Cobleskill, NY: The Cobleskill men's lacrosse team dropped a tightly contested conference game 15-8 against the eagles of Husson University on senior day down at the Soccer/Lacrosse Complex on Saturday afternoon.
Albert Sippio (Syracuse, NY/ITC) led the Fighting Tigers with two goals and two assists. Senior
Sean D'Amaro (Northport, NY) added two goals and an assist as well as two ground balls. Freshman
Alex Baker (Guilford, VT/Brattleboro Union) found the back of the net twice and picked up four ground balls. Trevor Masocco (Eden, NY) and
Robert Staubitz (East Rockaway, NY) each netted a goal.
Goalie
James Meier (Guilderland, NY) made 21 saves for the Fighting Tigers.
Tyler Jaffee (Plattekill, NY) picked up five ground balls and caused three turnovers. Senior
Kevon Barrett (Bronx, NY/Lehman) caused two turnovers and scooped up two ground balls.
Cobleskill jumped out to 2-1 lead thanks to unassisted goals by Baker and Sippio. Husson rallied and took a 5-3 lead at the end of the first quarter after a Nathan Vibber goal. In the second quarter, the Fighting Tigers found themselves trailing 7-5 after Baker scored his second goal of the game, assisted by D'Amaro, which cut the lead to two with 3:07 left in the quarter. With only 16 seconds left, Husson extended their lead to 8-5 after Kolton Gillilan capitalized on a Cobleskill turnover and found the back of the net to end the quarter.
The third quarter saw a back and fouth game as each team scored two goals. For the Fighting Tigers, D'Amaro powered his shot past the eagles goalie only a minute into the quarter. Husson responded by scoring the next two goals in the game, before Staubitz answered for Cobleskill by scoring a man-up goal. Husson led 10-7 at the end of the quarter.
The eagles offensive provided to be too much in the fourth quarter as they extended their lead to 13-8 with 11:07 left to play. The visitors added two more goals by Gillilan and Vibber to finish the game with a 15-8 win.
Husson outshot Cobleskill 46-33 (35-20 sog). The visitors picked up 49 ground balls compared to Cobleskill's 29 and the visitors also held a 22-5 advantage in the faceoffs.
Cobleskill will be in action next on Sunday, April 21
st at 12:00 PM as they host Maine Maritime Academy in a NAC contest at the Oneonta High School in Oneonta, NY.
