STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Senior co-captain Carl Iacona
tallied his second consecutive multi-goal game, leading the Tigers past the
Stony Brook Seawolves 10-9 Saturday afternoon.
A late flurry of shots nearly tied the
game for Stony Brook, but junior goalkeeper Andrew Wascavage made an amazing save on Nick Watson's shot with one second remaining to preserve the Towson
victory. The Seawolves attempted three shots in the final eight seconds of play
while playing with a man advantage.
“It was chaos,” Towson Head Coach Shawn Nadelen said. “I'm glad that the
clock ran out and the ball did not cross the goal line.”
Iacona, a New York native who went to
Massapequa High School, now has nine multi-goal games in his career.
Iacona and Andrew Hodgson both had two first half goals for the Towson (3-3,
0-0 CAA), which used three straight goals over the final seven minutes of the
second quarter to take a 7-4 lead into the half.
With the score tied 4-4, Towson
attackman Dan Kramer took a pass
from Matt Hughes fired a shot past
Stony Brook goalkeeper Sean Brady
that put gave the Tigers a 5-4 lead with 6:40 remaining in the second quarter.
Towson kept the pressure on the
Seawolves for remainder of the second period. Hodgson's second goal of the
contest came just 67 seconds after Kramer's tally to give Towson a 6-4 edge.
Senior Michael Brashears added
Towson's fourth goal of the second quarter with 1:04 remaining in the frame,
putting the Tigers in front 7-4.
However, Stony Brook's defense
tightened up in the second half and the Seawolves mounted a late three-goal
charge of their own in the fourth quarter.
With Towson holding a comfortable 10-6
lead, Stony Brook scored three goals in 1:08 during the fourth quarter to come
within a one goal margin. Mike Rooney's goal with 3:59 remaining in the game
capped the run, bringing the score to its final, 10-9.
Hughes also scored two goals in the Towson victory.
Towson junior Ian Mills was 17-for-23 in faceoffs for the Tigers, and gave Towson
a needed spark in that area according to Nadelen.
“I'm glad Ian stepped up,” Nadelen
said. “He really controlled the faceoffs. We have to dig in and continue to get
those to go our way.”
