Pictured Above: Andrew Streilein (Photo by Dave Saffran)

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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner men's lacrosse team, coming off a hard-fought 12-11 home loss to UMass Lowell on Tuesday, open Northeast Conference play by hosting the Hobart College Statesmen in a 1:00 p.m. faceoff at Hameline Field.
 
The Seahawks fell to the River Hawks despite a spectacular performance by redshirt-junior midfielder William McMenamin (Longport, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), who poured in a career-high six goals while winning 8-of-15 faceoffs and collecting five ground balls.
 
Gunning for their first four-game winning streak in program history, the Green & White instead fell to 4-4 on the season.
 
Playing without the services of a host of players due to injury, including four starters  from this season's opening-game lineup, Wagner fought gallantly in trying to overcome an 8-4 third-quarter deficit before falling short by one goal.
 
The River Hawks led 7-3 at halftime, maintained their four-goal lead at 8-4 early in the second half, and still held a seemingly comfortable 11-8 edge with just under 10 minutes to play. Over the game's final eight minutes, however, William McMenamin, who matched his twin brother Patrick's season-high six-goal effort vs. Manhattan (2/12), nearly willed Wagner to a valiant comeback win by scoring three goals in the game's final 7:57.
 
Freshman attackman John Norton (Catonsville, MD/Mount Saint Joseph) and Denesevich, each seeing their most extended action of the season, contributed two points apiece with Norton's coming on a career-high two goals, while Denesevich's came on one goal and one assist.
 
The Seahawks' leading scorer on the year, sophomore attackman Andrew Streilein (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape), contributed three points (1g, 2a), in addition to equaling William McMenamin for a team-best five ground balls, while fellow sophomore attackman Billy Martin (Huntington, NY/Huntington) added two points (1g, 1a).
 
Finishing with one point apiece were redshirt-junior attackman Patrick McMenamin (1g) and freshman attackman Kevin Gray (Shamong, NJ/Seneca).  Freshman goalie Matt Sefcik (Totawa, NJ/Morristown Beard School) came up with seven saves for the Seahawks while making his eight straight start in net.
 
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