St. John’s Falls Short at Siena, 13-10

Friday, March 11

Loudonville, N.Y. (Hickey Field)

3 p.m.

St. John's University

1-5

Siena

2-4

St. John's

Siena

3/11/2022 6:23:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Red Storm score the final four goals of the contest

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - The St. John's lacrosse team netted the final four goals of the contest but ultimately fell short at Siena, 13-10, on Friday afternoon.

After trailing by as much as seven late in the fourth quarter, the Johnnies fired in three goals in one minute and 19 seconds to pull within four with 4:10 remaining. Jonathan Huber added the final tally with 57 seconds to go but the deficit proved to be too much to overcome.
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Despite the loss, Dylan Willis logged a stellar day at Hickey Field. The senior registered a new career-best five points (1 G, 4 A), and contributed on all three goals during the Johnnies 79 second run in the fourth quarter

Freshman Brian Kelly continued to impress with a four-point afternoon, adding three goals and one assist. The attackman leads the Red Storm with 18 points on the year.

Huber tallied two goals while Patrick Ednie, Jack Lutfi, Matt Duncan and Mackenzie Iacocca added one each. Caiden Vlasimsky and Jackson Klein logged their first collegiate points, assisting Huber and Duncan in the first half, respectively.

Siena (2-5) opened the scoring jumping out to an early 2-0 lead. St. John's (1-5) weighed on its trustiest shooters Huber and Kelly to knot the contest, 2-2. After a Saints goal, Lutfi came from behind the cage to fire in a turnaround shot with just three seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

A 3-0 run by the home side provided a cushion in the second quarter. Siena's Christian Watts added two of his five goals in that frame. Trailing 8-4, with 19 seconds left in the half, the short-stick defensive midfielder Duncan registered his first goal of the season and fourth of his career on a dish from Klein in the waning moments of the second quarter.

After the final tally from Watts ballooned the Saints its largest lead of 13-6 in the fourth quarter. The Red Storm engineered three goals over one minute and 29 seconds to trim the deficit.

Willis spurred the Johnnies run adding two assists with a man-up advantage and his lone goal during that span.

St. John's posted its best performance this season on the extra-man, capitalizing on three-of-six opportunities.

With 57 seconds remaining, Huber received a feed from Kelly and flung it past Saints netminder Chris Yanchoris from the right wing. Siena controlled the ensuing face-off and ran out the clock to record its first home victory.

The road stint continues when the Red Storm travel to Dartmouth for the first time in program history, on March 19 at 1 p.m.