Seawolves can clinch their first outright regular-season title win a win and a Vermont loss toStony Brook, N.Y. - Winners of four straight games and seven of nine, the #12/12 (IL/USILA) Stony Brook men's lacrosse team travels to face Albany on Saturday night. Face-off is scheduled for 7 pm. Fans can hear the game locally on WUSB 90.1 or GoSeawolves.org. Live Stats are also available at GoSeawolves.org.
The Seawolves have already clinched a spot in the America East Championships on May 5 and can clinch their second straight regular-season title with a win on Saturday. A win over the Great Danes and a loss by Vermont to UMBC will give SBU its first outright regular-season title in school history.
Last Time OutJunior Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia) scored a game-high seven goals, including the game-winner with 2:55 remaining as Stony Brook held off Binghamton, 17-16, in America East action. Sophomore Kyle Belton (Langley, British Columbia) tallied three goals for Stony Brook (8-3, 3-0). Junior Adam Rand (Niantic, Conn.) was outstanding, winning 28 of 36 face-offs as well as tying a career-best with 13 ground balls. Andy Cook had six goals and four assists for Binghamton (3-9, 0-3).
Scouting AlbanyUAlbany (3-9, 2-1) is in a three-way tie for second place in the America East. Dave Brock is the team's top scorer with 27 goals and four assists. Defensemen Brendan Gleason and Mark Kelly are having productive seasons. Gleason is eighth in the nation in caused turnovers at 2.09 per game. Kelly has collected three or more ground balls seven times this season. Goalkeeper John Carroll leads the league in saves per game (12.08) and has a .509 percentage.
