Canton, NY – Kody Kocsis stopped a career-high 25 shots and Trenton Yule scored three times and added a pair of assists but visiting Utica College outscored the SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team by eight in the first quarter to earn a 14-8 victory on Saturday.

Kocsis established a new career-high for stops eclipsing his 23 save performance from March 19th of last season v. Cazenovia.

The Roos (3-7) were held off the scoreboard until midway through the second quarter as the Pioneers (8-4) jumped out to an 8-0 lead as Ryan Desveaux, Nick Yelich and Brickman House scored two goals each in the first 15 minutes.

Josh Yelvington got the Roos on the board with 8:48 left in the opening half on his team-leading 25th goal of the season. SUNY Canton outscored Utica 3-2 in the second quarter including netting a pair of scores in the final 35 seconds to get within 10-3 at intermission.

Canton continued to battle scoring six out of seven goals in a stretch from the end of the second quarter through the beginning of the fourth period to get within 11-7 with 13:53 remaining after Jake Sutton completed a hat trick off a feed from Yule. The Pioneers bounced back to score three of the final four goals for the 14-8 victory.

Yule finished with three goals, two assists and three ground balls, while Sutton posted three goals and Yelvington scored twice. Brandon Rodee tied a game-high with eight ground balls and finished with a team-high 2 caused turnovers.

Kody Kocsis had a phenomenal game in net stopping 25 shots. Parker Smith made seven save in the first half to earn the win, while Harrison Bower turned aside eight shots after halftime.

The Roos honored their seven graduating players in Zack Opiela, Ian Drummatter, Andrew Bowes, Kyle Green, Travis Phillips, Nick Vasilopoulos and Cam Carter in a halftime ceremony.

The men's lacrosse team hits the road on Wednesday when it visits Oswego State at 7 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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