Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team jumped out to a quick 10-4 halftime lead and never looked back on its way to a 12-6 victory against visiting Johnson State College on Thursday.

The Roos (2-3) opened the game scoring the first three goals of the contest as Cam Carter (Colonie, NY), Chris Gamble (Carthage, NY) and Trenton Yule (Oswego, NY) found the back of the net within the first five minutes.

Johnson State (0-3) caged their first of the contest midway through the period, but SUNY Canton responded with four of the next five tallies over the final 2:45 of the opening quarter to take a 7-2 lead after one.
SUNY Canton struck for three of the five goals in the second stanza to take a commanding 10-4 lead into intermission. Gamble paced SUNY Canton with four goals and two assists in the opening half, while Yule and Carter caged two each. Kyle Smith (Evans Mills, NY) dished out two assists.
 The hosts continued to control play in a much lower scoring second half as play became more difficult due to the winter mix. The teams combined for two goals each in the final 30 minutes of play.

Andrew Fiske (Winthrop, NY) had a strong game in his first game in goal on the season stopping 10 shots in the win. Jay Palmisano made 13 saves for the Badgers.

Devin Gruneisen (Potsdam, NY) led all players with seven ground balls, while Tyler Phillips (Rochester, NY) caused a game-high three turnovers. Luke DeGaetano (Canandaigua, NY) also chipped in with six ground balls.

The men's lacrosse team will put its two game win streak on the line when it visits Medaille College on Saturday at 3 p.m. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as ten exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete as members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.