Patchogue, NY – The SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team used a late second half comeback attempt but fell on the road to St. Joseph's College of Long Island 17-11 on Sunday afternoon.

St. Joseph's (3-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead 4:06 into game off a pair of goals from Casey Hickey. Trenton Yule got the Roos (0-3) on the board off the setup from Luke DeGaetano 30 seconds later and Josh Yelvington added his team-leading fifth of the season off a pass from Jake Sutton to get the Roos within two.

The Golden Eagles rattled off seven straight scores to open an 11-2 advantage before Canton netted two of the final three scores of halftime. The first came when Kyle Smith found Yule and the latter came off the stick of Yelvington. The hosts took a 12-4 lead into intermission.

The hosts scored the first two goals out of half to lead 14-4 but Canton responded with seven of the next eight and five straight goals to get within 15-11. DeGaetano and Cam Carter scored a pair of goals each during the run. The Eagles stalled the comeback bid scoring the final two goals for the 17-11 final.

Yule led the Roos with three goals and an assist, while Yelvington recorded his second hat trick in a Roo uniform. Hickey tallied six goals and two assists, while Scott Reece added four goals and a helper for the hosts.

Kody Kocsis turned aside 19 shots between the pipes for Canton, while Andrew Yoli made four saves for the Eagles.

The men's lacrosse team will continue action on spring break when it visits Farmingdale State on Monday at 1 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 13 exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are conference members of the newly formed American Collegiate Athletic Association.