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Staten Island, NY- The Wagner men's lacrosse team returns home to Hameline Field Saturday to face Northeast Conference (NEC) member Saint Joseph's at 2:30 p.m.
 
 
LAST TIME OUT…

• The Seahawks dropped their conference opener at LIU last Saturday, 12-7, moving to 2-4 on the season and 0-1 in NEC play.
• Aidan Clark recorded his fourth-straight hat trick, netting three goals on the day.
• Five different Seahawks scored in the loss. Along with Clark, Stephen Dwyer, Tyler Lawton, Eli Fisher, and Jack Brady found the back of the net.
• Goalkeeper Danny Brady recorded 10 saves in net, upping his season total to 70.

 
MOVING UP THE ALL-TIME PROGRAM RANKS…

• Stephen Dwyer now has 51 career goals at Wagner, passing Jeff Policicchio and moving into a sixth-place tie with Patrick McMenamin and James Servidio on the all-time goals list.
• With 276 career saves as a Seahawk, netminder Danny Brady sits in fifth place all-time on Wagner's saves list.

 
NEC STAT CATEGORIES RANKINGS…
PENALTY EFFICIENCY 

• Wagner leads all NEC teams in penalty killing percentage, penalties per game, and penalty minutes per game.
• The Seahawks have allowed just one goal while being a man down this season, good for a penalty kill rate of 90%.
• The Green & White have taken 11 penalties this season, averaging just 1.83 per game.
• Wagner has only tallied 10 minutes of penalty time this season, the lowest in the conference. The Seahawks average 1.67 minutes of penalties per game.

 
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE

• Through six games, the Seahawks have allowed a conference-least 57 goals.
• Danny Brady's GAA of 9.69 ranks tied for first in the NEC with LIU's Will Mark. Brady, Mark, and Merrimack's Henry Vogt are the only NEC netminders allowing less than 10 goals per game.

 
CAUSED TURNOVERS

• The Seahawks are tied for second in the NEC with Mount St. Mary's with 8.67 caused turnovers per game.
• Matt Morris leads the Green & White with 10 caused turnovers on the season. The defenseman is tied for 26^th in the nation with 1.67 caused turnovers per game.

 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: SAINT JOSEPH'S…

• The Hawks were picked to finish second in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll and enter Saturday's game with a 6-2 record overall.
• Saint Joseph's is coming off a conference-opening victory at Mount St. Mary's last Saturday, 19-6.
• Matt Bohmer and Carter Page lead the Hawks with 22 goals each.
• Four-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week Zach Cole leads the conference in groundballs (96), groundballs per game (12),
• Goalkeeper Tucker Almany has played the bulk of the minutes in net for the Hawks, making 68 saves to go along with a 11.81 goals against average.

 
SERIES HISTORY…

• Saturday's matchup will be the 21^st meeting between Wagner and Saint Joseph's. The Seahawks are looking for their first-ever victory over the Hawks.

ABOUT ONE LOVE...

One Love educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better. The One Love foundation was founded to honor the tragic death of Yeardley Love by engaging young people through compelling, relatable films and honest conversations around healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors. Through the One Love workshops and peer-to-peer discussions, One Love offers a framework that helps students spread our message online and in their communities.

Both Wagner lacrosse teams participated in the One Love workshop and peer-to-peer discussions on Thursday, March 24 in the Spiro Sports Center. The teams learned about the foundation and identified how to pick up on how to avoid abuse.

For more information, visit https://www.joinonelove.org/
 

NEXT UP FOR WAGNER…

• The Seahawks stay home to face Sacred Heart at Hameline Field next Saturday at 5:00 p.m.