POTSDAM, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (5-0) overwhelmed SUNY Poly (3-3) 19-6 on Senior Day. The Bears are 5-0 for the second time in program history and the first since 2001.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Potsdam set the tone with two goals in the game's first 41 seconds and they led 6-2 after one quarter. Senior attackman Rowisonkies Barnes (Akwesasne, N.Y./The Hill Academy) and junior captain Morgan Fox (Clayton, N.Y./Thousand Islands) each had two goals and sophomore attackman Braydon Goddard (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) had two assists. Senior captain Drew Costello (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy) opened the scoring 12 seconds in and senior attackman Billy Kozloski (Johnson City, N.Y./Johnson City) had the other goal.  
• Another 6-2 quarter on goals from six different Bears gave them a 12-4 lead at the half. Fox scored again. Sophomore midfielder Grant Dicob (Watertown, N.Y./Carthage) netted his first career goal. Senior defender Alex Farben-Griggs (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains), sophomore midfielder Preston Daniels (Peru, N.Y./Peru), junior midfielder Andrew Gubbins (South Pomfret, Vt./Woodstock Union) and freshman midfielder Ronin Oakes (Hogansburg, N.Y./Massena) also scored.
• Potsdam put the game away with a 5-1 third quarter and a 17-5 advantage after 45 minutes. Barnes had two more including an man-up marker. Kozloski and Oakes each scored again and Goddard added another man-up goal.
• Barnes and Goddard buried the last two of the contest in the fourth quarter for the 19-6 final.
   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Barnes led the charge with seven points on five goals and two assists.
• Goddard finished with a career-high six points on two goals and four assists to go with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
• Fox also registered a personal best five points on three goals and two assists.
• Kozloski added two goals and two assists along with four ground balls, while Daniels had a goal and two assists and Oakes scored twice.
• Freshman defender Damyn LeClair (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) was outstanding again with five caused turnovers, seven ground balls and an assist.
• Farben-Griggs totaled two caused turnovers, seven ground balls and a goal.
• Costello continued to dominate the faceoff circle, winning 19 of his 27 attempts and collecting 15 ground balls.
• Senior goalie Saka Thompson (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) needed just five saves to earn the victory, extending his program record to 20.
• Freshman goalie Tim Brooder (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) closed out the contest with four saves in the last 13:24 for Potsdam.
• SUNY Poly freshman goalie Tyler Baisley (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe Woodbury) allowed 12 goals and made nine saves in the first half.

 
SENIOR DAY
Prior to the start of the contest, the Bears honored seniors Thompson, Costello, Nick Long (Elbridge, N.Y./Jordan-Elbridge), Ryan Wassmer (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford), captain Tommy Storrin (Brasher Falls, N.Y./St. Lawrence Central), captain Jakob Lynch (Alexandria Bay, N.Y./Alexandria), Grayson Jackson (Carthage, N.Y./Carthage), Crayton Cree (Hogansburg, N.Y./Salmon River), Kozloski, Tyler Gould (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Schroeder), Farben-Griggs, Brock Chasey (Macedon, N.Y./Gananda) and Barnes.
 

SUNY Potsdam Men's Lacrosse Class of 2026

 


























WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bears face their biggest test of the season on Tuesday, when they head across town to face Clarkson University at 4 p.m.