Men's Lacrosse | 4/20/2024 5:48:00 PM
PITTSFORD, NY – The St. John Fisher University men's lacrosse team (9-6, 5-0 Empire 8) clinched at least a share of the Empire 8 Conference Regular Season Championship and No. 1 seed heading into E8 Men's Lacrosse Tournament with a 24-1 win over Russell Sage College (5-9, 2-3 Empire 8) on Saturday afternoon.
The Cardinals celebrated senior day and honored their 11 seniors prior to the game.
Dugan Doeblin,
Griffin Dautrich,
Andrew Corbin,
Logan Grom,
Timmy Salit,
Jordan Leuze,
Joe Urlacher,
Matthew Kemmis,
Jake Slowinski,
Ben Hammond, and Anthony Ametrano, were all thanked for everything they have done for the program.
Fisher was dominant on both sides of the ball, scoring 20 unanswered goals before the Gators converted for their only goal of the day. In the first quarter, Kemmis, Leuze, Keaton Piconi and Sean Donaldson recorded goals to take a 4-0 lead. It was much of the same in the second, as Braeden McNeil, Salit and two by Brady Mason had the team ahead 8-0 at the half.
In the second half the offense actually picked up for the Cardinals. Kemmis added three to his count, while Leuze, Salit and Donaldson all contributed their second of the day. Colin Blakeslee joined the party with his first goal. In the fourth quarter, Fisher scored eight goals by eight different goal scorers and the Cardinals walked away with an impressive 23-1 win.
Donaldson impressed with two goals and four assists, while adding three ground balls. Kemmis finished the game with four goals and five ground balls, while five other Cardinals had two goals apiece.
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