Waterville, ME – Hunter Olsen and Zack LaFave combined for 10 goals and the Roos outscored Thomas 7-1 in the fourth quarter to earn a 14-6 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 14, Thomas 6
• Location: Thomas Turf Field – Waterville, ME
• Records: SUNY Canton (6-6, 4-2 NAC) | Thomas (2-8, 2-4 NAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• LaFave and Olsen got the Roos off to an early 2-0 lead with goals a minute apart as Canton led a low scoring first quarter 2-1 after 15 minutes.
• Olsen netted three second quarter goals and LaFave had the other as the Roos took a 6-4 lead into intermission.
• Each team only scored one goal in the third quarter with Canton's coming man-up from Olsen.
• The Roos dominated the fourth quarter outscoring the Terriers 7-1. Six different players scored for Canton in Austin Mesler, Caeden Goodnough, Rory McCabe, Kyle Fingar, LaFave and Olsen.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Olsen led all players with six goals, while LaFave added four and each player picked up four ground balls. Mesler finished with a goal and two assists and Goodnough added a goal and assist.
• McCabe and Fingar supplied one goal each. Carter Pooler and Tanner Amell tied a game-high with five ground balls apiece and Logan McCargar forced two turnovers.
• Daniel MacWhinnie led the Terriers with two goals and an assist and Matthew Crisco dished out a pair of assists.
• Sam Servati made 11 saves in his sixth win of the season for the Roos, while Patrick Buxton made 12 stops for Thomas.
• The Roos held a 26-17 shots on goal advantage, while Thomas had the edge in face offs, 14-10.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos visit SUNY Cobleskill on Wednesday at 4 p.m.  
 


About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton 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 23 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 SUNY Canton Kangaroos 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.