Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State University men's lacrosse team fell to Maritime College 14-9 Wednesday evening at Sprague Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Red Hawks (2-2) battled the Privateers to a scoreless opening eight and a half minutes before Maritime broke the deadlock at the 6:22 mark. They doubled their advantage a few minutes later.
- RYAN VIERBUCHEN tallied the first marker for Montclair with just over 90 seconds remaining in the first on a feed from WILLIAM BURDGE. Maritime scored with less than a minute to reclaim a two-goal advantage.
- Montclair opened the second stanza strong, as ETHAN MOUNIER found JACK CLEARY for a man-advantage goal 19 seconds into the frame. Cleary scored again at the 11:40 mark to level the contest.
- Maritime scored the next eight goals spanning the remainder of the second quarter and into the third. The Red Hawks ended the run with a CODY COOPER unassisted goal with 6:47 on the clock.
- The Cooper goal started a 6-1 run for Montclair, as JOHN CRANK tallied two markers over a span of just under 90 seconds. After Maritime scored the last goal of the third quarter, Burdge opened the fourth with a marker down a man.
- Cleary scored on a feed from Vierbuchen, and DAREN MAYER capped off the run 35 seconds later to make the score 12-9 with 9:52 on the clock. The Privateers scored the final two goals of the contest to seal the victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Cleary led the Red Hawks with three goals, marking his second hat trick of the campaign. He and Vierbuchen have scored in every contest for Montclair this season.
- Vierbuchen and Mounier each collected two assists to lead the Red Hawks.
- Burdge has recorded a goal in three consecutive contests.
- BRANDON SHEVINS tallied 15 saves in net, marking his second straight contest recording 15 or more stops.
FROM THE FIELD
"We did not play a complete game and it was very disappointing. We kept making some mental mistakes which ended up giving Maritime more possessions. I give our guys credit for digging in and going on a nice run in the 4th quarter but unfortunately we dug too deep of a hole with our errors early on." - Head Coach Matt Poskay
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks will travel to face DeSales University on Saturday, March 16. Faceoff from Center Valley, PA is scheduled for 4:00 PM.