St. John's Lacrosse Captain From LI Stabs Roommate: Reports

QUEENS, NY — Matthew Stockfeder, a co-captain of the St. John’s University men’s lacrosse team from Melville, stabbed his roommate in the gut, officials said according to multiple reports. Stockfeder, 21, stabbed 23-year-old Justin Corpolongo, a 2018 alumnus, around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to reports by Newsday and the New York Post.

Stockfeder woke Corpolongo up by playing loud music in their Queens apartment, with Corpolongo telling him to shut it off, sources told the Post. Stockfeder left to hang out with his teammates who lived at a home two blocks away on 172nd Street around 73rd Avenue in Flushing, the NY Post reported. Stockfeder repeatedly texted Corpolongo, which led to him showing up to the house, police and sources told the Post. A fight eventually led to Stockfeder stabbing Corpolongo in the abdomen, the Post reported.

Stockfeder stabbed Corpolongo hard enough that he penetrated his small intestine, US Lacrosse Magazine reported.

He was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Queens, where he needed surgery to have the 4-to-5-inch puncture to his small intestine healed, a complaint obtained by the Post said. A nurse told Newsday on Thursday that Corpolongo was doing "excellent."

Stockfeder was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court, being charged with one count of felony assault with intent to cause injury with a weapon and felony assault with intent to cause serious physical injury, according to court records, Newsday reported.

Stockfeder and Corpolongo had been teammates for two seasons, from 2016 to 2018, a look at past statistics shows. Both were removed from previous rosters on the Red Storm site.

Stockfeder graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station in 2016 after playing midfield, according to Sports Recruits.