St. John’s Defeats Dartmouth, 15-8, for its First Home Win

Tuesday, March 19

Queens, N.Y. (DaSilva Memorial Field)

3 P.M.

St. John's University

3-4

Dartmouth College

2-4

DARTMOUTH

ST. JOHN'S

St. John’s Defeats Dartmouth, 15-8, for its First Home Win

3/19/2019 9:08:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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St. John’s ends its three-game losing streak on Tuesday with its first home win of the season

By: Nicholas Diamantis

QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's lacrosse team earned its first home win of the season, defeating Dartmouth, 15-8, behind a career-high seven-point performance from junior Mike Madsen on Tuesday.

The Red Storm's win (3-4) ended a three-game losing streak and marked the team's first victory at DaSilva Memorial Field since March 24, 2018, when the Johnnies upset No. 19/18 Hofstra, 9-8.

"I'm glad for our guys to get back in the win column. I thought we did a lot of good things today," said Head Coach Jason Miller. "It was good to see our faceoff guys have some success. They've been working hard. We made some good things happen out there today."

Mike Madsen paced the way offensively for St. John's, as the midfielder/attackman ended the day with two goals and five assists. The Locust Valley, N.Y., native eclipsed his career-high five points that he set earlier this season at Hartford on Feb. 19.

Jonathan Huber and Declan Swartwood each netted four goals in the win over Dartmouth. Swartwood's four-goal afternoon is a new career-high for the senior midfielder. Joe Madsen also finished with a multi-goal game, scoring two goals in the first half.

In total,10 Johnnies tallied points in the contest, including junior midfielder Grant Galligan, who scored his first career goal in the opening period. Matt Oehl finished with three assists, all occurring in the second half. Ryan Schaefer scored a goal and dished an assist in the third period in St. John's win over the Big Green.

"Brody Agres came up big for us when we needed him," added Coach Miller. The freshman netminder recorded a career-high19 saves in 60 minutes of action.

Joseph Fitzpatrick and Colin Bosak were efficient as faceoff specialists, as St. John's won 18 of the 26 total faceoffs. Fitzpatrick won 13 of his 18 attempts, while Bosak, finished 5-for-8.

The Johnnies started the contest with the first goal for the sixth time this season, as Joe Madsen fired a shot past Dartmouth goalkeeper Daniel Hincks at the 8:24 mark in the opening period. The Red Storm would score four more goals to close out the first quarter, taking a 5-3 lead into the second. Agres recorded eight of his 19 saves in the first 15 minutes of play.

The Johnnies carried their momentum into the second period, scoring the first three goals to increase their lead to four, 7-3. Dartmouth's Trevor Ballantyne scored his lone goal of the contest to end the Big Green's scoring drought with 3:12 left in the half.

After coming out of the intermission with a 7-4 lead, St. John's allowed Dartmouth to cut the deficit to one at 7-6.

St. John's never looked back after the Big Green's Ben Martin and Matt Paul scored two quick goals to start the period. The Johnnies answered with five-straight goals to extend their lead to 12-6 with 12:59 left in the fourth quarter.

Dartmouth temporarily stopped the bleeding by tallying two goals within a minute of play to trail by four, 12-8. However, the Johnnies showed no signs of relinquishing its lead as Mike Madsen, Swartwood, and Huber each scored to close the game with a 15-8 advantage.

The Red Storm finished the contest by capitalizing on all four of its man-up opportunities, while also killing two extra-man possessions.

St. John's scooped up a total of 33 groundballs and finished 17-for-20 in clear opportunities.

The Johnnies return to action this Saturday as they host UMass Lowell at DaSilva Memorial Field on March 23, at 1 p.m.