UTICA, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (1-1) jumped on Utica University (0-1) early and went on to a 13-3 victory on Wednesday evening. Graduate student midfielder Peyton Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) led the Bears with four goals and an assist    and junior attackman Owen Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) had four goals. Junior captain Cobie Cree (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) added two goals and an assist.
 
Potsdam scored the first five goals of the contest. Owen Walsh scored the first two goals at 10:51 and 10:07. Peyton Walsh assisted on the second goal before scoring his first at 8:29. Cobie Cree notched his first at 7:44 on a helper from sophomore midfielder Jakob Lynch (Alexandria Bay, N.Y./Alexandria). Owen Walsh scored his third of the contest at 7:02 and sophomore midfielder Tyler Gould (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) made it 5-0 at 5:40. John Spoto finally got the Pioneers on the board with a man-up goal about a minute later. Potsdam led 5-1 after 15 minutes.
 
Cobie Cree set up sophomore Crayton Cree (Hogansburg, N.Y./Salmon River) at 6:06 of the second quarter give the Bears back their five-goal advantage. Spoto countered at 1:15, but sophomore faceoff specialist Drew Costello (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy) answered seven seconds later to start a 6-0 run. Potsdam was up 8-2 at the half.
 
Cobie Cree buried his second at 12:32 of the third quarter with an assist from junior midfielder Ryan Hughes (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post). Peyton Walsh followed with his second of the game 34 seconds later. Owen Walsh buried his fourth at 7:43 and the Bears led 11-2 after 45 minutes.
 
Peyton Walsh scored Potsdam's last two markers of the contest at 11:20 and 1:01 of the fourth quarter. Junior midfielder Drew Rose (Brasher Falls, N.Y./St. Lawrence Central) assisted on the second, which was a man-up goal. Colin Musso got Utica's final goal with 13 seconds left to close the scoring at 13-3.
 
Sophomore goalie Saka Thompson (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) made a career-high 21 saves to earn the win. Patrick Oswald stopped seven shots for the Pioneers. Costello won nine of his 16 faceoff opportunities. Senior defender Sean Delaney (Victor, N.Y./Victor) collected five ground balls  for Potsdam and freshman defender Jack McCandless (Victor, N.Y./Victor) caused two turnovers.
 
The Bears are back in action on Saturday, March 9, when they host SUNY Poly in their home opener at 1 p.m.