The postseason for men's lacrosse season begins on Friday afternoon, as the No. 7 Siena Saints hit the road to take on the No. 2 Monmouth Hawks in the Quarterfinal Round of the 2021 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Championship at 3 p.m.
Follow the Saints' postseason game by clicking on the corresponding live video and live stats links at the top of the page. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. The broadcast can be watched by clicking the corresponding link, on smartphones and tablets via the ESPN app, and on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox360, and Xbox One. Continuous in-match updates will be provided via the team's official twitter page @SienaLacrosse. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACLAX.
Seven teams will compete for the MAAC title, including No. 1 seed Manhattan plus the six teams playing in the quarterfinal round on Friday. Monmouth hosts Siena, St. Bonaventure entertains Detroit Mercy and Canisius welcomes Marist.
This will be the eighth overall meeting between the Hawks and Saints, with Monmouth owning the 6-1 advantage. This will be the first postseason matchup between the two programs. Siena hasn't appeared in the postseason since 2014, when the Saints would win the whole thing by defeating No. 2 Marist for MAAC title to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
The Siena Men's Lacrosse team had three student athletes selected on All-MAAC teams on Wednesday morning, represented by fifth year
Dylan Pantalone on the All-MAAC First Team Midfielder, senior
Jack Kiernan on All-MAAC Second Team Attack, and freshman
Trevor Marsala on the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
In addition to the accolades, the Saints had 19 student athletes make the MAAC All-Academic Team –
Cole Allen,
Nick Casner,
Jack Cheney,
Sam DiChristina,
Mitch Fanning,
Brett Habich,
Colton Hart,
Luke Julien,
Chris Kiely,
Braedon LaBar,
Dan Maloney,
Brandon Meir,
Tyler Menniti,
Hunter Pemrick,
George Rusnak,
Anthony Tebbano,
Maurice Tessier,
Seth Van Schepen, and
Christopher Yanchoris.
The last time these two teams met back on Mar. 13, junior goaltender
Christopher Yanchoris had himself a career day. He would make 26 saves in what became a tightly contested 7-6 overtime loss to the Hawks. That mark would be the highest save total in an NCAA Division I single game since 2019, and would be only the third time since 2015 that a goalie in NCAA Division I game reached the 26-save plateau.
That mark would be a new career high for Yanchoris, as he faced a total 51 shots on the day, with 33 coming on cage. On the field, both
Jack Kiernan and
Dylan Pantalone each collected three points apiece on two goals and an assist each.
Colin Gleason and
Seth Van Schepen would chip in the other goals for Siena. Kiernan,
Colton Hart, and
Trevor Marsala each added four ground balls apiece as well.
Monmouth is making its fifth appearance in the MAAC Tournament and the first since 2018. The Hawks are 2-3 all-time, including 0-1 at Kessler Stadium. The Hawks won their lone conference title in 2017 and are looking to make their second NCAA Tournament appearance. 2021 is the first year that the MAAC Tournament features a quarterfinal round game. Monmouth went 5-2 overall during the regular season, including a 4-2 record in conference play to earn a share of the regular season title. It was Monmouth's second MAAC Regular Season Championship, with the other coming during the Hawks' historic 2017 season. The Hawks went 4-0 at home during the year, including wins over Manhattan, St. Bonaventure and Detroit Mercy.
