CANTON, N.Y. – The SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (5-1) roughed up Route 11 rival SUNY Canton (1-5) 19-5 under the lights at the SUNY Canton Turf Field. Two-time SUNYAC Player of the Week, senior captain Peyton Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) recorded six points on four goals and two assists. Sophomore attackman Owen Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) registered five points on three goals and two assists. Sophomore midfielder Drew Rose (Brasher Falls, N.Y./St. Lawrence Central) had three goals and one assist to compliment his teammates.
 
Potsdam scored five times in the opening quarter. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Hughes (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post) got the Bears on the board two minutes into the contest on a man-up opportunity. Peyton Walsh scored twice in the quarter while his brother Owen Walsh and Rose all found the back of the net to give the Bears a 5-1 advantage after 15 minutes.
 
The Bears scored four unanswered goals to begin the second quarter. The Walsh brothers scored three of those goals and senior attackman Noah Strader (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy) netted one to extend the Potsdam lead over the Kangaroos 9-1 with 6:38 remaining. Austin Mesler managed to get Canton's second goal one minute later. Potsdam answered by scoring three more goals of their own from Hughes, Rose, and Owen Walsh to end the first half up 12-2.
 
Rose opened the scoring for the Bears to start the third quarter. Junior attackman Cobie Cree (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) netted the next two in a row for Potsdam, the first from his brother, freshman attackman Crayton Cree (Hogansburg, N.Y./Salmon River), and the second from senior captain Ryan Spaman (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy). Freshman midfielder Tyler Gould (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) followed by burying his first of the game to put the Bears up 16-2 with 5:04 remaining. Canton added two more goals to cut the deficit to 12 at the end of the quarter.
 
Strader scored Potsdam's 17th goal of the game to begin the fourth and final quarter of play.  Junior midfielder Gerald VanDeWalker (Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) and freshman midfielder Brock Chasey (Macedon, N.Y./Gananda) scored their first goals of the season off feeds from senior midfielder Ayden LaFave (Philadephia, N.Y./Indian River) and Strader, respectively. The Kangaroos netted one more goal in the final seven minutes as the Bears cruised to their fifth consecutive victory this season.
 
Junior goalie Liam O'Neil (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) started for the Bears, making eight saves, and allowing two goals in the first half. Freshman Saka Thompson (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) made six saves and allowed two goals in the next 20:20. Junior Collin Dougherty (East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia) made two saves in the fourth quarter.
 
Hayden Todd made 12 saves in the first 48:48 and Sam Servati made one save in the remaining 11:12 for the Kangaroos.
 
Sophomore faceoff specialist Talon Thompson (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) went 8-14 in the faceoff circle while freshman faceoff specialist Drew Costello (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy) went 7-13 for Potsdam. Cobie Cree recorded a career-high and game-best seven ground balls for the Bears while teammates Talon Thompson and sophomore defender Ben Welch (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Thomas) both tallied five ground balls each.
 
Noel Abreu registered six ground balls for Canton.
 
The Bears are back in action on Saturday when they travel to face SUNY Oneonta in their SUNYAC opener at 1 p.m.