The Hartwick Men's Lacrosse team headed up north for their final non-conference test, facing off against the Kangaroos, coming away with an impressive road triumph on Saturday afternoon.
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Hartwick looked to get back on track with a road victory against the Kangaroos as Liam Downey (Blue Point, N.Y.) won the opening faceoff and pushed the ball down field.
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The Hawks set the tone early as Cooper Francis (Lynbrook, N.Y.) surveyed the defense and connected with a lurking Colin August (Garrison, N.Y.) as August elevated and fired a missile over the Canton keeper for the first goal, 12 seconds in.
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Downey kept Wick rolling, taking the face off and getting the offense started for a second score. Tararihwakohe Lazore (Hogansburg, N.Y.) struck for his first score of the afternoon, scoring just a minute later.
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Just eight seconds after the Lazore goal, Downey found the back of the net, taking the face off and sprinting past the Roos, overwhelming the Canton defense with speed, collecting his first goal of the season.
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August capped off the scoring run with his second goal, being set up by Ty Crowley (Wallkill, N.Y.) as the Hawks put up four goals swiftly.
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Canton created a scoring run of their own, connecting for three straight goals over the next five minutes to slice the Hawk lead down to one.
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Tyler Nocito (Mahopac, N.Y.) gave the Royal Blue and White some breathing room, catapulting a shot past the Roo keeper with Lazore picking up an assist.
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Hartwick continued to feed the hot hand of Colin August as August secured the first quarter hat-trick, Nick Fernandez (Weymouth, MA) was credited with his first collegiate assist.
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Garrett Frost (Wading River, N.Y.) joined in on the first quarter frenzy, capping off the stellar first period of play with a missile to the lower half of the net with Nocito collecting the assist.
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With the second quarter beginning, Liam McManus (Skillman, N.J.) dazzled for his first goal of the season, hitting a half spin to lose his defender and immediately firing the overhand shot past the keeper's stick for the score at the 13:40 mark.
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Coach LaSala's squad kept their foot on the gas as Nocito picked up his second goal of the contest, just 40 seconds after the McManus strike.The team added another quick strike within a minute as August connected for his fourth goal.
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A Canton penalty for cross-checking proved to be costly for the 'Roos as Spencer Hogaboom (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) took advantage of the man-up situation, connecting on his first goal of the afternoon as Mason Adams (Delmar, N.Y.) was credited with the assist.
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Lazore closed out the superb first half with his second goal of the day as the Hawks headed into the final half with an eight goal lead.
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Hartwick maintained its quick strike game plan all game long as Matt White ( Medford, N.Y.) picked up his first goal of his young collegiate career, scoring within the first minute.
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Crowley picked up his second assist of the afternoon as August continued to rip through the Roo defense, connecting on his fifth goal of the game.
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SUNY Canton found some offensive success, stringing together two goals before the Hawks were off to the races, clearing a failed attack as Lazore sprinted down the field, dishing it off to an awaiting August who was able to put it away for the double hat-trick to close out the third.
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The Royal Blue and White pumped the brakes on the attack in the fourth quarter as they looked to keep the Roos at bay and coast to a dominant victory to wrap up their non-conference schedule.
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After a quiet ten minutes, the Hawks ramped up the offense once again as Lazore started the four goal spurt with his third goal of the day, securing his first collegiate hat-trick with Frost picking up the assist.
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Ryan Nevins (Warwick, N.Y.) struck for his first goal of the season as Adams picked up his career high third assist.
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McManus picked up his second score of the afternoon as Jacob Joly (Saunderstown, RI) picked up his first collegiate assist.
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Christian Szokoli (Greenlawn, N.Y.) fired in the final goal of the contest from his defensive position as Joly was credited with his second assist and Szokoli picked up his first score of the season with 53 seconds left in the fourth.
The Hawks will open up Empire 8 conference play with new conference foe, SUNY Geneseo, set for a 2PM faceoff at Wright Stadium on Saturday, March 22nd.
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