Montclair State University Athletics

Montclair, NJ. – The Montclair State University men's lacrosse team (9-2) honored its 12 seniors for Senior day before securing a 15-9 win against Maritime (2-6) on Saturday.   

How It Happened

• Martime won the opening face, but CARTER FINNEN created a turnover that eventually set up JONATHAN SLUSSER with the first goal of the game just over a minute into the game. BRIAN KELLY followed up with a goal at the 11:13 timestamp to push Montclair out in front, 2-0. The Privateers rallied back with goals at 10:33 and 5:31 to tie the game. MAX MOROSOFF connected with RYAN VIERBUCHEN to regain the lead, but Maritime answered before the period end and the game went 3-3 into the second quarter.
• Montclair had a difference-making second quarter. NICHOLI HALSE made a big save to open the frame and spearheaded a transition goal from Kelly at the 13:15. Following a face-off win by JACOB HOLICKI, the Red Hawks had a man-up opportunity, where Slusser buried another goal off an assist from Kelly. Maritime won the ensuing face-off, but CORBIN QUINTERO forced a turnover to regain possession for Montclair. The next possession, KAI DONAHUE assisted Morosoff for another goal at 11:38, and the Red Hawks jumped out to a 6-3 lead. At 6:31, Martime set up a clear attempt, but a pass was intercepted by SEAN STEPHENSON, who dished the ball to Kelly for another goal. Montclair was able to keep Maritime off the board the entire quarter, and Halse made four stops down the stretch in the quarter to help provide a 7-3 edge heading into halftime.
• The Red Hawks came out of the halftime intermission hot, scoring three goals in the first two minutes of the third. The opening possession saw JACKSON SIMONS fit a cross formation pass through to KAI DONAHUE, who fired in a goal. That possession was followed by Vierbuchen assisting Slusser for his third goal of the game. A slashing penalty on Maritime gave Montclair another man-up opportunity that they converted with Vierbuchen finding Slusser for a commanding 10-3 lead. The Privateers tried to rally with a pair of goals between 11:33 and 10:36, but Kelly halted the run with a goal at 8:04. Martime sank to goals with under three minutes in the period, and the game posted a score of 11-7 Red Hawks after three quarters of play.
• A few shots from Simons went wide in the early portion of the fourth. Montclair's ride held firm on a Maritime clear attempt to help them keep possession for Kelly to bury another shot into the back of the net for a 12-7 lead. The Privateers answered with another goal at 8:24, but were plagued again with a penalty that Montclair capitalized on with Slusser converting his third man-up goal of the game. That goal was followed up by one from Vierbuchen off a pass from JACK HICKAM, and Montclair held a 14-8 lead with 4:59 remaining. Each team found one more goal down the stretch. The Privateers scored at 3:24, and RYAN BROWN put the stamp on the game with a goal with 44 seconds remaining off a pass from Morosoff to secure the 15-9 win.

Inside the Numbers

• Before the game, Montclair honored 12 seniors for their contributions to the program on and off the field. Those seniors were JONATHAN SLUSSER, RYAN KENNEY, LOGAN LAMARCA, JACK HICKAM, PATRICK BOURKE, RYAN VIERBUCHEN, MAX MOROSOFF, TERRY TERZAKIS, RYAN BROWN, RYAN HARPER, and CORBIN QUINTERO. Nine of the 15 goals came off the sticks of seniors honored today.
• Slusser and Kelly contributed to two-thirds of the goals today, each finishing with five.
• Halse finished with 14 saves in his win in net. It was one off from his season best 15 he had at Scranton on March 3.
• Finnen picked up a career-best nine groundballs that led the team today.

From the Field

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Up Next

• Montclair remains home and will welcome Marywood on Wednesday, April 1, for a 6:00 p.m. showdown.