Emmitsburg, Md (February 15, 2025) – The Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse team is bringing home their second win of the season against Wagner, 15-9.

Wagner started the day off, going on a two-goal unanswered run until Brody Atkinson scored his first goal of the day. Wagner responded with their own goal, giving them a lead of 3-1. The Mount added another goal on the scoreboard with Jack Smith feeding Atkinson for his second goal of the day.  To finalize the first quarter, Connor Barrett scored a goal to tie the game at 3-3.

The second quarter is when the Mount took control, scoring seven of the 15 goals scored in the game. The scoring run started with Jack Smith's second goal of the game with less than two minutes off the clock.  Graduate student defenseman Seamus McCloskey scored his first goal of the season off the faceoff win by Jaden Saysanam. Marcelo Carreiro scored the next two goals for Mount, one coming assisted by Jack Smith. Kevin Whitty scored his second goal of the season, assisted by John Miller IV. With 7:26 left in the half, the Mount held a five-goal lead. Jack Smith tallied his second goal of the game, being assisted by Carter Quested. Wagner stopped the run with a goal being scored with four and a half minutes left in the half. Marcelo Carreiro rounded out the scoring in the first half with a goal, assisted by Will McKay, to give the Mount the lead 10-4.

To start the second half, Connor Barrett scored an unassisted goal with two and a half minutes off the clock. This ended Barrett's scoring for the day with two goals on four shots. Wagner began the fight back with two unanswered goals only 25 seconds apart. The Seahawks scored a third goal with just under seven minutes remaining in the third quarter to make the score 11-7. After one more Wagner goal, Kevin Whitty found the back of the net for his second goal of the game. This ends the third quarter with the Mountaineers holding the lead, 12-8.

The Mountaineers' three final goals all came unanswered, with Jack Smith getting his third and final goal of the game. Will McKay and Collin Thomson each added a goal of their own to give the Mount a commanding 15-8 lead with five minutes remaining in the contest. Wagner scored one more goal before the final horn, giving Mount the win, 15-9.

Up Next for the Mount 
The Mountaineers will take the short trip to Baltimore to take on UMBC on Friday, February 21, at 6 PM.