No. 3 Men’s Lacrosse wins 13-8 at Cortland

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History { element.remove(); }); } else{ let elementsToRemove = document.querySelectorAll(‘.postgame_3_nextgame’); elementsToRemove.forEach(element => { element.remove(); }); } ]]> CORTLAND, N.Y. – RIT senior TJ Hendricks scored three goals and had two assists to lead the No. 3 Tigers to a 13-8 win at Cortland, Wednesday.

Senior attack Luke Pilcher scored two goals and had two assists, while senior John Mozrall had a goal and three assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cortland scored the first three goals of the game, taking a 3-0 lead on Bobby Kratochvil’s goal with 8:18 to play in the quarter.
RIT scored the next four goals to lead 4-3 after the first quarter. Graduate student Zeb Hollinger got the Tigers on the board with his goal with 5:59 to play, while Mozrall and seniors Dylan Bruno and Caiden each scored to give RIT the lead.
Hendricks scored off an assist from Mozrall early in the second quarter to give the Tigers a 5-3 lead.
Cortland’s Ryan Smith broke the Tigers run with his goal with 11:37 to play in the half that cut the RIT lead to 5-4.
Pilcher and junior Kaden Brunson scored consecutive goals late in the half to give the Tigers a 7-4 at the break.
Pilcher, Hendricks and junior Seth Grottenthaler each scored early in the third quarter to increase the RIT lead to 10-4.
Cortland answered with two straight goals, cutting the Tigers lead to 10-6 on Jason Chiodo’s man-up goal with 13 seconds to play in the third quarter.
Hendricks and senior Spencer Bell scored back-to-back goals to begin the fourth quarter, taking a 12-6 lead on Bell’s goal with 5:51 to play in the quarter.
Troy Morris scored a man-up goal with 4:33 remaining to cut the RIT lead to 12-7.
Junior Ian Dinga scored off an assist from sophomore Sam Bennett with 3:40 to play to make it 13-7, and Sam Rothman scored for Cortland inside the final five minutes to make it a 13-8 final.

GAME NOTES

RIT outshot Cortland, 51-32.
The Tigers won 17-of-25 face offs and had 40 ground balls
RIT graduate student goalie Will Sterrett made eight saves to earn the win.
Senior Ethan Stiles won nine draw, while junior defenseman Michael Grace had six ground balls and caused five turnovers.

WHAT’S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Saturday (April 1) against RPI at 3:30 p.m.

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