Delhi, NY – Josh Yelvington scored five goals and netted the game-winner with 3 minutes, 39 seconds remaining to lift the SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team to a 10-9 road victory at SUNY Delhi on Saturday.
The win moves the Roos alone into first place at 5-0 in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play with one game remaining in the regular season.

THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Canton 10, SUNY Delhi 9
• Location: SUNY Oneonta – Oneonta, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (8-6, 5-0 NAC) | SUNY Delhi (10-5, 5-1 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Yelvington led all players with five goals and added five ground balls. Noah Robinson and Dante Coco recorded two goals each, while Andrew Garrett also scored. Matt Conn had a strong game defensively with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
• Kody Kocsis made eight saves in the win, while picking up five ground balls. Travis Anderson took the loss for Delhi making 11 stops.
• The Roos jumped out to a 4-2 lead after the opening quarter but the Broncos knotted the score at 5-5 at intermission.
• Canton tallied four straight goals, three of which came from Yelvington, to turn a 5-4 deficit late in the first half into an 8-5 lead midway through the third quarter.
• Delhi responded with three straight scores to tie the game at 8-8 early in the fourth.
• Garrett gave Canton a 9-8 lead with 12:21 to play on a man-down goal and Nick Dower tied it up six seconds later with a man-down goal for Delhi.
• Yelvington gave the Roos the lead for good with just under four minutes remaining. Kocsis saved a shot down the stretch to help preserve the win.
• John Rohan III and Malik Talbert led Delhi with five points each.

 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Roos visit NVU-Johnson on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
   

About SUNY Canton
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 digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 16 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The college's 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity eSports and cheerleading. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.