PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Seeing a two-goal deficit with only two minutes to play, the Saint Joseph's men's lacrosse team grabbed some late game heroics to push past Providence on Saturday afternoon in a 13-12 overtime thriller.
 
A pair of Carter Page goals in the final two minutes tied the game with three seconds left in regulation before Toron Eccleston's fourth goal of the game gave the Hawks their first overtime win since 2021.
 
St. Joe's moves to 5-3 on the year with a five-game win streak as Providence falls to 4-5 on the year.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Matt Bohmer opened the offense with a quick strike under a minute into the game, wrapping around the net before fending off a defender to find the back of the net.
• The hosts responded with three goals over the next four minutes, the Hawks being held out of the net for nearly 10 minutes before Carter Page was able to score past the goalkeeper on a second effort opportunity.
• Toron Eccleston tied the game at 3-3 less than a minute later, Levi Anderson finding his Canadian counterpart wide open to power it into the top netting.
• Eccleston doubled his tally in the early stages of the second quarter, backing down his defender before again unleashing a shot past the Providence goalkeeper.
• The grad transfer finished off his first half hat trick, Jesse Jason finding him wide open near the goalmouth to tuck home the shot as the Hawks took advantage of an extra-man opportunity.
• Page doubled his effort shortly after before Bohmer also grabbed his second goal of the afternoon to increase the Hawk advantage to 7-4.
• The hosts were able to get one goal back, St. Joe's taking a 7-5 lead into the half.
• Just 20 seconds into the second half, Jesse Jason breezed by his defenders to bounce home a shot to increase the advantage back to three.
• Providence drew it back within one, but Griffin Mallory extended the advantage to 9-7 after wrapping around the goal and finishing near the crease.
• The hosts continued to apply the pressure, leveling the score at 9-9 before Jason once again wiggled free and was able to dive short of the crease and place it off the post and into the net to regain the advantage.
• Leading by one into the final frame, the Hawks saw the lead diminish as three consecutive goals from the Friars gave the hosts a 12-10 lead with under two minutes to play.
• Gavin Tygh, who had a monstrous 22-29 day from the X, won possession following the Providence goal as the Hawks were able to cut the deficit to one with a minute remaining.
• Another face-off win from Tygh gave the Hawks an opportunity to send it into overtime, and with three seconds remaining Anderson found Page for his fourth goal of the game as the senior leapt in the air and faked the goalkeeper before firing it home with three seconds left to force extra time.
• In overtime, St. Joe's won the face-off and were given the first opportunity to strike. The Hawks were unable to take advantage before being called for a shot clock violation.
• Providence took its turn in the attack, the Hawk defense clamping down for 80 seconds as a Friar shot found the back of the net but was ruled out after a review deemed that the ball did not release before the possession clock expired.
• Eccleston, who was quiet in the second half after his three quick goals, backed down his defender once more before getting space on his left side to fire low and past the goalkeeper to score his fourth of the day and to give the Hawks a 13-12 win in overtime.

 
 
GAME NOTES

• Carter Page moves his goal-scoring streak to 35 consecutive games, the third-longest active streak in the country. Page finished with four goals on the day for his fifth game in a row with a hat trick. Page sits at 125 career goals, third-most in program history.
• Toron Eccleston recorded his third hat trick of the season, his second in as many games with his four-goal afternoon. Eccleston has produced back-to-back game winners on the week after recording the winning goal against #12 Penn on Tuesday.
• Matt Bohmer added two goals and an assist on his afternoon, now sitting at 128 career goals to move one shy of the program record held by assistant coach Mike Rastivo.
• Jesse Jason was the fourth Hawk to record multiple goals, adding two tallies and an assist to help the Hawks earn their fifth-straight win.
• Levi Anderson added three assists despite being held out of the back of the net, now ninth all-time with 67 career assists.
• Gavin Tygh continues to grow into the season with a 22-29 (.759) effort from the X and nine ground balls to his name.
• St. Joe's dominated with a 56-30 advantage in shots, but were only able to turn 27 of those attempts on net. Providence goalkeeper James Corasaniti added 14 saves to limit the Hawks.
• The Hawks held a 34-18 advantage in ground balls.
• The overtime win breaks a two-game losing streak in overtime games.
• St. Joe's is on a five-game win streak, the fourth consecutive season that the Hawks have notched at least five wins in a row.

 
 
UP NEXT

• The Hawks open up the Atlantic 10 schedule with a noon matchup on Saturday, March 30. St. Joe's hosts High Point on Sweeney Field in the annual alumni day game.