UTICA, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (6-4) got off to a fast start en route to a 14-7 victory at SUNY Poly (5-3) on Wednesday evening. Senior captain
Peyton Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) had seven points on six goals and an assist and junior attackman
Cobie Cree (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) added four goals. Freshman goalie
Saka Thompson (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) made nine saves for his first career victory.
The Bears rattled off the contest's first seven goals, including five in the first quarter. Sophomore midfielder
Drew Rose (Brasher Falls, N.Y./St. Lawrence Central) opened the scoring at 12:53. Sophomore midfielder
Ryan Hughes (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post) set up Cree's first marker at 11:16. Cree notched his second at 7:09. After
Peyton Walsh netted his first at 4:54 to make it 4-0, Cree buried his third on an assist from sophomore attackman
Owen Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) with 10 seconds left in the quarter.
Peyton Walsh scored his second with an assist from Owen two minutes into the second quarter. At 11:36,
Owen Walsh fed senior attackman
Noah Strader (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy) to close the streak. Luke Taylor finally got the Wildcats on the board at 6:14. Hughes set up
Owen Walsh at 5:30 to answer. After Payton Thomas netted SUNY Poly's second goal of the night,
Peyton Walsh scored his third goal to send the Bears into the break up 9-2.
The Wildcats scored the first three goals of the second half in just a 1:33 span, to close within 9-5 at 13:00. Potsdam answered the challenge with four straight of its own.
Peyton Walsh scored two in a row, the second coming on a helper from Hughes. Senior captain
Ayden LaFave (Philadelphia, N.Y./Indian River) set
Owen Walsh for a man-up goal.
Peyton Walsh then assisted on Cree's fourth tally with 26 seconds left and the Bears were up 13-5 after 45 minutes.
The Wildcats scored the first two goals of the final quarter, but never got any closer. At 6:11,
Peyton Walsh scored his sixth with an assist from Rose to close out the 14-7 win.
Joseph VanZandt made 15 saves for SUNY Poly. Payton Thomas, Lyle Beeman and Griffin LaFleur each scored two goals for the Wildcats.
The Bears are back in action on Saturday, when they host SUNY Brockport for a 1 p.m. SUNYAC contest.
