The Oneonta State men's lacrosse team played even through most of the first half, but in the second half, No. 12 Union College pulled away en route to a 19-6 win on the road this afternoon. Oneonta (0-2) trailed just 8-5 at halftime before Union (1-1) put the clamps on the Red Dragons attack to the tune of 11-1 in the second half.
Junior Jimmy van de Veerdonk led Oneonta with four goals on the afternoon. He also won 16-of-22 face offs as the Red Dragons won 20-of-28 for the game. Unfortunately, the Red Dragons turned the ball over 30 times, which cost them too many possessions.
Sophomore Nate Greenberg got things started for Union with the game's first goal at 12:58. Van de Veerdonk answered less than five seconds later with his first goal of the game after winning the face off.
Union then scored three unanswered including a pair by sophomore Rob Santangelo as Union jumped to a 4-1 lead.
The Red Dragons came back to tie the score at 4 apiece with three straight goals of their own. Sophomore Joey Finnegan, junior Tyler Jennings and van de Veerdonk each scored for Oneonta.
A late goal by Santangelo gave Union a 5-4 lead at the end of the first stanza.
Back-to-back goals by senior Ted McKenna to begin the second period extended Union's lead to 7-4. A van de Veerdonk goal brought Oneonta closer at 7-5, but McKenna scored his third goal of the period with seven seconds left gave the Dutchmen an 8-5 lead at halftime.
After van de Veerdonk scored the opening goal of the third period, Union shut out the Red Dragons the rest of the way while adding 11 goals.
McKenna and Santangelo each scored five goals each to lead Union. They also added two assists to total seven points on the afternoon.
Oneonta goalie Chris Miles took the loss in goal, but made 15 stops. Sean Aaron made 14 saves in picking up the win for Union.
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Union College....... 5 3 6 5 - 19
Oneonta State....... 4 1 1 0 - 6
Union College SCORING: GOALS: Ted McKenna 5; Rob Santangelo 5; Nolan Connors 1; Ethan Meyer 1; Richard Gregory 1; Connor Hall 1; Nate Greenberg 1; Alex Stone 1; Joe Cordrey 1; Adam Rosenthal 1; Greg Mooney 1.
ASSISTS: Nolan Connors 3; Ted McKenna 2; Ethan Meyer 2; Rob Santangelo 2; Richard Gregory 1; Connor Hall 1; Dylan Tripodi 1; Brad Woodruff 1.
Oneonta State SCORING: GOALS: Jim van de Veerdonk 4; Tyler Jennings 1; Joey Finnegan 1.
ASSISTS: Blair Hanson 2; Jimmy Reiser 1.
SHOTS - Union College 44; Oneonta State 31.
Penalties - Union College 2/1:30; Oneonta State 6/5:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Union College 3-6; Oneonta State 0-2.
FACEOFFS - Union College 8-28; Oneonta State 20-28.
GOALIES - Union: Stefan Basile (15:00 MP, 2 saves, 0 GA) , Sean Aaron 1-1 (45:00 MP, 14 saves, 6 GA);
Oneonta: Chris Miles 0-2 (54:25 MP, 15 saves, 17 GA) , Ryan Guay (5:35 MP, 1 save, 2 GA).
