Men Come Up Short at St. John's, 12-5

Saturday, March 17

Queens, NY

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

2-3

St. John's

5-2

Dartmouth

St. John's

3/17/2018 2:43:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score Jack Korzelius Brendan Callahan Ben Martin George Christopher George Prince Will Randell David Gallagher Matt Paul Trevor Ballantyne Liam O’Connell PDF Box Score Box Score

By: Dartmouth

QUEENS, N.Y. – Matt Paul provided a pair of goals for visiting Dartmouth, but St. John's jumped out to a 5-0 lead and kept the Big Green at arm's length en route to a 12-5 victory at DaSilva Memorial Field on Saturday afternoon.

Jack Korzelius, George Prince and Liam O'Connell each scored a goal, while Ben Martin and Trevor Ballantyne had an assist apiece. In net, George Christopher made 12 saves.

"I give St. John's credit," head coach Brendan Callahan said. "They were a better team than us today. We were in a bit of a funk after the exam break, and they made us pay for those errors early on. Their defense was tough and their goalie made some huge saves that kept us from finishing some of the chances we did create. Putting 15 shots on net against a team like that isn't going to get it done, but I thought we played hard and gave a good effort for 60 minutes. I thought we were improved at the X as well."

Two St. John's (5-2) tallies within a minute started off the first quarter in the home team's favor and, just over six minutes in, the Red Storm had a 3-0 advantage. Dartmouth's (2-3) defense came alive after the third goal and kept St. John's out of the net for the remaining 8:50. Will Randell and Paul gave the Green a good chance to get on the board but were stopped by goalie Matt Hanley.

Two more markers early in the second gave the Red Storm a five-goal lead, but an unassisted goal by Prince just over five minutes in got the Big Green on the board. In the remaining six minutes, both teams scored a pair of goals: O'Connell and Korzelius found the back of the net in the span of a minute and a half and Dartmouth headed to the half down by four (7-3).

Good defense and a trio of saves by Christopher kept St. John's at bay for the first 10 minutes of the third. With four minutes to go, the Red Storm scored their eighth, but Paul's sixth of the season with under two to play got the Big Green back within four (8-4). One more for the home team less than a minute later made it a 9-4 game.

Three markers within a minute and a half – including Paul's second of the half – gave the Red Storm an 11-5 advantage with over 10 minutes of action to go. Martin and David Gallagher were strong offensively and had some good chances, but both were stopped by Hanley. After keeping St. John's off the board for almost 10 minutes, the Red Storm got one more to end the game (12-5).

Dartmouth has a short turnaround, heading to Charlottesville to face No. 7 Virginia on Tuesday.