NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College men's lacrosse team suffered an overtime defeat to Russell Sage in its first match of the season.
 
The Basics
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 6, Russell Sage 7
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (0-1, 0-0 Skyline) | Russell Sage (1-0, 0-0)
 
Rapid Recap
Mount Saint Mary College hosted Russell Sage in the Knights' first match of the season. It would take just over 12 minutes, but Tyler Mackay would find fellow freshman Brandon Pagano for the first goal of the match and the first points of their collegiate careers. The Gators would quickly answer less than a minute later to tie things up 1-1. Freshman faceoff specialist Joseph Corallo had a great debut for the Knights, winning 10 of his 16 draws and corralling 4 ground balls. Robby Maurer would take advantage of a Sage turnover, putting the Knights back on top to close out the first quarter.

Senior midfielder Henry Micyk did a great job distributing the ball today, recording a career-high 3 assists, as he found Devin Lanzer and Hayden Mitchell to put Mount Saint Mary up 4-1. All-Conference defenseman Luke Dombroski picked up right where he left off last season, forcing a game-high 3 caused turnovers after finishing the 2025 season 2nd in Division III in caused turnovers per game. Micyk recorded all 3 of his assists in the second quarter, dishing out an assist to Tyler Mackay as the Knights took a 5-2 lead. The Gators scored a much-needed goal with 14 seconds left in the half, as the Knights led 5-3.

The Mount offense would be held scoreless in the third quarter, but they had excellent looks and opportunities to score. Goal luck was not on their side this afternoon, as the Knights hit the post on multiple occasions. Sage would score the lone goal in the quarter, cutting their deficit to just 1 as the Mount led 5-4 heading into the fourth.

Tyler Mackay would find Robby Maurer for the goal with 11:29 left in the game to put the Knights up 6-4. A two-goal lead in this low-scoring battle seemed like a lot more than it actually was. The Gators would score 2 goals in a 38-second span to tie the game up 6-6. The Mount had a man-up opportunity with the chance to take the lead late in the game, but they were unable to score.

We would head into overtime tied 6-6 with the next team to score walking away with the win. Joseph Corallo would give the Knights the upper hand with a faceoff win to open the overtime period. Sage would come up with a defensive stand and followed up the ensuing possession with a goal to win the game 7-6.
 

Notes and Numbers        

• Joseph Corallo: 10-16 faceoffs, 4 ground balls
• Henry Micyk: career-high 3 assists
• Tyler Mackay: 1 goal, 2 assists
• Robby Maurer: 2 goals