Fourth year attacker TJ White '15 (Collegeville, PA -- Methacton) finished with a team-high seven points as the Elmira College Men's Lacrosse team fell, 21-10, to visiting Nazareth College Saturday afternoon at Campus Field. The win improves the Golden Flyers to 8-8 overall and 5-2 in Empire 8 play, while the loss drops the Soaring Eagles to 3-10 overall and 0-7 in conference competition.
 
Prior to the game Elmira honored its six members of the Class of 2012: White, Barrett Gast '12 (Orchard Park, NY -- Orchard Park), Travis Armideo '12 (Kimberton, PA -- Haverford School), Brock Sawyer '12 (Toronto, ONT -- City Academy), Rick Acorn '12 (Barrie, ONT -- Innisdale) and Jamie Kelly '12 (Chevy Chase, MD -- St. Johns College).
 
The Purple and Gold got on the board first 90 seconds in when White fed classmate Acorn who found the back of the net for the early 1-0 lead. However, Nazareth scored four of the next five goals to take a 5-2 lead early in the second quarter. The Golden Flyers scored six of the nine goals in the quarter to take a 9-5 lead into halftime.
 
After a David Evert '14 (Niagara Falls, NY -- Niagara Wheatfield) marker early in the third EC cut the deficit to four at 10-6, but that was as close as they would get as Nazareth poured on the offense en route to the 21-10 victory. The Golden Flyers held advantages in a number of categories in the game as they dominated shots (62-30), ground balls (57-44) and face-offs (23-11).
 
White led the EC attack with three goals, four assists, four ground balls and two caused turnovers, while Evert added three goals. Armideo had a solid game leading the Soaring Eagles with eight ground balls and 10 face-off wins. Dave Bucchino '13 (Cedar Grove, NJ -- Bow) played just over 57 minutes in net for Elmira making 18 saves, while Mike Knowlton '14 (Manchester, ME -- Maranacook) played the final 2:30 between the pipes.