Hurley, Pannell Lead Cornell Over Stony Brook
from press release
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The No. 9/7 Big Red
men’s lacrosse team used a 5-0 run to break open a 5-5
halftime deadlock to defeat No. 17 Stony Brook, 12-9, this evening
at LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, N.Y. With the win, Cornell
improves to 6-1 on the year, while the Seawolves fall to 4-3.
Rob Pannell led all scorers with seven points on one goal and six
assists, while Ryan Hurley registered five goals and two assists.
In a breakout game, freshman Steve Mock tallied two goals and one
assist. Roy Lang and Chris Ritchie were Cornell’s other
multi-point scorers with one goal and one assist apiece.
The Big Red defense held the fifth-ranked scoring offense in the
nation to just nine goals, just the second time all season the
Seawolves have scored less than 10 in a contest. Kevin Crowley
scored four times, while Jordan McBride tallied two goals and
Robbie Campbell chipped in one goal and two assists.
In-between the pipes, freshman AJ Fiore regrouped after allowing
goals on Stony Brook’s first four shots to finish with seven
saves, while Charlie Paar stopped 10 shots in the loss.
Cornell held the slim edge in shots (32-31), while the Seawolves
held the commanding lead in ground balls (36-29), thanks mostly to
a dominating performance in the face-off circle (17-of-25).
The Big Red jumped out to an early 3-0 lead just over five minutes
into the contest with goals from Ritchie, Scott Austin and Hurley,
with Pannell registering the assist on all three tallies. Not to be
undone, Stony Brook showed off its high-powered offense with four
unanswered goals to end the first quarter with a 4-3 lead.
A man-up goal by Hurley, assisted by Pannell, knotted the game at
4-4 early in the second quarter, but Crowley put the home team up
for the final time with 1:23 to play before the half.
The Seawolves won the restart and Timmy Trenkle took a shot that
was gobbled up by Fiore. A quick clear by the Big Red resulted in a
goal with five seconds showing on the clock as Lang converted off a
pass from Pannell to send the teams into the intermission tied,
5-5.
Cornell broke open the game in the third quarter with four
unanswered goals to make it a 9-5 game. Mock struck first with a
goal at the 13:35 mark, off a pass from Hurley, before Pannell
registered an unassisted tally just over four minutes later. Mock
registered his second goal of the game off an assist from Lang and
Hurley and Pannell teamed up again for a man-up goal with 29
seconds left in the quarter.
Hurley gave the Big Red its largest lead of the day, scoring off a
pass from Ritchie, to make it a 10-5 game with just under 14
minutes to play.
Back-to-back goals in a 43-second span by Trenkle and Crowley
stopped the Cornell run, but Chris Langton scored off a pass from
Hurley to make it an 11-7 game. Just over three minutes later
Hurley gave the Big Red its final goal of the contest, with the
assist credited to Mock.
McBride and Crowley scored twice in the final four minutes to
account for the 12-9 final.
