UNION, N.J. (4/14/21) – Thomas Francy finished with 16 saves as the Kean University men's lacrosse team dropped a Colonial States Athletic Conference contest to Stockton University, 17-6 on Wednesday evening.

Joey Tiernan totaled 10 points on six goals and four assists for the Ospreys who improve to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the CSAC. Connor Batjer totaled three points on two goals and one assist for the Cougars who fall to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the CSAC.

Stockton opened the battle for first place with three unanswered goals to take a 3-0 lead. Batjer and George Capria tallied the first two Cougar goals as Kean trailed 5-2 after 15 minutes of play. Brady Moore, Kyle Ryder and Batjer all scored in the second quarter as the Ospreys maintained a three goal cushion at 8-5 with just over three minutes before halftime.

Stockton scored three more to end the half and two in the third quarter to extend the Ospreys advantage to 13-5 entering the final quarter.

Dante Magliano broke the Ospreys run with a Batjer assisted goal to start the final frame and the Cougars trailed 13-6.

Stockton finished the contest adding four more goals to their tally for the evening.

On faceoffs, Max Stevens finished 13-for-18 with nine groundballs.

On defense, Matt Palmieri totaled four groundballs and two caused turnovers. Gregory Castor, Moore and Steven Thorne all collected two groundballs apiece.

Head Coach Shelley Sheiner and the Cougars will return to action on Tuesday, Apr. 20^th, hosting the Giants of Keystone College in "Connor's Game" for Autism Awareness beginning at 7:00 p.m.