Dragons Late Rally Comes up Short in CAA Semifinals Against Stony Brook

Thursday, May 4

Newark, Del.

8:30 p.m.

Drexel University

8-6, 5-2CAA

Stony Brook (#3 seed)

9-6, 5-2CAA

STONY BROOK

DREXEL

Dragons Late Rally Comes up Short in CAA Semifinals Against Stony Brook

5/4/2023 10:33:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Drexel's season ends with a 13-10 loss

NEWARK, Del. – Drexel's second-half rally came up short as Stony Brook held off the Dragons, 13-10, in the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals at the University of Delaware. Drexel scored the final six goals of the game to make it close, but its season ended with an 8-6 record.

Drexel started the game strong with two goals in the first five minutes of the game. Jack Mulcahy set up Conor Hooley at the 12:32 mark for the first goal. A little more than two minutes later Casey Waller fired a shot from 10 yards out to make it a two-goal lead. That would be the last Drexel goal for almost 22 minutes. Stony Brook rattled off 10-straight goals to take a commanding 10-2 lead. The Dragons cut the deficit to six before half as Luke Tomak scored a pair of goals. Mulcahy assisted on both of those scores and had three assists in the half.

The Seawolves extended the lead by scoring the first three goals of the second half. Jonathan Huber scored two of those as Stony Brook led 13-4 with 9:45 to play in the third. The Dragons started to chip into the lead and narrowed the deficit to 13-6 as Mulcahy and Donnelly each got on the board in the third. The Dragons hit the post twice in the last five minutes of the third.

The Dragons dominated play in the fourth quarter. Drexel won four of five face-offs in the third and forced Stony Brook into five turnovers as the Dragons crept back in the contest. The Dragons scored three goals in a span of 54 seconds to make it 13-9 early in the fourth. Tomak started the run with his third of the game from straight on. Drexel won the ensuing face-off and Connor McVicker scored in transition just 13 seconds later. On Drexel's next possession Zach Augustine came from behind the net to beat the Seawolves' keeper. The Dragons would add another with 7:36 to play when Mulcahy scored his 20^th of the season cutting the lead to three. Drexel's defense would hold the high-powered Stony Brook offense without a goal for the final 24:45 of the game, but could not get any closer as the Seawolves moved on to the title game against Delaware.

Mulcahy scored twice and handed out four assists in the game. He moved into a tie for eighth place in career assists at Drexel with 74, tying Ron Forster and passing Robert Church. Tomak scored three goals and ended the year with 25 goals. Mulcahy and Tomak were each named to the CAA's All-Tournament team. Donnelly and Augustine each had a goal and an assist. Justin Joseph won 18 of the 26 face-offs in the game and had a game-high 11 ground balls. Ross Blumenthal had 10 saves in the cage for DU.

Huber had five goals in the contest. Will Button and Blake Behlen each added two scores. Drexel held Dylan Pallonetti without a goal for the first time in his career. He had the longest goal scoring streak in the nation entering the game (42 games). Jamison MacLachan turned aside 15 Drexel shots in net.