HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 28, 2024) - Senior Mikey Whiteside scored a career-high six goals as the No. 17/16 Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team defeated SUNY Maritime 20-8 in a non-conference contest Wednesday night at the DeBaun Athletic Complex.

The Ducks win their second-straight game as they improve to 2-1. All three games played have been at home for the Ducks. The next two games will be at home as well. Stevens is now 9-0 all-time against the Privateers. Each game has been won by at least eight goals, with eight coming by double-figures. Maritime falls to 2-1.

Just over a minute and a half into the game, senior Jack Savarese opened the scoring for the Ducks as he scored an unassisted goal. A few minutes later, Whiteside tallied his first of the game unassisted as the Ducks doubled their advantage. With 8:17 reading on the DeBaun scoreboard, sophomore Matthew Pergola joined in on the scoring to make it 3-0. Maritime would answer a few seconds later, but Stevens took a 4-1 lead into the second as Whiteside found the back of the net again. Whiteside then made it a hat trick 32 seconds into the second quarter. Seven seconds later, Savarese tallied his second of the game on an assist from sophomore Will Giarusso as the Ducks went up 6-1. The Privateers would score the next goal, but Whiteside struck again with 9:40 to go in the half to go back up five. After another Privateers goal, Stevens scored the final four of the second to take a 11-3 advantage into the break. Senior Joseph Grippo scored twice, while Pergola and junior Shea Grant each added one.

The Maritime halftime talk worked, as the Privateers scored three of the four goals in the third and held Stevens scoreless for the first 14 minutes of the quarter. Junior Tommy Robertozzi scored with 48 seconds left that gave Stevens a 12-6 lead heading into the fourth. After the visitors scored the first of the fourth to get back within five, Whiteside tallied number five with 12:32 remaining. Maritime would score next, but that would be their last tally of the game. Graduate student Dominick Visintin scored his first of the game at the 10:07 mark. With 8:49 left and with the man advantage, Whiteside recorded number six as he ripped a shot just under the crossbar and finished it off with the celebration as the Ducks went up 15-8. Grippo added his third a few minutes later. In the final 3:08 of game time, the Ducks added four more goals, as sophomore Daniel Garvey, junior Jake Connelly, junior Larson Cronk, and junior Blake Creamer each scored their first of the season.

Top Performers

• Whiteside tallied six points.
• Grippo recorded a hat trick.
• Pergola had two goals and an assist.
• Savarese tallied two goals.
• 14 other Ducks recorded a point.
• First-year Luke Cifuentes and first-year Tyler Holland each caused three turnovers.
• First-year Jackson Penn had a career-high eight ground balls, while junior Bryan Creamer picked up seven.
• Graduate student Kevin Holtby (2-1) made seven saves in 30 minutes of action. Senior Jake Zeyher also played 30 minutes, making four saves.

The Opponent

• Parker Reilly and Patrick Schnell each had three goals and one assist.
• Two other Privateers tallied a point.
• Kieran Hendry picked up five ground balls.
• Brody Smith caused three turnovers.
• Jake Daresta made 12 saves in 30 minutes of action.

Around the MAC Freedom

• Arcadia 5, Western Connecticut State 12 F/SAT
• Lebanon Valley 12, Haverford 18 F/SAT
• Rosemont 8, Delaware Valley 12
• DeSales 9, RPI 19 F/SAT
• Susquehanna 15, King's 5 F/SAT
• Susquehanna 9, Misericordia 8
• Nuemann 13, King's 9
• FDU-Florham 1, Kean 22
• Ursinus 10, Arcadia 11
• Muhlenberg 8, DeSales 11
• Lebanon Valley 18, Albright 10
• Delaware Valley 15, Cairn 5

Up Next: The Ducks are back on Saturday as they host Messiah. The game is set for 4 p.m. It will be the first matchup between the teams. Links for live stats and video are posted to stevensducks.com