Score: SUNY Geneseo 22, Elmira College 2
Records: Geneseo (5-2), Elmira (1-5)
Location: College Stadium -- Geneseo, New York

GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Elmira College men's lacrosse team was unable to build off of its first win of the season from just three days prior, as the Soaring Eagles were dispatched, 22-2, by the Knights of SUNY Geneseo on Saturday afternoon.

The host Knights recorded the first nine goals of the game and kept EC off of the board during the opening period, building a lead they would never relinquish. Ryan Kelly and Nick Jonasse kicked off the monumental run with back-to-back goals just 11 seconds apart early in the first quarter.

Senior attacker Wyatt Katsos '17 halted Elmira's scoring drought with a man-up goal in the second quarter. Following an illegal equipment penalty on Geneseo's Mark Purcell, Katsos received a feed from Jacob Magnoli '18 and buried it past goaltender Michael Yehl for the score, making it 9-1 in favor of the Knights with 6:40 to play in the opening half. After David Keisler '20 won the opening faceoff in the third quarter, Elmira received another goal, this time from Nevin Olney '18. The unassisted tally cut the deficit to nine at 11-2.

From there, however, the Knights doubled their scoring output to reach the final score.

Turning Point
The Knights, who improved to 5-2 on the season, simply overwhelmed the Soaring Eagles. Geneseo practically tripled EC in shots on goal, 35-to-13, and in ground balls, 47-to-16, while winning more faceoffs and committing less turnovers.

Inside the Box

• Geneseo outshot Elmira, 54-to-22.
• EC committed 24 turnovers, while the Knights coughed the ball up 16 times.
• Elmira won 11-of-27 faceoffs.
• EC scored the only man-up goal of the game and finished 1-for-4 with the extra attacker.
• Katsos and Olney each scored one goal for the Soaring Eagles.
• Magnoli posted one point with an assist.
• Kevin Schutt '19 collected a team-high four ground balls and caused one turnover.
• Keisler (6-for-10) and Colby Runk '18 (4-for-6) were successful at the X for EC.
• Goalie Cameron Prior '17 registered 12 saves in 41:33 of playing time.
• A dozen players scored at least one goal for the Knights, led by Zachary DeBottis and Tim Wright with three apiece.
• Yehl made five saves in 30 minutes between the pipes to earn the win.

News and Notes

• Elmira falls to 1-5 overall on the season.
• Geneseo improves to 10-6 all-time against the Purple and Gold.
• Olney tied Anthony LaRusso '17 for the team lead with his 10th goal of the season.
• Katsos has finished with at least one point in every game this season.
• Magnoli, who scored his first career goal last time out, picked up his first assist against the Knights.
• EC has scored at least one man-up goal in every game in 2017.

Up Next
Elmira continues non-conference play with a visit to The College at Brockport on Wednesday, April 5, at 4:00 p.m.