Pictured Above: Sophomore
Nic Ancona (photo by Bob Park)
Coach Poskay Postgame Comments
Box Score (PDF)
Staten Island, NY – The Wagner men's lacrosse team combined a balanced offensive effort with stingy defense in running past Hampton by a count of 15-3 on Monday afternoon at Hameline Field.
Four different Seahawks hit for a pair of goals on the afternoon, as Wagner improved its season record to 3-5 while the Pirates fall to 2-4.
Junior attack
John Norton accounted for the Seahawks' first two scores of the game, both coming on assists by sophomore attackman
Nic Ancona, who would finish with a career-high four helpers on the day.
After freshman midfielder
Tyler Grady made it a 3-0 game with an unassisted blast at the 3:25 mark of the first quarter, Hampton got on the board via a Jonathan Napier score with just three seconds left in the first quarter to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Wagner put the game out of each in the second quarter, outscoring the Pirates 7-0 en route to seizing a 10-1 halftime lead, with senior attackman
Andrew Streilein notching two of the scores.
With head coach
Matt Poskay substituting liberally in the second half, Wagner then outscored the visitors, 5-2, over the game's final 30 minutes in recording the 15-3 win.
Ancona was the Seahawks' leading scorer on the day with six points (2g, 4a), while Norton wound up with three points (2g, 1a). Finishing with two goals were Streilein and freshman attackman Prince Davis.
Junior
Matt Sefcik earned the win in goal, recording seven saves while allowing just one goal in the first half before junior
Omar Alhagiko came on to play the entire second half, recording three saves.
On the defensive end, freshman
Kyle Stofko recorded six-caused turnovers and five ground balls. For Stofko, both were game and career-highs for the neophyte defender.
The Green & White won 14-of-21 faceoffs today with
Hank Ontiveros' 10-of-12 effort leading the way while sophomore
Nick Warren was 4-of-9.
Pierce Johnson paced Hampton with two goals while Derain Williams-Sturdivant had two assists.
Wagner held a 39-30 edge in shots while Hampton led in ground balls, 40-34.
The Seahawks are next in action on Saturday, March 24 when Wagner hosts NJIT in its final non-conference game of the season under the lights at Hameline Field with faceoff set for 7:00 p.m.
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