COBLESKILL LAX GROUNDS MVCC HAWKS 9-8 IN HOME OPENER

Battling mud, darkness and intermittent snow squalls the SUNY Cobleskill men’s lacrosse team stormed back from a three goal halftime deficit to shoot down visiting Mountain Valley Conference rival Mohawk Valley Community College by a 9-8 margin in the Fighting Tigers’ season opener. Cobleskill opens the year 1-0 overall and in league play after clipping the Hawks.

“Our kids didn’t hang their heads when we were down three goals at the half and played with a great deal of heart and intensity which got us the win,” said Fighting Tiger Head Coach Tim Dobs. “We worked very hard today after a slow start, this was a good way to begin the season. We still need to play better and continue to improve but we’re heading in the right direction.”

Trailing by three goals going into the third period Cobleskill shot the Hawks out of the air behind exploding for five goals in the period behind the play of senior Adam Tegnander, Amsterdam, NY, Amsterdam High School, who notched four goals on the afternoon and freshman Keith Colf, Penn Yan NY, Penn Yan Academy, who score three times and passed out an assist on the afternoon.

Freshman Chad Dyminski, Irondequoit, NY, Irondequoit High School, added a goal and an assist on the afternoon while senior Brett Scales, Canandaigua NY, Canandaigua Academy, chipped in a goal in the win. Freshman Ken Brooks, Amsterdam, NY, Amsterdam High School, also added an assist for the Fighting Tigers.

The star defensively for the Fighting Tigers was freshman goalie Ken Byrne, New Rochelle, NY, New Rochelle High School, who stopped 13 shots on goal in the contest. Byrne also closed out the game saving a point blank attempt on net in traffic with only two seconds left to play.

The Fighting Tigers return to action on Thursday April 3rd when they travel to Binghamton, NY for a game against Broome Community College beginning at 7:00 PM.