UAlbany

Box Score

NJIT NJIT 2-9, 0-5

UAlbany UALBANYM 4-6, 3-2

NJIT NJIT

2-9, 0-5

Final

Apr. 15, 2023

UAlbany UALBANYM

4-6, 3-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
NJIT NJIT	1	2	3	1	7
UAlbany UALBANYM	3	5	3	2	13

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 4/15/2023 7:16:00 PM

Muscatella's Efforts Not Enough As Men's Lacrosse Loses To UAlbany

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NEWARK, N.J. — Despite playing even early in the first half, the NJIT men's lacrosse team was defeated on the road against the UAlbany Great Danes Saturday afternoon at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.

HIGHLIGHTS

Garrett Muscatella tied for the game lead with a four-goal outing and added an assist for a five-point performance - both career highs.
NJIT (2-9, 0- AE) also got a goal each from Logan Hone, Isaac Vanzomeren, and Jack Bowie and additional assists from Brandon Wasitowski and Devon Ford.
Vanzomeren and Bowie each had a game-high six ground balls, part of a season-best 37 as a team.
Liam Brown stopped 16 shots in goal in a complete 60 minute outing.

1ST QUARTER

Vanzomeren won the initial faceoff and put the Highlanders ahead 12 seconds in on an unassisted score.
An extra-man score by UAlbany with 11:15 remaining tied the match up at 1-1.
The Great Danes took a 3-1 lead into the second after scoring two goals in the final 30 seconds.

2ND QUARTER

NJIT bounced back to tie the game at 3-3 after a Devon Ford to Bowie connection (10:38) and a Muscatella solo score (9:34).
UAlbany retook the advantage as a 5-0 run gave them their biggest lead of the game, 8-3, heading into the half.

3RD QUARTER

After UAlbany added a sixth goal to its run to open the half, Muscatella locked in his second consecutive hat trick with NJIT's next two goals to cut UAlbany's lead to 9-5 with 11:13 to go.
After a tenth UAlbany goal, Muscatella added his fourth of the contest on an unassisted effort to keep NJIT within four, 10-6.
The quarter would end with another UAlbany goal, sending the team's into the fourth with an 11-6 scoreline.

4TH QUARTER

The lowest combined scoring period of the game (3 goals) saw Hone get on the board with the help of Muscatella (11:03)

OTHER NOTES

Muscatella's four-goal showing was the fifth game of his career with 3+ goals, fourth of the season and second in a row.
Bowie set career highs in ground balls in back-to-back games (4 last week against Merrimack and 6 today).
Brown has now made 165 saves this season, 14 away from second place all-time at NJIT (178 by Nick Marzullo in 2016) and 44 from first (208 by Alexzander Hunt in 2019).

NEXT UP
NJIT will play its final home game of the season on Saturday, April 22 at 1 p.m. against UMBC.

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