UNION, N.J. (4/26/23) – Devin Reppert made 18 saves as the Kean University men's lacrosse team dropped their regular season home finale to Montclair State University, 12-8 on Wednesday evening.
Ryan Vierbuchen totaled nine points on six goals and three assists for the Red Hawks who improve to 9-7 overall and 2-3 in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference.
Dylan Johnson finished with four points on three goals and one assist for the Cougars who fall to 10-5 overall and 0-3 in the CLC.
First Half
- Montclair State sandwiched in five goals between Tommy Pellegrino score to open the game and Johnson's score to end the half.
- Five different Red Hawks scored as MSU held a 5-2 advantage at halftime.
Second Half
- After MSU notched three straight in the third, Johnson closed the quarter with a goal right before the buzzer.
- Back-to-Back goals pushed Montclair's lead to 10-3 with 11:52 remaining.
- Kean answered with five straight goals, including two from Nick Thorne to cut the deficit down to 10-8 with 5:41 remaining.
- Johnson, Connor Batjer, and Kenny Yeager all notched goals during the run.
- Vierbuchen added two insurance goals in the final five minutes to seal the victory for MSU.
Inside the Box
- Thorne finished with three points on two goals and one assist.
- Batjer notched two points on a goal and an assist.
- Anthony Porter and Hunter Jenkinson both recorded an assist.
- Steven Thorne totaled five groundballs and one caused turnover.
- Yeager notched four groundballs and one caused turnover.
- Adam Claxton collected three groundballs.
Head Coach
Shelley Sheiner and the Cougars will return to action in Newport News, Va. on Saturday, Apr. 29
th, against the nationally ranked Captains of Christopher Newport University at 5:00 p.m.
