Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College men's lacrosse team dropped their Northeast Conference (NEC) and home opener Monday, March 8, to the Saint Joseph's University Hawks by a score of 17-5.

Graduate student Philip Buque posted his third straight multi-goal game for the Seahawks, falling a goal short of a third straight hat trick. Junior John Killcommons and freshmen Justin White and Nick Martini all added a goal for Wagner. Junior Tyler Lawton dished out a pair of assists and graduate student Nic Ancona added an assist as well.

Defensively, junior Tommy Scarpello and sophomore Brendan Higgins both registered four ground balls; Higgins and freshman Giovanni Armocida each caused a turnover.

Ryan Doran had five goals and Matt Bohmer netted four to lead St. Joe's.

How It Happened

Killcommons scored the first goal of the game just under three minutes in off a feed from Lawton, who added a second helper on Buque's first of the day later in the quarter.
Martini and White struck near the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarters, respectively, the first collegiate goals for each. Buque tallied his second goal of the day and eighth of the year in the final
minute off a feed from Ancona.

Next Up For Wagner

The Seahawks continue NEC play Saturday, March 13, with a 1:00 p.m. road date against Merrimack.