St. John’s Falls at No. 19/18 Denver

Saturday, April 16

Denver, Colo. (Peter Barton Stadium)

2 p.m. ET

St. John's University

2-10, 0-3BIG EAST

Denver

7-5, 2-1BIG EAST

St. John's

Denver

4/16/2022 4:35:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Red Storm will take on no. 2 Georgetown on April 23

DENVER- The St. John's lacrosse team was defeated by no. 19/18 Denver, 18-4, on Saturday afternoon.

Denver (7-5, 2-1) kept the Red Storm attack in check at Peter Barton Stadium, in a contest that marked midway point of BIG EAST play for both programs.

For the ninth consecutive outing, freshman goalkeeper Kaden Quirk finished in double-figures, as he steered away 15 shots.

Jonathan Huber, Jack Lutfi, Dylan Willis and Braden Fitzsimmons each found the back of the net a single time. Caleb Zuhoski registered a career-high with three assists, all in the third quarter.

Denver jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before Quirk settled in, holding the Pios scoreless for the final six minutes of the opening quarter while logging four saves.

Early in the second frame, Fitzsimmons opened the scoring as he absorbed the contact of a Pios defender and found the back of the net for his first collegiate goal. The Pioneers closed the half adding the last four tallies to take a 9-1 advantage into the break.

In the third period, the scoring drought was broken when the the Johnnies leading-scorer Huber notched his 40^th point of the season on a feed from Zuhoski. Shortly after, it was Zuhoski finding open teammates again as he dished it to Lutfi on the right-side of the post who sent it home. With 1:22 remaining in the third, Willis received a pass from Lutfi, weaved his way free and tucked a ball into the bottom corner.

The Pioneers added four goals in the fourth quarter to extend their cushion to 18-4 on their Senior Day.

For its next contest, the Johnnies (2-10, 0-3) will travel to the nation's capital to meet no. 2 Georgetown on April 23 at 12 p.m.