ALFRED, N.Y. – The Hawks saw their comeback attempt fall short, falling on the road at Alfred University in Empire 8 competition.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Score: Hartwick 9, Alfred 11
• Location: Alfred, N.Y.
• Records: Hartwick (3-7 Overall, 1-2 Empire 8), Alfred (9-2 Overall, 3-0 Empire 8)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• The Saxons carried over the energy from their pre-game Senior Day ceremony into the early minutes of the contest, scoring three goals in three minutes.
• Alfred struck once more in the 1^st quarter before the Hawks could get on the board.
• Shayne Kerrigan (Foxborough, Mass.) notched Hartwick's final goal with 51 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.
• The Saxons posted two more tallies to start the 2^nd quarter until Garrett Frost (Wading River, N.Y.) took over, notching all four of Hartwick's goals from the 10:29 mark in the 2^nd to the 9:08 minute in the 3^rd.
• Two of Frost's goals were unassisted, while Kerrigan and Seth Bello (Holliston, Mass.) registered assists on the other two.
• Alfred was able to stop Hartwick's momentum briefly, with the home squad scoring two within one minute of each other to take an 8-5 lead.
• However, Colin August (Garrison, N.Y.) found the back of the net to keep the Hawks within striking distance to close out the 3^rd quarter.
• Both offenses stalled in the early parts of the final quarter until Tyler Nocito (Mahopac, N.Y.) was able to get the Hawks within one with an unassisted turn around strike.
• The conference contest would go back and forth from there with Hartwick responding to every Alfred attempt to pull away.
• Unfortunately, an Alfred U tally with 1:01 left in the contest sealed the 11-9 victory for the Saxons.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The squad returns to Wright Stadium for their final regular season home contest on Saturday, April 20 where the Hawks will take on the Golden Flyers from Nazareth at 3 PM in Empire 8 action.
 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.