Staten Island, NY- The Wagner men's lacrosse team fell 8-6 to Merrimack on senior day at Hameline Field.
Benjamin Stewart and
Aidan Clark recorded multi-goal games for the Seahawks while
Eli Fisher and
Stephen Dwyer netted a goal each. Goalkeeper
Danny Brady made 14 saves in the loss. Wagner is now 3-8 (1-5 NEC) this season while Merrimack moves to 6-5 (3-3 NEC).
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Merrimack opened the scoring with 7:22 left in the first quarter on a Tommy Rooney goal. The Warriors took a 2-0 lead three minutes later with a goal from Sean Black.
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Eli Fisher was able to capitalize on a turnover and bury his third goal of the year to get the Seahawks on the board, making it a 2-1 game heading into the second quarter.
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The Seahawks then knotted the game at 2-2 on a
Benjamin Stewart goal.
Patrick Caldwell recorded the assist.
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Merrimack then rattled off two straight goals to head into the half with a 4-2 lead.
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The Warriors added two more goals from Tommy Rooney and Drew Hailey to open the second half. Stewart put an end to the run with a man-up goal, receiving the feed from
Aidan Clark. Stewart has tallied six goals in four games this year. Then with under a minute left in the third period, Clark netted Wagner's second man-up goal of the game to make it 6-4 Warriors heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
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Christian Thomas made it a 7-4 game just over a minute into the final frame for Merrimack. Clark then scored his second goal of the game a minute later to bring the game back within two at 7-5. The sophomore now has a team-leading 22 goals on the season.
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Christian Thomas scored his third goal of the game with 8:34 remaining to take an 8-5 lead. Wagner closed out the scoring on the afternoon with a
Stephen Dwyer goal. The senior has now recorded a goal in 16 straight games dating back to last season and has 20 goals this season.
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The Seahawks close out the 2022 season next Saturday at Bryant with faceoff set for 12:00 p.m. in Smithfield, RI.
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