Men's Lacrosse | 5/3/2025 3:35:00 PM
PITTSFORD, NY – The St. John Fisher men's lacrosse team won its sixth consecutive Empire 8 Conference championship on Saturday with a 21-10 victory over East Avenue Nazareth at Growney Stadium.
The top-seeded Cardinals (15-4), who've beaten Nazareth in five straight conference title games, punched their ticket to the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament with the victory. Nazareth, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, finished its season 13-6 overall and lost its 14th straight game to Fisher.
The Empire 8 named St. John Fisher senior attacker Brady Mason the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Over two games, he amassed 15 points on 12 goals and three assists. He led the Cardinals with six goals in Saturday's contest.
The Cardinals came out firing on all cylinders, scoring five unanswered goals in the first seven minutes. Junior Matt Slowinski started the scoring at the 12:50 mark, and sophomore Sean Donaldson added another 45 seconds later. Junior Brett Seaman scored to make it 3-0 before Donaldson buried his second goal of the game less than 30 seconds later at the 11:03 mark.
Mason capped the game-opening 5-0 run, finding the back of the net on a feed from senior Braeden McNeill.
The Golden Flyers responded with three quick goals to make it 5-3, but any momentum they had vanished quickly. Fisher ran away from Nazareth with 11 unanswered goals, a run that began at the end of the first quarter and ran through the start of the third.
Senior Ethan Kesselring had three goals in that game-deciding stretch, while Mason had two. Donaldson, Seaman, freshman JP Revitte, sophomore Robbie Salit, senior Reed Currie and fifth-year senior Jordan Leuze contributed with one goal apiece.
Junior goalkeeper Tyler Manning made 15 saves, and the Cardinals' defense caused 14 turnovers. Senior defender Jack Cornell and freshman defender Garrin Dougherty each caused two.
Matthew Farrington scored three goals for Nazareth. Quinn McKercher added two goals and an assist.
Up Next
The Cardinals will watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Show as a team on Sunday. It will air live on NCAA.com at 9 p.m.
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