March 16, 2002

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Kevin Pall's fourth goal of the game with 1:01 remaining gave Stony Brook a thrilling 10-9 comeback win over Quinnipiac in an America East matchup Saturday afternoon at Seawolves Field. The win improved the Seawolves record to 2-2, 1-1 in conference play while Quinnipiac fell to 1-3, 0-1 in America East action.

Quinnipiac jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on goals by John Giordano, Andy Pelletier and Mike Baglio. Pall trimmed the lead to 3-1 off a feed from Tris Gillen at the 3:00 mark, but Baglio got his second of the game with two seconds remaining in the quarter to extend the Braves lead to 4-1. SB rallied to tie the game at four at the break with three unanswered goals in the second quarter from Eric Hatkewitz, Jon Tompkins and Pall.

With the score tied at five in the third quarter, Baglio scored twice in a span of 2:18 to put the Braves up 7-5. Matt Campolettano answered eight seconds later for the Brook to cut the lead to 7-6 but an unassisted tally by Giordano put Quinnipiac up 8-6 heading into the final quarter.

Pall ignited the Seawolves' rally with his third goal of the game at the 10:22 mark of the final quarter. Freshman defenseman Kyle Pearl evened the score at eight 1:04 later when he raced the length of the field and fired at shot past T.J. Barnett. Quinnipiac would not go away and Joe Baglio's unassisted tally with 4:21 to go again gave the Braves the lead at 9-8. The lead lasted only 59 seconds as George LaFlare found a cutting Steve Conlon in front of the Quinnipac goal and Conlon made no mistake to knot the game at nine. Quinnipiac gained control of the next possession and set up for the game-winning shot. Jeff Speed fired a low-bouncing shot that Seawolves's goalie Steve Armsworthy turned aside with 1:10 to go and Aaron Weiss scooped up the loose ball in front of the Seawolves goal and carried in downfield before finding Pall to the right side of Barnett. Pall ticketed the upper right hand corner of the net for the game-winning goal. It was the first time that Stony Brook held a lead for the entire day.

Mike Baglio led the way for the Braves with four goals and an assist while Barnett made 11 saves. Armworthy returned to the lineup for SB after missing the last two games with a knee injury to record 11 saves and earn his first win of the year.

Final                 1   2   3   4     F
Quinnipiac (1-3, 0-1) 4   0   4   1     9
Stony Brook (2-2, 1-2)1   3   2   4     10

Qtr.    Time    Summary                          QU-SB
1-QU    12:28   John Giordano (Lollo)            1-0
1-QU    11:26   Andy Pelletier (Giordano)        2-0
1-QU    4:48    Mike Baglio (un)                 3-0
1-SB    3:00    Kevin Pall (Gillen)              3-1
1-QU    :02     Mike Baglio (un)                 4-1
2-SB    12:14   Eric Hatkewitz (un)              4-2
2-SB    8:49    Jon Tompkins (un)                4-3
2-SB    6:51    Kevin Pall (Conlon)              4-4
3-QU    13:59   John Giordano (J. Baglio)        5-4
3-SB    10:08   Steve Conlon (un)                5-5
3-QU    8:19*   Mike Baglio (un)                 6-5
3-QU    6:01    Mike Baglio (J. Baglio)          7-5
3-SB    5:53    Matt Campolettano (Pall)         7-6
3-QU    3:54    John Giordano (un)               8-6
4-SB    10:22   Kevin Pall (LaFlare)             8-7
4-SB    9:18    Kyle Pearl (un)                  8-8
4-QU    4:21    Joe Baglio (un)                  9-8
4-SB    3:22    Steve Conlon (LaFlare)           9-9
4-SB    1:01    Kevin Pall (Weiss)               9-10

Individual Scoring
Quinnipiac       G-A-P
Mike Baglio      4-1-5
John Giordano    3-1-4
Joe Baglio       1-2-3
Andy Pelletier   1-0-1
Jim Lollo        1-0-1

Stony Brook      G-A-P
Kevin Pall       4-1-5
Steve Conlon     2-1-3
George LaFlare   0-2-2
Matt Campolettano1-0-1
Jon Tompkins     1-0-1
Kyle Pearl       1-0-1
Tris Gillen      0-1-1
Aaron Weiss      0-1-1

Goaltending
Quinnipiac      Min   GA   Saves
T.J. Barnett    60    10    11
Stony Brook     Min   GA   Saves
Steve Armsworthy 60    9    11

Team Stats
Final           QU    SB
Shots           28    31
Saves           11    11
Groundballs     36    44
Clears        17/22  14/17
Faceoffs (W/L) 7/15  15/7
Penalties     6/4:00 4/3:30
Extra-Man      1/4    0/6