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Keegan Preis vs Brockport (3.18.23)
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Keegan Preis vs Brockport (3.18.23)
29
Winner St. Mary's (Md.) ST. MARY'S (MD.) 10-5, 4-0
3
Wells WELLS 1-8, 1-3
Winner
St. Mary's (Md.) ST. MARY'S (MD.)
10-5, 4-0
29
Final
3
Wells WELLS
1-8, 1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Mary's (Md.) ST. MARY'S (MD.) 13 2 9 5 29
Wells WELLS 1 1 0 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Nairem Moran

Preis Sets Two School Single-Game Records as St. Mary’s College Men’s Lacrosse Locks Up No. 1 Seed

AURORA, N.Y. – Sophomore attackman Keegan Preis (Upper Falls, Md./Loyola Blakefield) set the single-game records for assists and points as the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team clinched the top seed in the 2023 United East Conference Championship Tournament Saturday morning (April 22).
 
St. Mary's College (10-5, 4-0 UEC) notched a dominating 29-3 league road win over Wells College (1-8, 1-3 UEC) behind Preis' record-breaking 14 assists and 16 points. With the win, the Seahawks will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming United East Tournament, which begins May 3 with semifinal games.
 
Preis finished with a game-, season-, and career-high 16 points on two goals and a game-, season-, and career-best 14 assists. He surpasses the previous marks of 11 assists and 13 points – both set by Jude Brown '22 on April 9, 2022, against Wells.
 
How It Happened
  • The Seahawks jumped out to a 13-0 lead and never looked back.
  • Wells avoided the shutout with less than two minutes remaining in the first quarter as Jacob Stine found the back of the net for the Express.

Inside the Box Score
  • St. Mary's dominated all categories as the Seahawks posted a 58-8 shot advantage, a +8-turnover margin, and a 39-5 ground ball edge.
  • Senior Mitch Boudreau (Towson, Md./Towson) was 16-of-19 at the face-off X while first-year Matteo Ciccarello (Crofton, Md./Arundel) won 15 face-offs, giving St. Mary's an 86.1-face-off win percentage (31-36).
 
St. Mary's College Game Notes
  • First-year attackman Joshua Martel (Linthicum, Md./North County) notched a season- and career-best five goals for the third time this season.
  • First-year attackman Liam McNulty (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) tallied a season- and career-high four points as McNulty scored two goals and dished out a season- and career-best two dimes.
  • Boudreau scooped up a game-, season-, and career-best 16 ground balls to give him 209 career ground balls.
  • Senior captain Connor Riggs (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) matched his career-high of two caused turnovers while scoring his first career goal.
 
Wells Game Notes
  • Stine scored all three goals for the Express while Isaac Craft made 12 saves in Wells' second straight loss.

Up Next for the Seahawks
  • Apr. 26 vs. Mary Washington (6-8) – St. Mary's City, Md./JLR Stadium (Gold Rush Game) – 7:00 p.m.
 
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