ROCHESTER, NY – Senior midfielder Marley Angus scored four goals to lead the No. 3 RIT (10-1, 2-1 Liberty League) men's lacrosse team to a 14-13 win over No. 4 Union (10-1, 2-1 Liberty League), Saturday.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Union's Peter Kip and Keaton McCann gave the Dutchmen an early 2-0 lead
• Senior Spencer Bell tied the score at 2-2 on his shot off an assist from senior Pent Eistrat.
• Senior Ryan Barnable gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead on his goal with 3:41 remaining in the first quarter and Angus gave the Tigers a 4-2 lead on his goal off an assist from senior Quinn Commandant
• Union's Matthew Georgiades tied the game at 4-4 on his goal with seven seconds to play in the quarter
• Bell scored his second of the game off the opening second quarter face-off, burying a shot off an assist from graduate student Jimmy Spillane
• McCann tied the game at 5-5 on his goal with 1:18 into the second quarter
• Angus scored from junior Luke Pilcher to give RIT a 6-5 lead, and Commandant scored off an assist from Barnable 3:17 into the quarter to give RIT a 7-5 lead.
• Commandant scored off an assist from senior Taylor Jensen late in the half to give RIT a 9-7 halftime lead.
• Sophomore Seth Grottenthaler gave the Tigers a 10-7 lead on his first goal of the season early in the third quarter
• Angus and Bruno scored back-to-back goals for RIT to extend the Tigers lead to 12-8
• The Dutchmen ran off two straight goals, cutting the RIT lead to 12-10 on Kieran McGovern's goal with 4:15 remaining in the third quarter
• Union took a two-minute non-releasable penalty late in the third which led to a pair of Tigers man-up goals
• Pilcher scored from Angus to make it 13-10, while Commandant gave the Tigers a 14-10 lead on his goal with 1:25 remaining in the third
• Brian Davis scored with 46-seconds to play in the quarter that cut the RIT lead to 14-11
• Jack Donahue scored with 11:58 remaining in regulation to cut the RIT lead to 14-12, while McCann buried a goal off an assist from Davis to make it a one-goal game with five minutes remaining
• Senior long-stick midfielder Taylor Jensen caused a turnover late in regulation to help secure the Tigers win

 
 
GAME NOTES

• RIT fired 49 shots, including 27 on target
• RIT converted 3-of-5 of its man-up chances and cleared the ball 18-of-19 times
• Commandant finished with three goals and four points, while Bell and Bruno each scored two goals
• Senior Drew Hutchison made six saves in net to improve to 10-1 on the season
• Jensen finished with four caused turnovers, six ground balls and had an assist.
• McCann led Union with five goals
• Union's Dan Donahue made 13 saves in net for the Dutchmen

 
 
UP NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (April 13) at Ithaca at 7:00 PM.