Men's Lacrosse Splits First Two Conference Contests

By Ryan Marquardt Head Sports Editor

e Fair eld Stags men’s lacrosse team opened up their Colonial Athletic Association regular season with a nail-biting win at Hofstra University, taking the win 12-11 on March 18. Like the nal score, the box score re ected the tight contest with the only advantages being the Stags scooping up 31 ground balls to the Prides’ 20 and Hofstra’s four man-up opportunities to Fair eld’s two according to the game’s o cial recap.

e game started o hot for Fair eld with the Stags jumping out to a 5-2 lead with Will Consoli ‘26 and Jake Gilbert ‘26 each nding the back of the net in the rst two minutes of the game. Hofstra then quickly battled back, tying the game at two apiece. Fair eld quickly snapped back with Bryce Ford ‘24 kicking o a three-goal run for the Stags with Consoli netting his second and Jack McKenna ‘25 getting the Stags a 5-2 lead. A er the Stags took this lead, they did not give

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it back, with Hofstra getting within one goal four separate times but never being able to take the lead.

With 9:04 le in the game, the Stags were up 10-9 and scored to get a two-goal lead with Consoli nding the back of the net for the fourth time on the day. Fair eld then would win a faceo , kill some clock and Ford scored his sixth point of the day with his third goal with just 5:56 le in the game.

Consoli time e only change to the score would be the game. e combination of Ford, Consoli e only change to the score would be with less than a minute to go when Hos ra managed to score two goals and garner a third possession. However, the Stag’s defense stood tall and held Hofstra one goal short of tying the game. e combination of Ford, Consoli and McKenna combined for ten goals and ve assists totaling 15 points on the day. In addition, Max Paparozzi ‘23 also scored and Rob Moore ‘25 had two assists.

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Furthermore, redshirt Sophomore Dylan Smith aided the Stags, going 13 for 26 from the faceo X and contributing nine ground balls. e close defensive unit garnered 13 ground balls and goalie Will Snyder ‘26 had seven saves in his rst CAA redshirt garnered 13 ground balls and goalie Will had win.

On Saturday, March 25, the Stags continued their in-conference play in-conference play at Towson dropped to a .500 record in