Box Score Utica, NY -- The Elmira College men's lacrosse team (2-10, 1-5 E8) was unable to hold on to an early lead today as the Pioneers of Utica College (7-7, 3-3 E8) stole a win from the Soaring Eagles, 18-12. Elmira netminder
Cameron Prior '17 made a career-high 13 saves in today's contest.
David Evert '14 led Elmira's offense with a four-point performance, registering three goals and an assist.
Jackson Correia '14 was not far behind as he totaled three points on three goals.
Brady Richards '14 also finished with three points, scoring once and assisting on two others. His lone goal of the game ups his season total to 30, making him the first EC player in two seasons to reach the 30-goal plateau.
Elmira dominated the first 15 minutes of action as the Soaring Eagles jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter. Correia tallied the game's first two goals while Evert and
Dustin Gatt '14 scored the other two.
Utica cut the Elmira lead to three as they scored their first goal of the game just 1:03 into the second quarter but the Purple and Gold responded at the 11:32 mark as
Myles Richards '17 scored his first of two goals of the contest, putting Elmira ahead 5-1.
However, Utica would close out the second quarter by outscoring the Soaring Eagles 7-1 to take a slim 8-6 lead into halftime.
Brady Richards '14 scored Elmira's lone goal during the Pioneer run.
The Pioneers continued to build their offensive attack as they used another big scoring run in the third quarter to take control of today's game as they outscored EC 7-1 in the quarter, taking a commanding 15-7 advantage into the fourth and final quarter.
In the fourth, Elmira's rally fell short as the Purple and Gold outscored Utica 5-3 in the quarter, resulting in an 18-12 loss. Evert scored two of EC's goals in the quarter, as did
Anthony LaRusso '17, marking the second time in LaRusso's short EC career that he has registered a multi-goal performance.
Elmira will look to bounce back from today's defeat next Wednesday, April 23rd when the Soaring Eagles travel to Hoboken, NJ to take on Stevens Institute of Technology. Game-time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
