| 5/11/2008 2:54:41 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's lacrosse team was defeated by Nazareth College 16-9 in the title game of the 2008 ECAC Upstate Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship on Sunday afternoon at RIT Field. The Tigers finish their season with an 11-8 record, while the Golden Flyers finish their season with a 10-6 mark.

RIT out shot Nazareth 49-47, but ran into a hot Nazareth goalie in Todd Dermody who made 22 saves, earning Most Outstanding Player honors.

The Tigers won 17-of-28 face-offs and narrowly won the ground ball battle, 41-39. RIT went 1-for-3 with the extra-man, while stopping the Golden Flyers on seven of nine attempts.

RIT trailed 3-2 after the first quarter. The Golden Flyers led 1-0 before Andrew Ruocco (Corning, NY/Corning East) (Corning, NY/Corning East) scored the first of his two goals, tying the score at 1-1.

Ruocco tied the game at 2-2 with his second goal of the game on an assist from Kelso Davis (Freeport, ME/Deerfield Academy) (Freeport, ME/Deerfield Academy) with 5:58 remaining in the quarter.

Nazareth tallied a third goal with 1:32 remaining in the first to take a 3-2 lead after one quarter of play.

Kelso Davis (Freeport, ME/Deerfield Academy) quickly tied the score at 3-3 with his first goal of the afternoon coming 32 seconds into the second quarter on an assist from Wes Adam (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) (Lafayette, NY).

The Flyers took command of the quarter with three straight goals, taking a 6-3 lead with 10:21 remaining on a goal by Mark DiCirce.

Wes Adam (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) ripped shot from outside, scoring his first goal of the afternoon, breaking the Nazareth run and cutting the lead to 6-4.

Adam struck again with 3:10 remaining in the half, cutting Nazareth's lead to 7-5 heading into half time.

The senior midfielder made it 7-6 with his third goal of the game 1:54 second into third quarter on an assist from Ruocco.

After a Nazareth goal made it 8-6 Dan Rago tallied an unassisted goal with 3:29 remaining in the third.

The Flyers broke the game open late in the third quarter with three consecutive goals, taking an 11-7 lead on an unassisted goal by Mark Kanellis.

Adam Vlassis (Syracuse, NY/East Syracuse Minoa) (Syracuse, NY/East Syracuse Minoa) and Adam each scored goals in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough as Nazareth tallied five goals in the quarter to make it 16-9.

Adam finished with five points on four goals and an assist to lead the Tigers. Ruocco had six points on two goals and four assists and Kelso Davis (Freeport, ME/Deerfield Academy) had a goal and an assist.

Brad Conlon (Ottawa, ON/Bridgton Academy) (Ottawa, ON/Bridgton Academy) got the start in net allowing seven goals and making six saves. Kevin Rattigan (Chicago, IL/Western Reserve Academy) (Chicago, IL/Western Reserve Academy) played the final 31:21 and allowed nine goals and made 10 saves. Jacob Brunner (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) (Lafayette, NY) won 17-of-28 face-offs and had a team-high 10 ground balls.