Pictured Above: Senior Attackman
Andrew Streilein (photo by Bob Park)
Staten Island, NY – Senior attackman
Andrew Streilein poured in three goals, in addition to assisting on another, and the Wagner men's lacrosse team used a 6-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to pull away for an 11-5 victory over Manhattan in the 2018 season opener on Saturday at Hameline Field.
In jumping out to a 1-0 mark on the 2018 campaign, Wagner
avenged a 14-13 triple-overtime loss at Manhattan in last season's season opener as the Jaspers fall to 0-2.
Four different Seahawks, senior attackman
John Norton, senior midfielder
Aaron Denesevich, Streilein and sophomore attackman
Nic Ancona, found the net early as the Seahawks jumped out to a 4-2 lead after one quarter. Manhattan made it a one-goal game on a Luke Hanson score with 6:53 left in the game to make it a 4-3 game. Wagner closed the half with a pair of unassisted tallies, beginning with a Pawela score and followed by a Streliein blast with 1:49 to go before intermission as the Seahawks took a 6-3 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The Green & White then put the game away by opening the second half on a 4-0 splurge in opening a commanding 10-3 lead and never looked back. The four unanswered Seahawks goals came from senior midfielder
Joe Lomeli (12:27), Ancona (11:41), Pawela (10:31) and Norton (9:16).
For the game, Pawela, Norton and Ancona finished with two goals apiece while junior goalie
Matt Sefcik was stout in goal, coming up with 15 saves. Spearheading the stingy Seahawk defensive effort in front of Sefcik was senior defenseman
Andrew Park who registered game highs with six groundballs and four caused turnovers. Trevor Pelletier paced Manhattan with two scores.
Statistically, the Jaspers held the edge in shots (32-19) and ground balls (38-31), in addition to winning 12-of-19 faceoffs. Both teams were 0-of-2 on extra-man opportunities.
The Seahawks swing back into action on February 16 when they travel to Easton, PA to meet Lafayette in a 4:00 p.m. start in a rematch of
Wagner's thrilling 9-8 home win on February 17.
