VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Pictured Above - Wagner's six seniors:  Billy Battaglia, Paul DeVita, Sean Gray, Patrick McMenamin, William McMenamin and Daniel Valencia), along with their families, during today's pre-game Senior Day ceremony. (photo by Bob Park)

Staten Island, NY  – The McMenamin brothers were at it again as the trio combined for nine points on five goals and four assists but Robert Morris pulled away in the second half for an 18-12 win at Hameline Field on Senior Day. Redshirt-junior midfielder William McMenamin (Longport, NJ / St. Augustine Prep) tallied four goals while his fraternal twin brother, reshirt-junior attackman Patrick McMenamin (Longport, NJ / St. Augustine Prep), had four assists with two of those coming on feeds to William.

 

William and Patrick are expected to return to compete on the 2017 teams as graduate students, following in the path of older brother Michael McMenamin  (Longport, NJ / St. Augustine Prep), a defenisive midfielder who also got into the act offensively today, scoring a goal himself in addition to collecting a team-high six groundballs.
 
Earlier this season, the McMenamins became the first set of three brothers in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse history to score a goal in the same game (vs. VMI and NJIT) and they nearly pulled it off for a third time today.
 
Senior attackman Billy Battaglia (Madison, NJ/ Madison) lead Wagner with a career-high five points in his final game as a Seahawk, delivering a hat trick while adding a pair of assists. Also recording a hat trick for the Seahawks was sophomore attackman Andrew Streilein (Mt. Laurel, NJ / Lenape), who added one helper to finish with four points in this rare 10:00 a.m. start.
 
Freshman defenseman Riley Owens (Silver Spring, MD / St. John's College HS) also contributed a goal for the Seahawks on this sun-splashed day.
 
In goal, freshman Matt Sefcik (Towaco, NJ / The Morristown Beard School) had a busy afternoon, finishing with 13 saves.
 
The first half offered plenty of give and take as Robert Morris took a slim 7-5 lead into the intermission. But the Colonials came out hot in half number two, embarking on a 5-1 run in building a 12-6 lead en route to the 18-12 win.
 
With the loss, the Seahawks finish the 2016 with an overall record of 6-9 (1-5 in the Northeast Conference (NEC), with those six wins marking a program record, surpassing the previous single-season record of four victories last season.
 
The Colonials, meanwhile, kept their hopes of reaching  next week's NEC Tournament alive in improving to 4-2 in league play and 7-7 overall.
 
Robert Morris was led by senior attackman Luke Laszkiewicz who finished with nine points on the day, depositing seven goals and assisting on two others. Eric Rankle added four goals for the Colonials while Adriaan Torok-Orban and James Rahe finished with two goals apiece.
 
The teams combined on a whopping 87 shot attempts with RMU holding a 52-35 edge in this category. The Colonials also held a 37-31 advantage in groundballs while winning 18-of-33 faceoffs.

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