SJU Athletics Photos

Philadelphia, PA - The men's lacrosse team celebrated senior day in fine fashion as the Hawks defeated Manhattan, 12-8, on Wednesday night. SJU got four goals and two assists from senior Randy McNeill while Mike Pagliaro, Chris Spay, and Bert Whitelock added two goals each for the Hawks. Ken Rose and Wayne Sitar scored three goals each for Manhattan. After trading goals for the first 15 minutes, SJU scored five unanswered goals to take an 8-3 lead with nine minutes left in the first half. Manhattan (3-8, 1-5 MAAC) rallied back, scoring the next two goals to make it an 8-5 game at intermission. After the Jaspers made it a two-goal game with 6:19 left in the third quarter, the Hawks netted the next three goals to make it an 11-6 game with eight and a half minutes left in regulation. Manhattan would find the back of the net twice more before the game ended, but it was not enough as SJU improves to 3-7, 3-3 in MAAC play. James Amandola turned back 11 saves for the Jaspers while Jon Raleyhad eight saves in the win.