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A men's lacrosse player scoops up a ground ball
RIT Athletics / Mikaela Engstrom
17
Winner RIT RIT 7-2, 0-0
12
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 6-1, 0-0
Winner
RIT RIT
7-2, 0-0
17
Final
12
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
6-1, 0-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
RIT RIT 6 5 4 2 17
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 1 3 7 1 12

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

No. 10 Men's Lacrosse wins 17-12 at No. 12 St. John Fisher

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – RIT first year attack Brayden Kuczma scored a career-high four goals and five points to lead the No. 10 Tigers to a 17-12 win at No. 12 St. John Fisher, Wednesday.
 
Junior attack Erich Acton tallied a goal and three assists and senior Tyson Allison (3a), sophomore attack Ryan Sanders (3g, and junior midfielder David Charney (1g, 2a) each had three points. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Bullock scored two goals and senior attack Ethan Harkins and sophomore midfielder Ryan Langille each tallied a goal and an assist.
 
Junior defenseman Joe Holenstein had a career-high seven ground balls and one caused a turnover. Junior long-stick midfielder Logan Fletcher caused three turnovers and had three ground balls. First year defensive midfielder Anthony DeRosa and junior long-stick midfielder Adam Wong each caused two turnovers.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Kuczma scored with 11:23 to play in the first quarter to give RIT the lead before Bullock scored off an assist from Langille to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
  • Scott Bovard scored with 10:22 remaining in the opening frame to cut the Tigers lead to 2-1.
  • Kuczma scored twice in a four-goal RIT run to end the first quarter, including one with eight seconds remaining to extend RIT's lead to 6-1. Sophomore midfielder James Corry and junior defensive midfielder Evan Wright each scored.
  • The Tigers scored the first three goals of the second quarter extending their lead to 9-1 on a Harkins goal with 8:37 to play in the half.
  • Bovard scored midway through the quarter to make it 9-2.
  • Kuczma (7:01) and Charney (3:52) tallied back-to-back goals to give RIT an 11-2 lead.
  • Lane Edinger and Nick Hauman each scored late in the opening half to cut RIT's lead to 11-4.
  • Bovard scored 47 seconds into the third quarter to cut RIT's lead to 11-5.
  • First year midfielder Evan Lyon gave the Tigers a 12-5 lead on his unassisted goal and Sanders made it 13-5 on his goal with 9:12 to play in the third.
  • Acton scored a man-up goal to give the Tigers a 14-5 lead followed by a man-up tally from Sanders with 7:44 to play in the third to extend RIT's lead to 15-5.
  • St. John Fisher ran off six straight goals to end the third quarter, cutting the Tigers lead to 15-11 on Garrett Sutton's goal with two seconds to play in the quarter.
  • Langille scored off an assist from Acton midway through the fourth quarter to give RIT a 16-11 lead and Charney gave the Tigers a 17-11 lead on his goal with 5:29 to play.
  • Sean Donaldson scored with 2:33 to play to make it a 17-12 final.
 
GAME NOTES:
  • RIT outshot St. John Fisher 46-36, including 34 on target.
  • The Tigers went 24-of-28 on clearing attempts and 2-for-5 on man-up.
  • RIT caused 13 turnovers and had 46 ground balls.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
RIT returns to action on Saturday (March 21) against Vassar in the Liberty League opener at 12:00 p.m.