STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Hawks had three different players tally hat-tricks on Saturday afternoon to lead the Hartford men's lacrosse past Wagner on the road, 18-9, on Hameline Field. With the win, the Hawks improve to 3-3 on the season, while the Seahawks fall to 1-5.
HARTFORD 18, WAGNER 9
Trailing 2-0 in the first, Malik Gay found the back of the net for the first goal of his collegiate career to put the Hawks on the board. Hunter Krauss followed with a goal of his own to knot the contest at 2-2, before Wagner took a 3-2 lead with 2:40 left in the first. However, the Hawks were able to tie the contest at 3-3 entering the second quarter, courtesy of a Braeden McKercher goal late in the first. The second quarter was all Hartford, with six different players tallying a goal, led by Carter O'Connell's two scores blazing the way for the Hawks' 7-0 run in the period. The run was capped by a goal from Justin Tkachuk, giving Hartord a 10-3 advantage entering the break.
Hartford kept the momentum going after the break, tacking on two more unanswered scores to push its lead to 12-3 with 13:51 left in the third. But the Seahawks responded by scoring three straight goals to trim the Hawks' lead to 12-6 with 6:39 left in the third quarter. Hartford closed the third with two consecutive goals, followed by two more to take a commanding 16-6 lead with 10:34 remaining in the contest. Wagner was able to add three more goals in the contest, but ultimately fell to Hartford, 18-9.
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES
- Hartford's 18 goals in the contest marked a season-high
- 11 different Hawks registered a goal in the win
- McKercher's three goals marked the first career hat-trick for the sophomore
- O'Connell's three goals marked his fourth hat-trick of the season
- O'Connell has tallied a team-high 14 goals on the season
- Junior Christian Paley added three goals for a hat-trick of his own
- Paley has registered two hat-tricks this season
- Krauss and Paley led the Hawks with two assists apiece
- The Hawks were dominant at the X, winning 20-of-31 faceoffs
- Senior Nicholas Vazquez won all seven of his eight faceoff attempts, while freshman Andrew Moynihan rounded out Hartford's strong effort by going 13-of-21
- Hartford finished with advantages in shots (42-34) and ground balls (29-17)
- Jake Garb netted a hat trick for Wagner and added an assist for four points
- Sophomore Cam Logan registered 10 saves for the Hawks, while Johnny Wright came away with seven stops for Wagner
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks will be back in action on Saturday, March 14, when Hartford opens America East play on the road at Stony Brook. Opening faceoff is set for noon.
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