TROY, N.Y. -- Sophomore Patrick Finn scored three goals and added three assists to lead Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to a 9-7 win over SUNY Oneonta in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at East Campus Stadium. With the win, the Engineers improve to 2-2 on the season, while the Red Dragons drop to 0-4.

RPI got on the board first with an unassisted shot by Matt Hall (Sudbury, MA / Lincoln-Sudbury) at 12:02. Oneonta responded at 9:27 with a tally from Kevin Theofield. Breanainn McNeally (Severna Park, MD / Archbishop Spaulding) netted a shot for RPI at 8:01 to put the Engineers back on top. However, the Red Dragons would tie the game at 2-2 on an unassisted goal by Connor Coyle. RPI did not back down, taking back a one-goal advantage with just 17 seconds to play in the quarter on Finn's first tally of the game.

The Red Dragons knotted the game up for a third time to start the second, as Mike Metzger scored at 9:12. The Engineers responded at 7:37 to take the lead that they wouldn't relinquish, as Finn handed out his first assist to Liam Mennig (Summit, NJ / Summit). Finn would also provide the helper on the next RPI goal - a man-up opportunity by McNeally that pushed the Engineer lead to 5-3. Oneonta cut the lead back to one on an extra-man opportunity of its own with 2:44 remaining, as Anthony Laureano took an assist from Josh Heller at 2:44.

Rensselaer scored the first two goals of the third quarter to take a 7-4 advantage. McNeally was assisted by Aaron Shavel (Lawrenceville, NJ / Princeton Day School) at 13:17, while Finn took an assist from Chaz Bell (Hopewell, NJ / Hopewell Valley) at 10:39. Laureano netted his second of the day for the Red Dragons at 9:06, but Shavel scored his first goal of the season with a helper from Finn at 5:47 to set the score at 8-5 after three.

Oneonta scored a pair of goals in the fourth quarter including the final goal of the game at 7:33 by Coyle.  Early in the fourth, Theofield passed off to Devon Casey, who scored to make the score 8-6 at 12:17.  Finn scored less than one minute later to put the Engineers back up by three goals before Coyle's goal cut it back to a pair.

RPI outshot the Red Dragons, 50-31, getting 17 shots in each of the first two quarters. The Engineers also held a 30-24 advantage in ground balls, and won 11-of-19 faceoffs, with nine going to T.J. Tynan (Bedford, NY / Fox Lane).

Goalkeeper Alex Castronovo (Garden City, NY / Garden City) made 11 saves between the pipes for Rensselaer; while Oneonta's Justin Benigno recorded a career high 15 stops for the Red Dragons.

Oneonta will be back in action again this Tuesday at Hartwick beginning at 4pm.

SCORING:  Oneonta
Goals: Connor Coyle (2); Anthony Laureano (2); Devon Casey (1); Kevin Theofield (1); Mike Metzger (1)
Assists: Josh Heller (1); Kevin Theofield (1)

SCORING:  Rensselaer
Goals: Breanainn McNeally (3); Patrick Finn (3); Aaron Shavel (1); Liam Mennig (1); Matt Hall (1)
Assists: Patrick Finn (3); Aaron Shavel (1); Chaz Bell (1)