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Men’s Lacrosse Falls to RIT 21-3
March 13, 2010
Junior David Miller scored a goal and an assist in the loss.
The Keuka men’s lacrosse team lost its first game of the 2010 season as they were thumped by the Tigers of RIT on the road by a score of 21-3 on Saturday.
Keuka slips to 1-1 on the year while the Tigers also even its record and improve to 2-2 overall.
The first period saw the Tigers quickly grab a 2-0 lead. Rookie Mark Butto (Webster, N.Y./Schroeder) did his best to keep the Storm close as he netted two goals but the Storm were still down 4-2 after one period of play.
RIT ran away with the game in the second, out-scoring Keuka 8-0 to hold a 12-2 lead at the break. The Tigers out-scored the Storm 9-1 in the second half. For the game, RIT out-shot Keuka 61-12 and had 61 ground balls to the Storm’s 25. Keuka struggled on both face-offs, winning just 6-of-28, and clearing the ball, successfully clearing only 10-of-26.
Butto led the Storm in scoring with his two goals while David Miller (East Syracuse, N.Y./ESM) added a goal and an assist. Freshman Mike Crumlish (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton) chipped in with a pair of assists.
The Tigers had 12 different players score a goal, led by Kelso Davis who tallied a game-high four.
Junior goalie Brett Leonard (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) had 13 saves while allowing 12 goals in playing the entire first half. Rookie Ethan Kamholtz (Penn Yan, N.Y./Penn Yan) started the second half in goal for Keuka, stopping six shots while allowing nine goals. Junior Jon Curry (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) played the final six and a half minutes in goal while not allowing a score and stopping one shot.
Keuka will next play at Elmira College this Wednesday, March 17 beginning at 4 pm.
