Scranton, PA – The Montclair State University men's lacrosse team was edged by the University of Scranton 12-9 Wednesday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Hawks (2-1) conceded the first goal of the game two minutes in but responded two seconds later, as LUCAS NOVACK won the resulting faceoff with WILL GINCH picking up the ground ball and finding the back of the net.
• After Scranton reclaimed the advantage, Montclair responded with two straight goals. ETHAN MOUNIER tied the contest with 3:19 remaining in the opening quarter, and RYAN VIERBUCHEN scored a man-up with 70 seconds on the clock. The Royals leveled seven seconds later off the faceoff to make the score even after 15 minutes,
• Scranton continued its run into the second stanza, as they scored twice early to build the first multi-goal advantage of the game for either side. The Red Hawks scored two of the next three, with the second being a marker from Vierbuchen on a feed from WILLIAM BURDGE to make the margin one.
• The Royals scored the final goal of the first half with 3:29 on the clock and came out of the halftime break with four straight over a four and half minute span to build an advantage of six.
• Burdge ended the run at the 8:09 mark with his second goal of the season, but Scranton found the back of the net again to make the score 12-6 going into the final quarter of play.
• Montclair used a strong defensive performance to climb back into the contest in the fourth. The Red Hawks used two goals within the first four minutes to get within four markers, and Mounier scored with 3:16 left to make the deficit three.
• Scranton withstood the late push from Montclair, forcing three turnovers in the final minutes of the contest to seal the victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• BRANDON SHEVINS tallied 20 saves in the contest, surpassing his previous career-high of six. The mark also ranks tied for the fifth-most in a single game in program history
• The senior goalkeeper became the first Red Hawk to tally 20 or more saves in net since DAVID METZGER on April 19, 2023.
• Shevins became the fourth goalkeeper over the last 10 seasons for the Red Hawks to record 20 or more saves, joining Metzger, Matthew McLaren, and Michael Dorn.
• Vierbuchen, Mounier, and JACKSON SIMONS finished with two goals each.

FROM THE FIELD

"Unfortunately we didn't play a complete game today. We played in spurts and against a team like Scranton they will capitalize if you make too many mistakes. I'll give our guys credit for playing better defense towards the end of the third and the whole fourth quarter but didn't make enough positive plays throughout the game to win tonight." - Head Coach Matt Poskay

UP NEXT

The Red Hawks will host Maritime College on Wednesday, March 13. Faceoff from Sprague Field is scheduled for 5:00 PM.