St. John's University Athletics
Red Storm Lacrosse Team To Face Lehigh Mountain Hawks
3/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
March 21, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - On the road for the third time this month, the Red Storm lacrosse team travels to Bethlehem, Pa., to face the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in a non-conference matchup on Saturday, March 22. Face-off is slated for 2 p.m.
- The Red Storm (0-5, 0-2 ECAC) is looking for its first win of the season. St. John's is looking to rebound from its close loss at the hands of the No. 17 Loyola Greyhounds on March 15. Last season, St. John's earned its lone win on the road against the Siena Saints in this same week (March 21). The Mountain Hawks (4-5, 1-2 Patriot) are coming off a tough 4-3 loss at the hands of the No. 14 Army Wednesday night, their third straight single-goal game in the series against the Black Knights.
- Saturday's meeting is the sixth between the two schools. Lehigh leads series 3-2.
- Follow all the action via the internet with live video on Lehigh's web site: www.lehighsports.com/info/broadcast. Robbie Aaron and Chris Wakely will be on the live call. Fans must be a Yahoo! Sports College Broadcast subscriber to watch.
The Series Against The Mountain Hawks
- The Red Storm and Mountain Hawks have met five times in a series dating back to 1991. Saturday's meeting will be the first in the new era of the Red Storm lacrosse program.
- Since first playing each other on April 10, 1991, St. John's and Lehigh have alternated home and home victories. Lehigh won the first meeting on its home turf 11-10 and the last one on April 5, 1995.
- Lehigh is 3-0 against the Red Storm in Bethlehem, and St. John's is 2-0 against the Mountain Hawks in Queens. A win on Saturday will be the first victory for St. John's in Bethlehem.
Last Time Out
- Despite a second half, seven-goal rally, and senior Justin O'Donnell's four goal performance, St. John's fell short of its first conference victory, 11-8, to the No. 17 Loyola Greyhounds, Saturday afternoon at DaSilva Memorial Field.
- The Red Storm had its best third quarter of the season as the defense shut out the Greyhounds, who had scored nine consecutive goals to take an eight point lead going into the second half. The offense added three goals to aid the defense, the best third period scoring effort this season.
- St. John's scored three more goals in the last quarter, but the Greyhounds kept up their first period lead with two more of their own. Sophomore goaltender Dan Goldberg (0-2) had 12 saves in the net and only allowed two goals in the second half.
Against The Patriot League
- Saturday's game is the Red Storm's second game against the Patriot League this season. St. John's opened its 2008 schedule with a home loss, 7-5, to Holy Cross on Feb. 16.
- In 2007, St. John's went 1-1 against Patriot League foes Bucknell (L, 10-4, Feb. 18) and Lafayette (W, 9-3, March 6).
Keys To The Keystone State
- The contest against Lehigh is the third game this season for the Red Storm in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and second Pennsylvania game in the month of March. Two weeks ago, the Red Storm traveled to the City of Brotherly Love in a non-coference matchup against Drexel where they lost, 6-3, in a defensive grudge-match. The Red Storm opened February in Easton, Pa., facing the Patriot League's Lafayette Leopards in a spring exhibition game.
- The Red Storm will face one other team from Pennsylvania when the team hosts Penn State on April 12 in a nationally televised ECAC matchup.
That Was A Close One
- So far this season, four of the Red Storm's five games have been decided by three goals or less.
A Family Affair
- Freshman Carlin Cornetta's older brother Ricky Cornetta plays for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Ricky is the Mountain Hawks second-best point scorer with 15 so far this season (11goals, 4 assissts).
- Freshman Dan Kalata will also face his older brother, John Kalata, this week, when St. John's hosts the Siena Saints on Tuesday, March 25. Classmate Joe Bagnasco will also see time against his older brother Ryan, who plays for UMass.
Red Storm In The National Rankings
- According to the March 17 rankings, St. John's is eighth in the country in man-down defense with an 80.8 percent kill-percentage. With face-off specialist Jack Rosson leading the way for St. John's, the face-off unit is 16th. Individually, Rosson is No. 19 in face-offs out of 500 players in Division I. Danny Brennan of Syracuse leads the pack at No. 1.
Storm Tracker
- Senior Justin O'Donnell leads the team in points with 10 (8 goals, 2 assists). O'Donnell was named to the ECAC Honor Roll for the week of March 17 for his four-goal performance against the Loyola Greyhounds on March 15.
- Junior Trevor Michaelsen is second in points with 9 (7goals, 2 assists) and has scored at least one goal in the last four games played.
O'Donnell's Movin' On Up
- Senior middie Justin O'Donnell has been the Red Storm's leading point-scorer in three of the five games this season. O'Donnell's ten points moves him up from No. 17 to No. 13 on the St. John's all-time scorers list as he overtakes John Welsh. With 79 career points (63 goals, 16 assists), and his four goals against Loyola on March 15, O'Donnell is becomes 11th Red Storm player to hit 60 goals.
Scouting The Lehigh Mountain Hawks
- The Lehigh Mountain Hawks (4-5, 1-2 Patriot) are well into their season, already having played nine games. The team is 3-1 at home, with its only loss coming at the hands of the No. 14 Army Black Knights on Wednesday night (March 19).
- The team is led by Max Dahlem who has 17 points (13 goals, 4 assists) for the Mountain Hawks this year. Dahlem was one of the three Mountain Hawks to score in the 4-3 loss to Army.
- Leading goaltender between the pipes for the Mountain Hawks is Eric Spirko who has seen 484 minutes and allowed 72 goals with 69 saves. He is 4-5 in the net this season.
- The Mountain Hawks have faced two Red Storm opponents so far this season. Lehigh defeated Holy Cross on March 1, 10-5 and dropped one to Drexel 13-7 on Feb. 26.
- Head coach Kevin Cassese is in his first year with the Lehigh program after spending two seasons with the Duke Blue Devils, his alma mater.
On Deck
- The Red Storm will host the Siena Saints in a mid-week match up on Tuesday, March 25. Game time is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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