Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 12-2 win v. Alfred State College on Senior Day.
 
The Roos (11-5) led 5-0 after the first quarter and took a 7-1 lead into intermission. Trenton Yule posted two goals and two assists in the opening half and Dante Coco added two goals and one assist. With his two first half goals Yule reached the 100 career goal scoring milestone.
 
SUNY Canton, who closes out its regular season with an NCAA Division III era school record 11 wins, outscored the Pioneers (5-8) by four after intermission to earn the victory.
 
Yule led all players with six points on three goals and three assists, while Josh Yelvington posted a game-high four assists to go with one goal. Dante Coco tallied a hat trick and one assists, while both Jake Sutton and Brad Sandroni each scored twice with Sutton dishing out an assist.
 
Trevor Hughes and Brandon Schmidt picked up a team-high six ground balls each, while Hughes went 14-for-19 on face offs and Schmidt caused a pair of turnovers. Kyle Smith added a goal and assist to go with two caused turnovers.
 
Kody Kocsis made 11 saves over three quarters for his 11th win of the season, while Justin LaDuke stopped all five shots he faced in the fourth quarter. Matt Cobb turned aside 11 shots in the loss for Alfred State.
   
The Roos honored their four seniors Brandon Rodee, Trenton Yule, Luke DeGaetano and Trevor Hughes in a pre-game ceremony.
 
This closes out the regular season for the men's lacrosse team as they await a possible ECAC Tournament bid. 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.