Purchase, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's lacrosse team took to the road on Saturday afternoon to drop a 12-5 decision to the host Panthers of SUNY Purchase in non-conference action. With the loss the Fighting Tigers fall to 2-4 overall on the campaign while the Panthers are now 5-2 on the year to date.

Despite getting off to a fast start in the first quarter which saw them close the period with a 4-2 advantage the Fighting Tigers could not contain the powerful Panther offense and Purchase scored 10 of the games last 11 goals to post the victory.

Once again the Orange & Black struggled with clears and turnovers as Cobleskill was only successful on 13-of-21 clear opportunities while turning the ball over 29 times on the afternoon.
The Fighting Tigers received a pair of solid efforts on the afternoon from junior attackman Sean Degnan, Monroe, N.Y., Monroe Woodbury High School, who had a goal and an assist on the afternoon to go with two ground balls while junior midfielder/attackman Ed White, Utica, N.Y., Thomas R. Proctor High School, chipped in a goal and an assist along with three ground balls  on the afternoon.

Cobleskill will next be in action on Wednesday April 3^rd when they travel to Cazenovia, N.Y. for their 2019 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) opener versus the Wildcats of Cazenovia beginning at 4:00 p.m.