Canton, NY – Casey Pelton and Samantha Dayter supplied three goals and two assists each to lead the SUNY Canton women's lacrosse team to a dominating 19-1 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win v. NVU-Lyndon on Saturday.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 19, NVU-Lyndon 1
• Location: SUNY Canton Turf – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (5-4, 2-0 NAC) | NVU-Lyndon (0-5, 0-1 NAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before NVU-Lyndon got on the board with 3:42 left in the opening quarter. SUNY Canton extended its lead to 8-1 after the opening quarter and took a 10-1 lead into intermission.
• Maddy Caron, Pelton, Scarlet Ditoro, Dayter, Stephanie Thayer, Lindsey Wunder and Erin Grandaw all had first half goals for the hosts.
• SUNY Canton rotated its players throughout the roster and outscored the Hornets 9-0 in the second half on its way to the convincing win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Pelton and Dayter led the way with three goals and two assists each, while Dayter picked up a game-high 11 draw controls. Thayer chipped in a goal and game-best four assists, while Caron tallied three goals, one assists and a game-high eight ground balls.
• Wunder finished with a hat trick and added four ground balls and four draws, while Karlie McCarthy scored twice and Morgan Montgomery dished out a pair of assists. Ditoro, Grandaw, Hannah Reed and Aayliah White also scored for Canton. Wunder, Montgomery, Ditoro and Reegan Sheehy all caused two turnovers each.
• Rachel Palladino scored the lone goal for the Hornets on a free-position goal.
• Olivia Scott made one save in the first half earning her first collegiate win. Madison Leary and Erin Anderson played the third and fourth quarter, respectively, as neither goalie faced a shot.
• Paige Daley made 16 saves for NVU-Lyndon.
• The Roos held the upper hand in shots on goal (35-2), ground balls (25-11), draw controls (20-3) and clears (10-for-12 v. 7-for-28).
• The one goal given up is the fewest surrendered by the Roos since they won 17-0 v. Thomas College on March 16, 2019.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos return to action on Tuesday when they host No. 19 nationally-ranked St. Lawrence at 5 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.