POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist stopped a Siena comeback in the fourth quarter and defeated the Saints 13-11 in front of an electric home crowd at Tenney Stadium. With the win, Marist improves to 5-5 overall and 3-1 in the MAAC. Sienna drops to 5-4 and 3-2 in the conference.
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- Evan Gagne opened up the game with a goal in the first minute of play. Despite not winning face-offs at all in the first quarter, Siena was able to make defensive stops and convert them to points. The Saints took a 3-1 lead with less than five minutes in the quarter. Michael Smith and Jake Weinman closed out the quarter with goals to tie it up.
- Both teams traded goals throughout the second quarter with neither team able to take more than a two goal lead. James Lyons and Chris Schlappich scored to take a 8-6 lead with 3:24 left but Siena responded with a goal of its own to cut the deficit back down to one and the end of half.
- Marist's offense and defense clicked in the third quarter, with the Red Foxes scoring five goals and holding the Saints to five shots. Peyton Smith won all seven face-offs during the quarter, limiting any offensive possession for Siena. Vito Musso's man-up goal put Marist up 13-8 to end the quarter.
- Siena's defense locked Marist down in the fourth, helping force seven turnovers and limited the offense to four goals. The Saints scored three more goals to cut the deficit to 13-11 with 2:32 left in the game. Siena won the ensuing face-off but the Marist defense made enough stops to preserve the win.
- Ten players scored with Weinman leading the charge with three goals.
- Peyton Smith had another dominate performance at the face-off position, winning 21-of-28 and picking up nine ground balls.
- Jake MacGregor had 12 saves including five big ones in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
- Matthew Selts paced the defense with three ground balls and three caused turnovers.
- Marist outshot Siena 41-34 but was even in shots on goal at 23 all.
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After a three game home stretch, Marist will hit the road again and take on Quinnipiac on April 13 for a noon match-up.
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