| 3/19/2008 5:29:00 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's lacrosse team (3-3) had its two-game winning snapped on Wednesday, as the #3 SUNY Cortland Red Dragons (4-0) defeated the Tigers by a score of 17-7 on a cold, rainy and dreary day at the RIT Turf Field.

SUNY Cortland came right out and dictated the tempo, scoring six of the first seven goals.  The Red Dragons led 7-2 at halftime.  After a RIT goal by Dan Rago (Geneva, NY/Geneva) to cut the lead to 7-3, the Red Dragons put the game away, scoring the next five goals to take a 12-3 lead.

SUNY Cortland out-shot RIT 43-38 and had 52 ground balls to RIT's 43.  RIT won the battle of the face-offs, with 14 victories in 27 attempts.

Many of RIT's shots came from outside of 15 feet, while SUNY Cortland pounded the RIT net with countless opportunities from in close.

Ryan Heath led the Red Dragons with five goals and two assists.  Billy Fuchs had six points on three goals and three assists, while Adam Hyde scored twice and dished out a pair of assists.  Kyle Simensky scored three times.

Greg Steward led the Red Dragons with six ground balls.  Chris DeLuca won 5-of-8 face-offs.

Sean Gillies (Oakville, ON/Albany Academy) (Oakville, ON/Albany Academy) led the Tiger offense with three goals.  Chris Ferry (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder), Iric Bressler (Stafford, VA/North Stafford) (Stafford, VA/North Stafford), Rago and David Burke (Fairport, NY/Fairport) (Fairport, NY/Fairport) also scored. Andrew Ruocco (Corning, NY/Corning East) (Corning, NY/Corning East) had an assist.

Gillies and Jacob Brunner (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) each had a game-high seven ground balls for RIT.  Brunner won 12-of-23 face-offs and added an assist.  Senior Jacob Tuller (Corning, NY/Corning East) (Corning, NY/Corning East) had five ground balls and caused three turnovers.

SUNY Cortland netminder Mike Robinson was brilliant in goal, stopping 16 shots.  Brad Conlon (Ottawa, ON/Bridgton Academy) (Ottawa, ON/Bridgton Academy) picked up the loss for RIT, making eight saves and allowing 13 goals in three quarters of play.  Freshman Kevin Rattigan (Chicago, IL/Western Reserve Academy) (Chicago, IL/Western Reserve Academy) made his first collegiate appearance in net, stopping 8-of-12 shots in the fourth quarter.

RIT will look to get back on the winning track, as they host Clarkson on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the RIT Turf Field.