March 10, 2001

West Hartford, CT - The University of Hartford men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 10-9 win over Stony Brook on Saturday afternoon, the game was played at Springfield College. The Hawks trailed 6-4 at halftime and used a strong defensive effort and a balanced scoring attack to top the Seawolves late in the fourth quarter.

Hartford was led by junior Tyler Francey (Brampton, Ontario) who had two goals and one assist including the game winner with 5:40 left in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Tom Fallica (Smithtown, NY) also had two goals and an assist for the Hawks and junior Brian LaMastro added three assists for the Hawks.

The Seawolves were led by senior Jesse Foss (Levittown, NY) who had two goals and two assists in the loss. Sophomore Matt Toner (Baldwin, NY) added had a goal and two assists and junior Kevin Pall (Merrick, NY) had three goals for the Seawolves.

Hartford was led in goal by sophomore Rorke Greene (Cape Elizabeth, ME) who made 18 saves in goal. The Seawolves netminder, senior Tom Bushy (N. Falmouth, MA) made 13 saves in the loss.

 Box Score

 Hartford (2-0):    3-1-3-3=10
 Stony Brook (0-2): 3-3-2-1=9


Qtr.-Time     Goal                             SB-HU
1-12:55       SB, Matt Toner (un) EMG          1-0
1-8:36        SB, Kevin Pall (un)              2-0
1-6:33        HU, Tom Fallica (Francey)        2-1
1-4:44        HU, Damian Cliffe (un)           2-2
1-1:38        HU, Frank Fenimore (LaMastro)    2-3
1-:23         SB, Tris Gillen (Foss)           3-3
2-14:08       SB, Tris Gillen (Foss)           4-3
2-13:29       HU, Tom Hanas (LaMastro)         4-4
2-10:11       SB, Jesse Foss (un)              5-4
2-4:24        SB, Jesse Foss (un)              6-4
3-12:29       HU, Kevin Garvey (un-man down)   6-5
3-8:04        HU, Kevin Garvey (un)            6-6
3-6:58        SB, Kevin Pall (Toner)           7-6
3-4:43        HU, Tyler Francey (Fallica) EMG  7-7
3-2:40        SB, Jon Tompkins (Toner)         8-7
4-12:21       HU, Tony Senia (un)              8-8
4-6:57        HU, Tom Fallica (LaMastro)       8-9
4-5:40        HU, Tyler Francey (un)           8-10
4-3:22        SB, Kevin Pall (Foss) EMG        9-10

TEAM STATS           Stony Brook     Hartford
Shots                   35              35
Saves                   13              18
Face-offs               14/22          8/22
Groundballs             39              46
Extra-Man               2/10           1/9
Penalties               9/7:00         11/9:00

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Hartford            Goals-Assts.-Pts.
Tyler Francey          2-1-3
Tom Fallica            2-1-3
Brian LaMastro         0-3-3
Kevin Garvey           2-0-2
Damian Cliffe          1-0-1
Tom Hanas              1-0-1
Frank Fenimore         1-0-1
Tony Senia             1-0-1

Stony Brook        Goals-Assts.-Pts.
Jesse Foss             2-3-5
Kevin Pall             3-0-3
Matt Toner             1-2-3
Tris Gillen            2-0-2
Jon Tompkins           1-0-1

GOALIES
Hartford          Saves    GA    Min
Rorke Greene       18      9     60

Stony Brook       Saves    GA    Min
Tom Bushy          13      10    60