivon (Ridge, N.Y.) made 20 saves.
3. Salve Regina senior Andrew Fera (Cranston, R.I.) scored four times and handed out two assists to lead the Seahawks.

Key Stat of the Game
The Golden Eagles were incredibly efficient on offense. They scored 13 goals on 17 shots on net, 22 shots overall.

Turning Point
The Seahawks never led and faced deficits of 2-0 and 4-2, but came back to tie the game before halftime. The Golden Eagles scored the first four goals of the second half for their largest lead, 9-5 before a 3-0 run from the Seahawks, capped by an Andrew Fera man-up tally made it a one-score game again. The team's exchanged goals with 6:26 to play, but it was the closest the Seahawks would come the rest of the way. The Golden Eagles closed the game on a 3-0 scoring run over the final three minutes to salt the game away. Hickey, who opened the games scoring, tallied his sixth of the game with 35 seconds remaining to seal the win for the visitors. 

Quick Hits

• Matt D'Amore (Duxbury, Mass.) made four save in the loss to fall to 2-2 in between the pipes for Salve Regina.
• Declan Canevari (Lake Grove, N.Y.) won a game-high 15 faceoffs for the Golden Eagles while the Seahawks were paced by Jake Paparozzi (Allendale, N.J.) who won six.
• The Seahawks had a 52-22 shot advantage with a 29-17 edge in shots on goal.
• The Seahawks went 3-for-9 on the man-up while the Golden Eagles came up empty, going 0-for-2 with the advantage.

Next Up
Salve Regina (2-2) will host Mount Ida on March 6 at 5 p.m.
St. Joseph's (L.I.) (2-0) hosts Marywood University on March 6 at 7 p.m.