St. John’s Falls to Providence in Overtime, 8-7

Saturday, March 30

Queens, N.Y. (DaSilva Memorial Field)

1 P.M.

St. John's University

4-5, 0-1BIG EAST

Providence College

5-5, 1-0BIG EAST

PROVIDENCE

ST. JOHN'S

3/30/2019 5:20:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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Saturday’s loss ends the Johnnies’ two-game winning streak; fall to 4-5 on the season

By: Nicholas Diamantis

QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's lacrosse team dropped its first BIG EAST contest of the season on Saturday, falling to the Providence Friars, 8-7, at DaSilva Memorial Field.

Colin Duffy led the Johnnies (4-5) offensively, finishing with two goals and one assist. Jonathan Huber (two goals) and Mike Madsen each finished with two points. Declan Swartwood and Joe Madsen each tallied a goal, while Chris Buscemi recorded one assist.

Freshman goalkeeper Brody Agres kept the Red Storm in the game throughout the entire contest, recording 13 saves in the loss against Providence.

Colin Bosak and Joseph Fitzpatrick split the duties at the X for St. John's, winning 11 of the 18 total attempts. Fitzpatrick finished 7-of-11 while Bosak won four of his eight faceoff tries for the Red Storm.

St. John's started the game on a positive note, scoring the first goal of the game for the eighth time this season. Huber scored his first of two goals three and a half minutes into the first quarter to give his team the early lead. Providence's Kevin McCordic scored his lone goal of the contest with 6:54 to play in the first quarter. Agres recorded three of his 13 total saves in the first period, keeping the score tied at one goal apiece after the first 15 minutes of play.

The physical play from the first period carried over into the second quarter as no team led by more than two goals in the first half. After Providence's Tim Hinrichs opened the period with two goals through the first six minutes, the Johnnies retaliated with three unanswered goals of their own to close out the first half. Duffy scored his first of two goals with 6:18 left to play in the second quarter. Swartwood and Mike Madsen each tallied a goal to give St. John's a 4-3 lead at the half.

The Red Storm and the Friars commenced the second half, each trading a goal. Joe Maden gave the Johnnies their largest lead of the game at 5-3 with a bullet that got past Providence goalkeeper, Tate Boyce, with 12:52 left in the period. After Mike O'Grady scored to bring the Friars within one, Huber added his second goal of the game to give the Red Storm a 6-4 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Providence caught fire to start the fourth quarter, scoring three unanswered goals to reclaim the lead at 7-6, with 5:12 left to play. Duffy scored a clutch goal to tie the game up at seven, maneuvering from behind the net to fire a shot past Boyce, with 2:20 left to play.

60 minutes of play wasn't enough for either team to score the deciding goal, bring the Red Storm to its first overtime game of the season.

Both teams were unsuccessful on their first attempts of the overtime period. In St. John's next possession, Providence took advantage of a Red Storm turnover which led to Matt Grillo finding the back of the net to clinch the 8-7 victory.

Despite the loss, St. John's outshot the Friars, 43-41, and scooped up a total of 42 groundballs, compared to Providence's 21.

The Red Storm will look to avenge Saturday's loss on Tuesday as the Johnnies host local rival, Stony Brook, at DaSilva Memorial Field at 3 p.m.