Morrisville, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's lacrosse team had little to cheer about on Wednesday afternoon as the Fighting Tigers dropped a lopsided 17-2 road decision to defending North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) champions of Morrisville State College on the Mustangs' home turf in league action. The loss drops Cobleskill to 2-6 overall on the season to date including a 0-2 record in NEAC play while the Mustangs move to 6-1 overall on the year including a perfect 2-0 mark in conference play.
The Fighting Tigers were statistically dominated by the Mustangs in nearly every category as the Orange & Black were outshot on the afternoon by a 48-to-18 margin, lost the battle of the ground balls 38-to-28 while being soundly handled in the face-off circle 15-to-8.
Cobleskill received scoring efforts from senior attackman
Alex Acompora, Harrison, N.Y., Harrison High School, and freshman midfielder
Jake McCarthy, Kings Park, N.Y., Kings Park High School, on the afternoon with freshman attackman
Sean Degnan, Monroe, N.Y., Monroe-Woodbury High School, adding an assist on Acompora's goal.
Weather permitting the Fighting Tigers will return to action on Saturday April 9
th when they host the Mavericks of Medaille College in NEAC action at the Soccer/Lacrosse Complex beginning at 1:00 p.m.