SUNY Cobleskill Men's Lax Drops 19-5 Home Decision to NEAC Leading Keuka College on Saturday

Cobleskill, N.Y. - After a strong opening quarter versus North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) leading Keuka College the SUNY Cobleskill men's lacrosse team saw the visiting Wolfpack respond to a 2-2 tie with a 14-0 run over the next two quarters on their way to a 19-5 victory at the Soccer/Lax Complex on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Fighting Tigers to 3-7 overall on the year with a 1-3 conference record while the Wolfpack improves to 8-1 overall including a perfect NEAC record of 4-0 on the season to date.

Key to the Keuka victory was the fact that the Wolfpack outshot the Fighting Tigers by a 44-to-20
margin, forced 26 Cobleskill turnovers compared to only 11 of their own, took the groundball total by a 43-to-29 margin and won the battle of the face-off circle by a 16-to-11 tally.

Freshman attackman Sean Degnan, Monroe, N.Y., Monroe-Woodbury High School, scored twice for the Orange & Black in the game while senior attackman Alex Acompora, Harrison, N.Y., Harrison High School, had a goal and an assist on the afternoon. Cobleskill also received solo goals from sophomore midfielder Kyle Magdziuk, Syracuse, N.Y., Westhill High School, and freshman attackman Garrett Vigrass, Wallkill, N.Y., Wallkill High School.

The Fighting Tigers will next take to the field on Wednesday April 20^th when they travel to Marcy, N.Y. to face the Wildcats of SUNY Polytechnic in NEAC play beginning at 5:00 p.m.