St. John’s Drops Contest to Bryant, 11-7

Saturday, March 7

Queens, N.Y. (Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium)

12 p.m.

St. John's University

2-5

Bryant

3-3

Bryant

St. John's (N.Y.)

Mitch Campbell had a career-high three goals for three points on four shots on goal

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Owen Rogers tallied two goals on two shots on goal

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St. John's is set to face No. 15/16 Rutgers at Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium on Tuesday with face-off set for 3 p.m.

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Jason Pagano recorded his first collegiate goal on Saturday against Bryant

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Jake Wright, Owen Rogers and Chase Huggard

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Adrian Nowak earned one assist for one point against the Bulldogs

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The Red Storm are back in action on Tuesday, hosting No. 15/16 Rutgers

QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's lacrosse team (2–4, 0–0 BIG EAST) fell to Bryant (2–3, 0–0 America East), 11–7, on Saturday afternoon at Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium.

The Red Storm mounted a second half push after falling behind 8–2 at halftime, but the comeback effort came up short. The Red Storm cut the deficit to two on multiple occasions with a dominant third quarter but the Bulldogs held (2-3, 0-0 America East) for the victory.

Mitch Campbell led the Johnnies with a career-high three goals on four shots on target. Owen Rogers added a season-high two goals, while Brody Hergott dished out a pair of assists. Jake Wright also found the back of the net, and Jason Pagano recorded the first goal of his collegiate career.

In goal, Matt Nelson made 11 saves for the Red Storm. The senior netminder has reached double-digit stops five times this season.

To open the game, the Red Storm took a costly penalty just 16 seconds in, but the man-down unit came up with a strong kill. Nelson then turned away a dangerous Bulldogs opportunity at the 13:04 mark. Both teams traded empty possessions before the Bulldogs ran out to a 3-0 advantage. Rogers put the Johnnies on the board at the 6:33 mark, beating the goalie with a bouncing shot for an unassisted tally. Both defenses held firm the rest of the period, sending the game into the second quarter with the Red Storm trailing, 3–1.

The second quarter opened with four scoreless minutes before St. John's was assessed a costly penalty. The Bulldogs capitalized on the man-up opportunity, converting at the 11:21 mark to extend their lead to three. Just over a minute later, Bryant struck again to take a four-goal advantage, prompting a Red Storm timeout.

Following a key defensive turnover, Pagano netted the first goal of his collegiate career with 8:53 remaining, trimming the deficit to 5–2. The Bulldogs answered two minutes later to push their lead back to four. After a five-minute scoring drought, Matt Nelson kept the Johnnies within reach with a pair of impressive back-to-back saves. Bryant closed the half with two goals, sending the game into the break with St. John's trailing, 8–2.

To begin the half, the teams traded possessions over the opening four minutes. Following a caused turnover by Danny Koch, Campbell opened the scoring in the third stanza, cruising past his defender to cut the deficit to 8–3 at the 10:41 mark. Just over a minute later, Campbell struck again for his second goal of the day to bring the Red Storm within four. St. John's continued to build momentum as Wright found the back of the net just 37 seconds later, trimming the deficit to three, forcing a Bryant timeout.

The Johnnies kept the pressure on with Rogers rifling a shot into the top corner to make it 8–6 with 3:49 remaining in the quarter. Bryant responded 29 seconds later to extend its lead back to three. Campbell completed the third-quarter hat trick with a top corner finish to cut the Bulldogs' advantage to two, sending the teams into the final stanza with Bryant leading, 9–7.

Bryant opened the final frame with a goal just 52 seconds in to extend its lead to three. Nelson kept the Johnnies within reach with a stop at the goal mouth with 11:13 remaining. Both teams went scoreless over the next four minutes until the Bulldogs added another tally to push the advantage to four with 7:02 to play. Bryant's defense held St. John's scoreless for the remainder of the contest to secure the 11–7 victory.

Following Saturday's matchup, the Red Storm will have a quick turnaround, hosting No. 15/16 Rutgers on Tuesday. Faceoff from Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium is set for 3 p.m.