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Men’s Lax Routed by Potsdam State
March 30, 2009
Sophomore Brett Leonard stopped 16 shots in goal.
The Keuka men’s lacrosse team ran into a very tough Potsdam State team on Saturday as they were defeated 14-5. Potsdam outscored Keuka in all four periods, including a huge 5-1 advantage in the third period.
Keuka now sits at 1-4 overall while the Bears improve to 3-2.
Keuka was out-shot 48-17 in the game while Potsdam also picked up 18 more ground balls (40-22). The Bears biggest advantage over the Storm came in face-offs with Potsdam winning 18 of the 22 face-offs. Potsdam went 49-for-50 in clears while Keuka cleared the ball 29-of-32 times.
In the first, Potsdam quickly went up 2-0, before goals by seniors TJ Radka (Waterloo, N.Y./Cayuga CC) and Drew Kunda (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) tied the game with 5:44 remaining in the first. Potsdam answered with two more goals before the start of the second to hold a 4-2 advantage. The Bears opened up the second with three straight goals before Keuka could answer with a score. Potsdam led 7-3 at the break.
Potsdam put the game out of reach with five goals in the third to Keuka’s one before outscoring the Storm 2-1 in the fourth.
Senior Adam Farrell (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) and rookies Tim Mandell (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) and Parker Gazda (Syracuse, N.Y./ESM) each tallied a goal to go with Radka’s and Kunda’s scores. Senior Greg Marsh (Waterloo, N.Y./Waterloo) and sophomore David Miller (East Syracuse, N.Y./ESM) each dished off an assist.
Potsdam had six players score two goals and four player’s record two assists.
Sophomore goalie Brett Leonard (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) stopped 16 shots in goal while allowing 14 goals. Classmate Jon Curry (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) recorded four saves and allowed zero goals in a little over seven minutes of action.
Keuka will next play host to Brockport State this Wednesday, April 1 at 4 pm.
