QUEENS, N.Y. –
After closing non-conference play by profitable three of its final 5 video games, the St. John’s lacrosse staff will open its BIG EAST slate on Saturday when Marquette involves Queens. Faceoff from Belson Stadium is ready for 11 a.m.
The sport will likely be streamed on FloSports with Joe Vasile on the decision. Reside stats will likely be out there on RedStormSports.com.
Saturday is Professor Appreciation Day and First Responder Appreciation Day at Belson Stadium. Any first responder or St. John’s professor will have the ability to cease by the St. John’s Athletics desk to obtain a free St. John’s Athletics cup with a free soda. Admission to Belson Stadium is free for all followers.
The Pink Storm (3-7, 0-0 BIG EAST) completed the non-conference portion of its schedule final Saturday, choosing up a come-from-behind win towards Le Moyne, 9-7. After falling behind 4-0 within the first quarter, the Johnnies used a 7-0 run to earn its first four-goal comeback since 2019.
Brian Kelly and Bobby Seel every recorded hat methods to tempo St. John’s offensively. The junior attackmen are tied for the staff lead with 19 objectives apiece.
Along with his three objectives, Kelly added an help on Saturday for his sixth sport of the season with not less than 4 factors. The Pink Hook, N.Y., native has 31 multipoint performances in 38 profession appearances and sits at 123 factors over his three-year profession, 10th most in program historical past. Kelly has factors in 9 straight contests this season.
Seel has not less than two factors in six straight video games and his 31 factors this season are a profession finest. The Backyard Metropolis, N.Y., product has produced two hat methods this 12 months and has recorded not less than one level in a team-best 11 straight video games, relationship again to 2023.
Defensively, Jack Schirtzer picked up a team-best 4 triggered turnovers. The junior has pressured 1.5 giveaways per sport this season, third finest within the BIG EAST. His 15 triggered turnovers in 2024 are a brand new profession finest, beating the 14 turnovers he pressured a season in the past.
The Pink Storm held Le Moyne to 15-of-19 on clears. The Johnnies enable opponents to transform simply 84.2 p.c of its clear alternatives, the second-best using share within the BIG EAST.
Kyle Munson was magnificent in internet on Saturday, making a season-best 16 stops and incomes a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. The redshirt junior saved Le Moyne off the scoresheet within the second and third quarters, marking the primary time the Pink Storm has saved an opponent scoreless in a interval since Feb. 5, 2023, towards Manhattan. Munson leads the BIG EAST with 11.4 saves per sport and is second within the convention with a 51.4 save share.
Saturday will mark the Golden Eagles’ first go to to Belson Stadium and the 12th all-time assembly between the convention foes. Final season, Marquette earned a 20-10 victory over St. John’s on April 8, 2023, in Milwaukee.
Marquette involves Queens 4-5 on the 12 months, coming off an 8-3 win at St. Bonaventure final Saturday. The win over the Bonnies broke a five-game dropping streak for the Golden Eagles. Marquette took a 3-0 lead after the primary quarter and by no means appeared again, holding St. Bonaventure off the scoresheet within the first and third quarters. Carsen Brandt, Luke Blanc and Devon Cowan every tallied two objectives whereas Bobby O’Grady recorded a objective and a helper. Defensively, BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Participant of the Yr Mason Woodward triggered 4 turnovers and scooped 4 free balls. Caleb Creasor made 11 saves on simply 14 pictures confronted between the pipes.
On the season, Marquette has scored 98 objectives and allowed 96. The Golden Eagles have transformed on 27.5 p.c of its pictures and have put 57.1 p.c of its makes an attempt on internet. The Eagles have 11 man-up objectives and have transformed on 47.8 p.c of their extra-man alternatives, which ranks seventh within the nation. Offensively, O’Grady leads Marquette with 18 objectives and Jake Stegman has a team-best 15 assists. Six gamers have not less than 14 factors this season and 25 gamers have recorded not less than one level. On the faceoff ‘X’, Luke Williams has gained practically 60 p.c of the attracts he has taken which ranks third within the BIG EAST and 14th within the nation.
The Golden Eagles completed fifth within the BIG EAST a season in the past and have been picked third within the convention’s 2024 preseason ballot.
Following Saturday’s tilt with Marquette, St. John’s will head west for a Friday night time matchup with No. 10/9 Denver on April 5. Faceoff from Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium is ready for 8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. MT).