STONY BROOK, NY – The Iona University men's lacrosse team squared off with Stony Brook from LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York Tuesday night. The Maroon & Gold had a hot start, scoring four and allowing only two goals in the first half. Despite the efforts on both end of the field, including 13 saves from
THE Rundown
The Gaels came storming out of the gate in Long Island, stringing together a few good defensive stops before
Matthew Dyszkiewicz rifled a 10-yard shot to the bottom right of the Stony Brook goal. The freshman took home his third goal of the season, assisted by
Cooper Metz. The Seawolves responded with their own goal with four minutes left in the stanza, and seemingly found the advantage two minutes later, before the goal was called back for a crease violation. The two sides headed out of the first stanza locked at one apiece, the Gaels best defensive quarter of the season.Â
Iona continued their momentum with a first career goal from
Richie Karstien, the midfielder streaking down the entire length of the field and slotting the ball home. A minute later, Dyszkiewicz scooped up a ground ball and netted a 15-yard scorcher to take the Gaels' lead to two. The Sea Wolves would respond again before
Cullen Lawry found the back of the net after controlling a Stony Brook turnover. The Gaels would head into the locker room up 4-2. Â Â Â
The hosts responded out of the break with four unanswered in the opening seven minutes of second half play before
Jake Riglietti responded with a solo effort goal. One more goal from the Seawolves before the end of the quarter meant that the two sides headed in to the final stanza at a score of 7-5. Â
Iona was outscored 4-2 in the final quarter, with goals from
Cullen Lawry and
Kolbe Curtin. The Maroon & Gold exited LaValle stadium with a 11-7 defeat. Â Â
IONA PERFORMERS
- Cullen Lawry returned to the scoresheet for the Gaels, with a two-goal outing. The Westfield, Massachusetts native fired off half a dozen shots with four landing on goal, led the team in ground balls with five, and caused a career-high two turnovers.Â
- Matthew Dyszkiewicz scored twice for the first time in his career, with both of his goals coming from more than 10 yards from the net. The midfielder landed all four of his shots on target, and scooped up one ground ballÂ
- Denny Piekutowski recorded his second double-digit saves outing of the season with 13. The keeper tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover.Â
- Richie Karstien netted his first goal in Maroon & Gold on a coast-to-coast solo effort. He also picked up one ground ball. Â
- Kolbe Curtin scored for the fourth time this year and tallied two ground balls. Â
- Jake Riglietti put one past the keeper in the game, hitting two of his three shots on target. Â
- Kyle Hardie and Cooper Metz both dished out one assist. Â
- Gary Shivell made his defensive presence known with two caused turnovers. Â Â
THE OPPONENT
- Collin Williamson co-led the Seawolves with four points in a three goal, one assist outing.Â
- Kian McCoy also tallied four points, assisting three times and finding the back of the net once. He also scooped up three ground balls. Â
Up Next
Iona concludes the non-conference portion of its inaugural season at home on Sunday, March 2 vs. Jacksonville. The matchup is slated for a noon start from Mazzella field.
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