April 24, 2018
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| SHOTS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #17 Penn State | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| #1 Stony Brook | 21 | 13 | 34 |
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| #17 Penn State | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| #1 Stony Brook | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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| #17 Penn State | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| #1 Stony Brook | 11 | 8 | 19 |
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| DRAWS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #17 Penn State | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| #1 Stony Brook | 9 | 12 | 21 |
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Senior Shelby Wells (Timonium, Md.) registered a career-high three goals, but it wasn't enough as No. 17 Penn State dropped a tough non-conference decision to No. 1 Stony Brook, 21-13, this afternoon from LaValle Stadium.
Senior classmate Maggie Gallagher (Bel Air, Md.) added three goals of her own to tie her career-high while sophomore Kristin Roberto (Miller Place, N.Y.) tallied two goals and one assist for a career-best three points. Sophomore Maria Auth (Street, Md.) and junior Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.) each added a pair of goals in the setback.
Stony Brook (16-0) jumped out to a commanding 7-0 lead over the opening 15 minutes of the first half before Penn State (9-7) was even able to register a shot on goal. Courtney Murphy and Samantha DiSalvo each registered a pair of goals during that opening stretch.
The Nittany Lions nearly got on the board to end the run as Gallagher came around the cage from the left side, but her low shot was denied by Seawolf goalkeeper Anna Tesoriero at the 12:38 mark of the first half.
The Seawolves came right down the field on the ensuing possession and it was Kylie Ohlmiller tilting the score to 8-0 at the 13:00 mark. Gallagher came right back to finish low on the left side of the cage after receiving a feed from Roberto at the 12:05 mark and just 53 seconds later Wells scored on the free-position for the 8-2 deficit.
Junior Kayla Brisolari (Crofton, Md.) made it three goals in-a-row for the Nittany Lions as she ripped a bounce shot past Tesoriero at the 9:42 mark, but Murphy ended the mini spurt with her third of the game at the 8:01 mark for the 9-3 advantage.
The teams then traded goals heading into the intermission as Wells and Roberto added scores for Penn State and Stony Brook held the 13-5 advantage at the break.
Penn State came out in the second half clicking on all cylinders scoring the first three goals of the period as Auth ripped in a pair of free-position scores with a goal from Carter stuck in between for the 13-8 deficit at the 25:08 mark.
The Seawolves came right back, however, using a 5-0 spurt to hit running time at the 19:05 mark after three goals from DiSalvo and a pair from Murphy gave the hosts the 18-8 lead. Stony Brook added two more extending the run to 7-0 before Wells answered to tip the hat-trick at the 12:47 mark for the 20-9 score.
Roberto then fired in a free-position goal with 8:14 on the clock before Gallagher registered back-to-back goals in just 16 seconds and Carter made it a 5-0 run for the visitors with her second of the game at the 1:46 mark for the 20-13 deficit. However, Ally Kennedy ripped one in at the 1:23 mark for the 21-13 final.
Freshman Lucy Lowe (Cockeysville, Md.) absorbed the loss to fall to 7-7 on the year after making a pair of saves during 35:46 of game action while sophomore Madison Cunningham (Davie, Fla.) stopped three shots in 24:14 of time.
Penn State concludes the regular season at home as part of Senior Day with a 2 p.m. affair against Michigan on Saturday afternoon.
NOTES
- Penn State was held without a shot on goal for the first 15:21 of the game and only registered seven first-half shots on goal, tying a season low from last Thursday at Maryland.
- Senior Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) had her 38-game goal-streak snapped as she was kept off the score sheet for just the fifth time in her career over 79 games, however, she did turn in a team-best three groundballs.
- Brisolari added an assists to go with her goal as well as a pair of groundballs and a team-best four draw controls for an all-around solid performance.
- Penn State was outshot 34-27 including the 26-20 mark on target while the Seawolves also held the 19-13 edge in groundballs and the 21-15 advantage in draw controls.
- Wells' career-high three goals mark the fourth time in her career she has registered multiple goals in a single-game.
- Roberto set a new career-high with three points after registering a pair of goals for the second time in her career while adding one assist.
- Gallagher tied her career-high in goals after registering her second career hat-trick.
- The 21 goals allowed by Penn State is the most they have given up since 1994 during a 21-4 setback against Maryland.
- The 13 goals scored by the Nittany Lions is the most allowed by Stony Brook this season as the Seawolves allowed just 6.13 goals per contest coming into the game.