Stony Brook Advances to America East Final
from press release
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Sophomore Robbie Campbell
(Delta, British Columbia) and junior Kevin Crowley (New
Westminster, British Columbia) each had three goals, and senior
Charlie Paar (Huntington, N.Y.) made 16 saves to lead the #7/6
(Nike/Inside Lacrosse/USILA Coaches) Stony Brook men's lacrosse
team to a 10-6 win over Vermont in an America East Championship
semifinal game. Senior Tom Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y.) added two
goals and an assist as the Seawolves (11-3) won their seventh
straight game. Drew Philie and Cal Case had a goal and an assist
apiece for Vermont (3-13).
Stony Brook, the top seed in the conference tournament, will await
the winner of #2 UMBC and #3 Albany, which will be played tomorrow
evening. The Seawolves will host the America East Championship game
on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
"We'll take the win at this stage of the season," head coach Rick
Sowell said. "We did enough to get the job done. Charlie was great
and made some incredible saves. Give Vermont credit; they had to
travel back and forth in the last few days. We're glad to be back
in the Championship game, but this time playing at home," Sowell
said.
Crowley and Compitello each scored a pair of goals to give Stony
Brook the lead midway into the second quarter. After Augie Remien
made it 4-1, senior Steven Waldeck (Levittown, N.Y.) picked up a
ground ball following a Paar save and found senior Michael Sopko
(Shoreham, N.Y.) in transition. Sopko ran the length of the field
and scored his first collegiate goal from about 15 yards away.
Paar finished the first half with six saves to hold Vermont, which scored four first-half goals against the Seawolves on Saturday, to just one.
Campbell and Belton each scored goals to make it 7-1. Stony
Brook had scored six straight unassisted goals before Campbell's
shot deflected off Belton's crosse and into the goal. Philie's goal
made it 7-2, but two goals from Campbell and and a tally from
Crowley put the game out of reach.
The Catamounts scored the game's final four goals, but Paar, who's
posted a 7.34 goals against average in three career games against
Vermont, made some incredible saves to hold back UVM.
Waldeck led all players with six ground balls. Junior Adam Rand
(Niantic, Conn.) won 12 of 20 face-offs.
Tickets for the Championship final are available by calling (631)
632-WOLF or visiting Stony Brook's official athletic website,
GoSeawolves.org.
