Men's Lacrosse Bested by SUNY Oneonta

- PAXTON, MASS: The Anna Maria men's lacrosse team fell this afternoon to nonconference opponent SUNY Oneonta on Caparso Field, 16-9.

 THE BASICS:

- Date: 2/29/2020

- Score: Oneonta 16, Anna Maria 9

- Records: Oneonta (1-0), Anna Maria (1-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

-  After 10 minutes of scoreless play to start the game, the Red Dragons struck first with 5:54 left on a Michael Benasutti unassisted score. The AMCATS were able to answer back just two minutes later when Quinn Hannagan (South Windsor, CT) found the back of the net after receiving a pass from Nick Massaro (West Haven, CT).

-  Oneonta ended the first with four uncontested goals in the last 1:43 to go up 5-1.

-  Anna Maria started the next quarter off with their second score of the game on a Brandon Pavoni (Granby, MA) unassisted goal. Overall the Red Dragons scored five more in the second with the first three coming in a row. The last five goals in the quarter were both teams trading back and forth starting with Tommy Girard (Newbury, MA) at 8:03 left. Cameron Perry (Coventry, RI) and Pavoni both scored to bring the AMCATS into the locker room down 10-5.

- After half Perry opened the third with his second goal of the contest to cut the deficit to just four. That, however, would be the closest Anna Maria would get for the remainder of the game. Oneonta closed out the third with another three straight goals, with Andrew Hodgens gaining his second of the season along with Andrew Stamatel finding his third.

- The fourth and final quarter was split between the two squads as they both netted three apiece. The Red Dragons Thomas McRae tallied his second goal of the game, while teammate Stamatel racked up his fourth.

- The AMCATS Eric Glover (Baldwineville, MA) scored his two this afternoon in the fourth to go with Kory Fortier's (Oxford, MA) first score of the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

-  Sebastian Gomez (W, 1-0) saw 18 total shots on the day in net and was able to make 9 saves.

-  Griffin Moore (Worcester, MA) (L, 1-1) faced 32 shots against him and racked up 16 saves.

-  Andrew Stamatel finished with a game high 4 goals on just 7 shots.

- Thomas McRae had himself a two goal game but lead all players with 4 assists.

- Cameron Perry gave a 2 goal effort along with one assist.

- Brandon Pavoni also found the net twice.

- Eric Glover contributed 2 goals of his own in the AMCAT effort.

UP NEXT:

- Anna Maria returns to action on Tuesday as they continue their homestand against Nichols College at 5:00 PM.

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