VESTAL, N.Y.- Binghamton men's lacrosse hosts #14 Stony Brook on Sunday, April 24. The America East match will be senior day for eight Bearcats. Faceoff is slated for 1 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
BU is 2-2 in the conference, tied with Vermont for fourth place. The Catamounts play at Hartford, who is tied for second place with Stony Brook, on Saturday. The regular season ends next weekend, as Binghamton heads to Vermont on April 30.
Stony Brook is 3-1 in America East action. The Seawolves need one more win to secure a postseason berth. After playing the Bearcats, Stony Brook hosts Hartford to close the regular season on April 30.
Coach
Scott Nelson's squad is coming off a 13-5 loss at #8 Syracuse on Wednesday.
Sean Gilroy posted two goals and an assist and
Tanner Cosens tallied a season-high 14 saves in the contest.
Stony Brook defeated UMass Lowell, 15-7, on April 16. Eight different players scored in the win as the Seawolves won their tenth game of the season. Brody Eastwood totaled five goals and an assist.
Zach Scaduto paces the BU offense with 23 goals and 34 points, both career highs for the senior.
Ben Kocis is next with 14 goals and 10 assists, while
Johnny Maher has notched 12 goals and 12 assists.
Dan Mazurek leads the team with 38 groundballs, having won over 51 percent of his faceoffs this year. Cosens has made 90 saves in his ten appearances in net.
Matt Schultz has generated a Stony Brook-high 48 points in 2016. Challen Rogers has 17 goals and a team-leading 30 helpers, while Alex Corpolongo has scored 32 goals. Jay Lindsay has claimed 68 groundballs and won 52.1 percent of his faceoff attempts. Zach Oliveri has started all 13 matches in goal, having logged an 8.66 goals against average.
Last season, the Bearcats played a terrific first half at Stony Brook, eventually grabbing a 10-4 lead. The Seawolves rallied though, winning, 14-13 in overtime. In 2014, BU beat Stony Brook, 14-11, at the Bearcats Sports Compelx.
Binghamton will recognize its nine seniors prior to the contest, as Scaduto, Maher,
Eric Fischer,
Mitchell Rick,
T.J. DiSanto,
Sean Finnigan,
George Deignan,
Chris Bechle, and
Ken Burkus will each play their final game at the Bearcats Sports Complex.