The first 30 minutes of a St. John’s men’s lacrosse game are intense and typically close, with the team neck and neck with whomever lines up across from them. But while it’s easy to drown in the Red Storm’s early game success, the team’s second half breakdowns are hard to ignore.
Saturday afternoon against No. 18 Villanova, the first half of the Red Storm’s penultimate regular season contest was one in which they took control early. They won faceoffs behind specialist Justin Corpolongo and scored five of the game’s first seven goals.
But that was just the beginning, as Villanova put together an impressive comeback that started a high-scoring affair between the two BIG East rivals.