Canton, NY – Jonney Mclear had a hat trick, Hayden Todd shined with 18 saves on 26 shots, but the SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team dropped a defensive-minded 8-5 contest to the Morrisville Mustangs.

THE BASICS

• Result: Morrisville 8, SUNY Canton 5
• Location: SUNY Canton Turf Field – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (2-5, 0-3 SUNYAC) | Morrisville (7-4, 1-2 SUNYAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Morrisville dominated possession early on with the Roos struggling to take care of the ball. Todd made some great saves to keep SUNY Canton in the game, but the Mustangs found the back of the net twice in the quarter and earned a 2-0 advantage.
• With just 33 seconds left in the first quarter, Charles Grandaw wove through some defenders and scored right outside the crease as the score was 2-1 at the end of the first quarter.
• The two teams exchanged goals in the second quarter with the Roos doing a much better job with ball possession. Frost scored from Newcomb early in the half, and then Mclear added two more unassisted goals a bit later.  
• The first half ended with a tight 5-4 contest after each side notched three goals in the second period.
• SUNY Canton had another good defensive period early with forcing turnovers and preventing the Mustangs from getting shots off around the net. However, Morrisville netted one on a transition opportunity about halfway through the half.
• Mclear got another one to go, but two Mustangs goals late gave them their largest lead of the game as they were up 8-5 with 15 minutes remaining.
• The defensive battle continued into the fourth quarter. The Roos needed goals but could not get one with Morrisville's defense the key to victory. A late crease violation and an offensive foul ended the last chances for SUNY Canton as they fell 8-5.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Mclear scored over half the goals with three tallies, and Grandaw and Frost had the other two. Frost also had five ground balls while Cade Fregoe anchored the defense with six ground balls and four caused turnovers.
• Noah Taylor scored four times for Morrisville while Kyan Dohn had two goals. Griffin English picked up three ground balls and caused three turnovers.
• Shots on goal ended as 26 to 14 Morrisville. The Mustangs had a much higher percentage of shots on net with 26-of-39 on target while the Roos were 14-of-33.
• Todd made 18 saves on 26 shots, which included saving 10-of-12 in the first quarter. Blake Dunton had a great game in the net for Morrisville as well with nine saves and five goals allowed.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will embark on the road to play the Oswego State Lakers on Saturday, April 11 at 1 p.m.     

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