Men's Lacrosse: Warriors, Hawks Clash in Eastern's Home-Opening Match

3/13/2026 3:13:00 PM

Team Records:
Eastern Warriors: 0-1
Roger Williams Hawks: 1-4

Series History:

Last win vs. Hawks at home: 3/23/2022 (Warriors 12, Hawks 11, 2 ot). In that match, neither team led by more than a goal at each break, with the score tied after three quarters and after regulation. Quinn O'Connor of Eastern scored a career-high five goals against his former school and Brycen Kennedy ended the match 5:31 into overtime. There were only 5:30 minutes of penalties in the contest but the teams combined to connect on five of seven extra-man tries. Goalies Max Kimmel (RWU) and Nick Collazo combined to make 22 saves

Game notes:

2026 marks the largest incoming freshman class (20) in the program's 31-year history
Freshmen Ronan Donnelly, Matthew Fritzsche, and Andrew Schmidt each scored in their collegiate debuts last Friday on the road against Farmingdale State
Freshmen Jake Correia and Cooper Bengtson combined for a 56% success rate from the faceoff X, winning 14 of 25 faceoffs against Farmingdale State
Eastern looks to snap a two-game home-opening losing streak since drubbing Salem State University in a Little East Conference match, 18-1, in 2023. The Warriors had played their first six matches (2-4 record) on the road that year before opening at Rick McCarthy Field. The Warriors won three of five at home that year
Eastern has been idle for eight days (having had three of its first four matches postponed or cancelled) while RWU is coming off Wednesday's 11-7 home loss to Kean University in its fifth match of the year. The Cougars forced 27 turnovers against the Hawks and never allowed more than two goals in a period. The teams were 2-of-10 in extra-man opportunities
First-year RWU assistant Devin Callahan is a former four-year Eastern player and assistant coach