Canton, NY – Samantha Dayter and Maddy Caron combined for 10 goals and nine assists and Olivia Scott made nine saves (.900 save %) as the women's lacrosse team cruised past SUNY Poly 16-3 to advance to their third straight NAC championship game on Saturday afternoon.

The Roos will square off with SUNY Morrisville on Sunday in the conference championship game at 3 p.m. with the winner advancing to the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament. The Mustangs defeated Husson 13-12 in OT in Saturday's second semifinal.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 16, SUNY Poly 3
• Location: SUNY Canton Turf – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (12-5) | SUNY Poly (6-9)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first quarter proved to be a defensive battle as the two goalies combined to make nine saves over the first 15 minutes.
• Dayter fed Caron to get the Roos on the board just over four minutes in.
• With just under two minutes left in the quarter Canton's clearance game paid off as Aayliah White found Caroline Nappi on the break for the score.
• Scott stopped all five shots she faced in the opening quarter as the hosts led 2-0.
• The Roos outscored the Wildcats 6-0 in a dominating second quarter as they held a 12-3 shots on goal edge in the quarter taking a commanding 8-0 lead to intermission.
• Caron and Nappi had three goals each in the opening half, while Dayter had a hand in six goals with a goal and five assists.
• Canton continued to dominate play in the third quarter outscoring Poly 4-1 as Caron and Dayter scored two goals each.
• The Roos received a goal each from Nappi, Dayter, Caron and Morgan Montgomery in the fourth quarter for the 16-3 final.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Dayter had a hand in 12 goals tallying four goals, eight assists and five draw controls. Caron finished with a game-high six goals to go with an assist and five draw controls. Nappi caged four goals, Montgomery scored twice and White added an assist and game-high six ground balls to go with three draw controls and two caused turnovers.
• Callie Johnson, Katie Kopcza and Madison Bastien scored one goal each for the Wildcats.
• The Roos controlled shots on goal (33-14), draw controls (14-8) and ground balls (23-19).

WHAT'S NEXT?
With the win the Roos advance to Sunday's NAC championship game where they will square off with SUNY Morrisville at 3 p.m. The winner will earn the NAC's automatic qualifier to the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament.  
   

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.