Staten Island, NY – In a back-and-forth battle that saw six ties and no lead greater than two goals the entire game, the Wagner men's lacrosse team dropped a 9-8 OT thriller to Hobart on Tuesday during Senior Day at Hameline Field.
Junior
Stephen Dwyer continued his stellar play of late, scoring a team-high four goals, giving him 11 in his last three games, while freshman
Justin White added a pair for his second multi-goal game of the season, adding three ground balls. Senior
Matt Morris scored his second goal of the season and junior
Jack Brady rounded out the scoring for the Seahawks.
In net, sophomore
Danny Brady finished with 12 saves for Wagner, including 10 after halftime, his second straight game with a save percentage over 57 percent.
Derrek Madonna had a team-high four goals and five points for the Statesmen. Tommy Mott finished with one goal and two assists and Ryan Archer finished with two goals and one assist for the visitors.
How it Happened
The Seahawks trailed 2-0 midway through the first quarter, but quickly evened the score with goals just 37 seconds apart, one from Dwyer and one from White.
Archer put Hobart back on top with the final goal of the opening quarter, but White even things early in the second quarter before Morris gave the Seahawks their first lead of the day.
Madonna managed to tie the game once again at four, but Dwyer added his second of the day in the final minute of the half, giving Wagner the lead heading to the locker room.
Hobart opened the third quarter with an equalizer right off the opening face-off, but Brady answered just over a minute later, giving Wagner the lead once again, before Dwyer completed the hat trick less than a minute after that.
Hobart closed the quarter with three straight goals, taking a one-goal lead to the fourth. That lead would not last long, as Dwyer knotted things yet again less than 30 seconds in.
The rest of the quarter turned into a defensive struggle, with the teams combining for just seven shots on goal over the next 13+ minutes, sending the game to an extra period. In the extra session, Hobart won the opening face-off and, following a time-out, netted the game-winner, avoiding the upset.
Up Next:
The Seahawks wrap up the season on Friday at 1:00 PM in Philadelphia against Saint Joseph's.
