Canton, NY – Josh Yelvington scored six goals and Kyle Smith added six assists as the SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team earned a 13-11 win v. Cazenovia College on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Roos (7-3) jumped out to a 5-2 lead after the first quarter and took a 7-5 advantage into intermission. Yelvington led Canton with three first-half goals, while Dante Coco scored twice and Smith dished out four assists.
 
The teams played to an even 6-6 score after halftime with the Roos holding the upper hand 4-3 in the third quarter to lead 11-8 heading to the fourth.
 
Yelvington led all players with six goals, while Smith tallied a game-high six assists. Coco and Andrew Garrett also chipped in two goals each for the Roos. Brandon Rodee had an impressive game in the midfield recording game-highs of eight ground balls and four caused turnovers.
 
Connor Smith led Cazenovia (1-5) with three goals and two assists, while Jake Bertrand added a hat trick.
 
Kody Kocsis made 13 saves in his seventh win of the season, while Jared Hurlbutt made 11 stops for the Wildcats.
   
The men's lacrosse team is back in action on Saturday when it visits Kean University at 12 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 degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are joining the North Atlantic Conference beginning in the 2018-19 academic year.