BUFFALO, New York – The Marist men's lacrosse team was defeated 14-13 by the Canisius Golden Griffins on Friday evening in the quarterfinal round of the MAAC Championships

Despite a career day from Jamison Embury, the Golden Griffins were able to fight off a thrilling second-half comeback attempt from Marist who trailed by six goals late into the third quarter. The Red Foxes closed the game on a 6-1 run which cut the deficit to just one goal, but a diving shot attempt to tie the game by Jason Intermesoli with just a few ticks left on the clock in regulation was turned away by Canisius goalkeeper Matt Vavonese to secure the victory for the Golden Griffins.

 

SUMMARY

• Nathan Conry found the back of the net first for Canisius just 36 seconds into the game.
• Jamison Embury answered with a goal of his own a few minutes later to even up the score at 1-1.
• The Golden Griffins closed the first quarter on a 6-1 run to take a 7-2 lead into the second quarter.
• Marist and Canisius exchanged a pair of goals early in the second quarter, Joe Tierney and Vito Musso scoring the goals for the Red Foxes, and the Golden Griffins lead remained five midway through the period.
• After Canisius scored another to increase its lead to six, Jamison Embury found Hunter Embury who fired and scored to cut the lead back down to five. The roles reversed just two minutes later as Hunter found Jamison, as the Red Foxes trimmed the deficit to four heading into halftime.
• The Golden Griffins scored three of the first four goals of the second half, increasing their lead to six again with five minutes to play in the third quarter.
• A Jojo Pirreca goal at the 4:37 mark of the third reignited the Red Fox offense, and would spark a late comeback attempt for Marist.
• Hunter Embury scored again before the third quarter clock expired, and the red Foxes trailed 13-9 heading into the fourth.
• Tierney and Hunter Embury each scored a goal early in the fourth, but a quick steal and score by Canisius' Ryan Cicci increased the Golden Griffin to 14-11.
• Jamison Embury scored his fourth goal of the game at the 9:49 mark to trim Canisius' lead to two again, and five minutes later Pirreca scored in transition to cut it to one for the first time since the score was 2-1.
• Intermesoli did everything he could to find a way to get to the net and fire off a shot as the last seconds of the game were ticking away, but Vavonese was able to make the safe and secure the victory for Canisius.

 

KEY STATS

• Jamison Embury had a game-high seven points, and tied for the game-high in goals with four. Hunter Embury also had four goals.
•  Tierney and Pirreca each had two goals, and Vito Musso accounted for the other Marist goal.
• Kyle Stofko had a game-high three caused turnovers. Sam Ahlgrim, Kurt Wessner, and JT Roselle each had two.
• Logan Covey made eight saves and had a .364 save percentage.
• Dan Kritkausky and Keegan Kozack had three goals each to lead the Golden Griffins. Jacob Buck had a game-high four assists.
• Vavonese had 14 saves and a .519 save percentage.
• Canisius won 20 faceoffs, while Marist won just 10.

 

NOTES

• Jamison Embury matched his career-highs with four goals, three assists, and seven points.
• Hunter Embury set a new career-high with four goals and five points in the game.
• Stofko's three caused turnovers matched a career-high, as did Wessner's two caused turnovers.
• Roselle's two caused turnovers puts him at 30 for his career which moves him into sole possession of eight place in the program's record book.
• This is the first time Canisius has beaten Marist in MAAC Championship play. The Golden Griffins are now 1-2 against the Red Foxes in the postseason.

 

RECORDS

• The Red Foxes finish the 2021 season with a 3-1 overall record.
• Canisius improves to 5-4 overall in 2021, and advances to take on #1 Manhattan next weekend.