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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner men's lacrosse team, which has been hit with a series of injuries to several front line players and coming off a tough 10-9 triple-overtime loss to Hobart, looks to return to the .500 mark on the season when the 4-5 Seahawks host 1-9 NJIT at Hameline Field on Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. start.
NJIT, which competes as an independent in men's lacrosse, are in its season as a Division I program and is coming off of their first-ever win, a 10-7 victory at Dartmouth, one of the three teams that Wagner and NJIT have faced this season. Dartmouth is one of three opponents that the Seahawks and Highlanders have faced and each team is 1-2 in these common foe matchups.
Common OpponentsOpponent Wagner NJITMonmouth L, 8-4 L, 12-5
No. 16 RUTGERS L, 15-7 L, 16-3
at Dartmouth W, 7-6 (OT) W, 10-7
Second Meeting Ever
In the first meeting between the schools, Wagner earned a 7-2 victory over the Highlanders in Newark, NJ on March 28, 2015.
Last Time Out
Wagner battled back from a late third-quarter 8-5 deficit to forge a 9-9 tie before falling to Hobart 10-9 in the first three-overtime game ever for both teams last Saturday in the Northeast Conference (NEC) opener. The Statesmen won it on a goal by Chris Aslaniani from in close on the right side off an assist by Mark Darden. Redshirt-junior
William McMenamin (Longport, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), coming off a career-high six goals vs. UMass Lowell on Wednesday, had two goals, include the game-tying score with 1:42 left in regulation that tied it at 9-9, while adding an assist. McMenamin was also 5-of-11 on faceoffs and tied for team-high honors with four ground balls. Junior faceoff specialist
Anthony Labetti was successful on 7-of-11 as Wagner eked out a 12-11 edge in the X. Sophomore attackmen
Andrew Streilein (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) and Aaron Desnevich (Egg Harbor, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) finished with three (1g, 2a) and two points (2g), respectively for Wagner. Adding one goal apiece for the Seahawks were redshirt-junior attackman
Patrick McMenamin (Longport, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), to go with two assists, junior midfielder
Christian McCormick (Royersford, PA.Spring-Ford), sophomore attackman
Billy Martin (Huntington, NY/Huntington) and sophomore defender
Andrew Park (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon). Park's first career goal was a memorable one as it came from 48 yards out on a high, lofted shot which found the net with 1:12 left in the third quarter and drew Wagner to within 7-5. After not recording a single save in an opening half that saw Hobart jump out to a 6-4 lead, freshman goalie
Matt Sefcik (Towaco, NJ/Morristown Beard School) came up big in the second half, coming up with 10 saves after intermission, several of the point-blank variety. Hobart outshot Wagner 42-33 while ground balls were dead even at 33-33. The Statesmen forced Wagner into going just 11-of-20 on clearing attempts while going 17-of-21 themselves on clears.
Seahawk Stat LeadersAndrew Streilein is the team leader in points (30) and assists (18) while also notching 12 goals on the season while
William McMenamin is the Seahawks' top goal-scorer with 15. McMenamin is also tied for first on the team in ground balls (34) with goalie
Matt Sefcik, who boasts a .500 save percentage. Sophomore Andre Park (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) has recorded a team-high 14 caused turnovers.
William McMenamin and junior faceoff specialist
Anthony Labetti (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) shared faceoff duties with Labetti checking in at .483 (42-87) and McMenamin at .458 (44-96).
Wagner in the NCAA Rankings Andrew Streilein is tied for 19th in NCAA Division I lacrosse in assists per game (1.89), while
Andrew Park ( ) ranks 22nd in caused turnovers per game (1.56).
Anthony Labetti (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) has cracked the top 50 in faceoff percentage (49th) while freshman goalie
Matt Sefcik (Towaco, NJ/Morristown Beard School) ranks 22nd in goals against average (8.98), it tied for 34th in save percentage (.500) and 43rd in saves per game (8.56). Sefcik and
William McMenamin are tied for 46th in ground balls per game (3.78).
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