Elmira, Fisher, Ithaca and Utica Edge Opponents
Elmira 9, Hartwick 8 (OT)
It took some overtime heroics from
Dustin Gatt '14, but the Elmria College men's lacrosse team picked up their first Empire 8 Conference win of the season by defeating Hartwick College, 9-8.
David Evert '14 tallied three goals and three assists in the win, his final assist coming on Gatt's game-winning goal 1:24 into the overtime period.
Hartwick, who was also in search of their first conference win, opened up the afternoon's scoring just over two minutes into the first quarter. The Soaring Eagles, however, would respond with four unanswered goals, from four different goal scorers, to take a 4-1 lead. Gatt got things started with 9:46 to play in the first quarter on a goal assisted by
Griffin Foley '17.
Christian Archambeault '14 followed nearly two minutes later to give EC a 2-1 lead and then Evert, who had assisted on Archambeault's goal, netted a goal of his own to make it a 3-1 game. Leading goal scorer,
Brady Richards '14, recorded his 19th goal of the season to give the Purple and Gold a 4-1 lead after the first quarter of play.
EC was shutout in the second quarter but the Soaring Eagles maintained a 4-3 lead at the break thanks to their defense and goaltender
Wyatt Katsos '17. Hartwick outshot Elmira 16-7 in the second quarter, with six of those shots put on frame, but Katsos made four of his 11 total saves to keep EC in front.
The Hawks tied the game at four after scoring a man-up goal early in the third quarter, but Richards would net his second and third goals of the game to put the Soaring Eagles back on top. Their lead, however, would be short-lived as Hartwick would score twice in a minute span to create the game's third tie. EC took a 7-6 lead into the fourth quarter after Evert scored his second goal of the game.
Evert wasted little time completing his hat trick as his third goal of the afternoon, assisted by fellow senior
Brian Conzola '14, gave EC a two-goal lead. Hartwick, however, would not go away as the Hawks would eventually tie the game with 1:51 to play. The Hawks would win the ensuing faceoff and get one final shot at netting the game-winner, but their offering would go wide.
The overtime period was controlled completely by the Soaring Eagles.
John Bigelow '16 won the opening faceoff, one of his 12 faceoff wins of the afternoon, setting up Gatt's heroics. Once EC got into their offense, it was just a matter of time until Evert found Gatt for the game-winning score.
Ithaca 10, Nazareth 8
The 12th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (10-3, 4-0 Empire 8) served visiting Nazareth (6-7, 4-1 Empire 8) its first conference loss of the season Saturday at Higgins Stadium. With the 10-8 victory, the Bombers claimed the top spot in the league standings.
Ithaca netted the game's first goal, but Nazareth answered scoring three straight for a 3-1 gap with 3:49 remaining in the first. The Bombers tallied two more for a 3-3 deadlock at the end of the opening period. The teams went goal-for-goal in the second for a 5-5 stalemate at half. Ithaca's
Jake Long scored the game-winner just 45 seconds into the third on a
Pat Slawta feed. The Bombers used a 5-2 run for a 10-7 lead at the 11-minute mark of the fourth. Nazareth finalized all scoring with a goal at 6:00. The Golden Flyers outshot Ithaca, 7-1, in the final four minutes of play, but sophomore goalkeeper
Scott Sidnam stopped both shots on goal to preserve the two-goal victory.
Long posted a hat trick to lead all scoring, while Slawta chipped in two goals and a trio of assists for a game-best five-point performance. Senior
Brandon Henne won 9-of-18 faceoffs and gathered a career- and game-high nine ground balls. Slawta and junior
Jimmy Ryan added five ground balls each. Ryan, classmate
John Figarelli and sophomore
Eli Gobrecht forced two turnovers each.
Ryan, seniors
Joe Perkins and
Andrew Kristy and freshmen
John Januszkiewicz and
Justin Bird accounted for the Bombers other five scores. Henne, junior
James Manilla and senior
Casey Schattner each dished out assists.
Sidnam made nine saves between the pipes to improve to 10-3 on the season. Nazareth's eight-goal offensive performance was its second-lowest showing of the season.
The Bombers held a 34-31 edge in ground balls, but trailed shots 37-36 and faceoffs 13-9. Ithaca was 0-for-4 on the day in extra-man opportunities, while Nazareth converted 1-of-2. The Golden Flyers had 16 turnovers to Ithaca's 10.
Utica 9, Alfred 4
The Utica College men's lacrosse team got back on track Saturday as it downed Alfred University 9-4 in Empire 8 Conference action. Junior
Christian Reiller led all players with four points on the day.
The Pioneers improve to 6-6 on the year and 2-2 in the Empire 8 Conference, while Alfred drops to 4-6 and 1-3 in the E8.
The game started off slowly as Alfred controlled a 4-2 lead at halftime. The Pioneers then exploded for seven goals in the second half, including five in the fourth quarter to down the Saxons. Reiller scored three goals and added one assist. He now leads the team with 21 goals and 31 points.
Trent Jacobs and
David Craig each had one goal and one assist, while
Scott Baron,
Corey Thompson,
TJ Benson, and
Andrew Jamieson also scored for UC. Freshman
Ross Cree had two assists and
Andrew DiOrio made seven saves for his fourth win of the season.
With three assists on the day, senior captain
Joe Schoen surpassed his older brother Steve Schoen '07 for second place on the college's career assist list.
Joe Schoen now has 68 career assists, ten behind career leader Nate Jobson '05. Schoen also became just the seventh player in program history to record 100 or more career points.
St. John Fisher 5, Geneseo 4
The St. John Fisher men's lacrosse team won its third straight game on Saturday edging host Geneseo 5-4 in non-conference action. Fisher scored the lone goal in the fourth quarter at the hands of
Tim Wagner to break a 4-4 tie, holding onto the one goal margin for the final 12 minutes of play.
With the win Fisher improves to 7-4 overall, while the Knights fall to 3-7.
It was a defensive battle from the get-go with neither team finding the back of the net in the first quarter.
The second quarter proved to be the most action packed quarter with five of the game's nine goals being tallied in that time frame.
Jeff Wester started things off for Fisher on an unassisted goal early in the period. Fisher doubled up the Knights at the 8:38 mark with
Greg Ramsden breaking free for the tally.
The Geneseo attack came alive to score the next two goals of the quarter only to have Wester find
Kevin DeOrdio to give Fisher a 3-2 lead into the break.
In the second half Geneseo scored the first two goals including the second tally coming at the 9:21 mark, however that would be the Knights final goal of the contest.
Wester tied the game at 4 with his second goal of the day off an assist from
Brett Farrell with two minutes left in the third quarter.
Wester finished the day with a game-high five ground balls while
David Haseley caused three turnovers.
Jamie Campagna picked up the win in net with 11 saves to improve to 5-3 on the season.
Team Standings
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SCHOOL |
CONF |
OVERALL |
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Ithaca |
4-0 |
10-2 |
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Nazareth |
4-1 |
6-7 |
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St. John Fisher |
3-1 |
7-4 |
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Stevens |
2-1 |
5-6 |
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Utica |
2-2 |
6-6 |
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Alfred |
1-3 |
4-6 |
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Elmira |
1-3 |
2-7 |
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Hartwick |
0-5 |
2-8 |
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Houghton |
0-0 |
0-11 |
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Houghton is an NCAA provisional member and games against the Highlanders will not impact conference records/standings.
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