The SUNY Oneonta men's lacrosse team opened its 2015 SUNYAC schedule with a 12-7 victory against Oswego today.  Due to field conditions the game was moved to Fayetteville-Manlius High School, which didn't affect the Red Dragons one bit, as they registered a season high 12 goals in the win.  Junior Connor Coyle (Centerport/Harborfields) led the attack this afternoon with three goals and two assists for a total of five points.
 
Oswego (3-3, 0-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first six minutes of the opening quarter on goals by Tyler Nason and Connor Khammer.
 
Oneonta (4-4, 1-0) then ripped off three unanswered over a span of 3:07 to grab its first lead of the contest.  Junior Taylor Kalbacher (Syosset/Syosset) opened the scoring at the 7:29 mark off an assist from sophomore Charles Montgomery (Pleasantville/Pleasantville).  Montgomery was able to find Kalbacher on the crease before pushing it past the Oswego goalie.
 
Coyle followed with his first of the game with an assist from classmate Devon Casey (Garden City/Kellenberg).  Junior Daniel King (Hauppauge/Hauppauge) completed the trio of goals with an unassisted tally at 4:22.
 
Matt Palmer knotted the score at three with 1:56 remaining in the quarter, which is how the two teams would enter the second quarter.
 
Freshman Alec Solomito (Holtsville/Sachem East) notched his third goal of the season less than five minutes into the second quarter to give the Red Dragons the lead for good.  Sophomore Austin McAskill (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) got the assist on the Solomito goal.  King scored his second of the game and sixth of the season four minutes later to give Oneonta a two-goal lead that they would carry into halftime.
 
Sophomore Robert Neubert (Lake Ronkonkoma/Sachem East) took a feed from Coyle before depositing a shot to the back of the cage to give Oneonta a 6-3 lead five minutes into the third quarter.  Oswego answered with a pair of its own goals to pull within 6-5 before freshman John Shea (Huntington/Huntington) scored his first collegiate goal to put Oneonta back up by two goals at the 7:38 mark.
 
The two teams then traded goals before a goal by Nason pulled the Lakers to one goal once again at 8-7 with 30 seconds to go in the third frame.  Coyle then scored on transition with two ticks left on the clock to give the Red Dragons a 9-7 advantage heading to the fourth quarter.
 
Oneonta played shutdown defense in the final quarter, holding the Lakers scoreless, while putting up three more goals for the final margin of victory.
 
Sophomore Ryan Adler (Smithtown/Smithtown West) made six saves today in goal for Oneonta, as he picked up his fourth victory of the season.
 
The Red Dragons will not be in action again until next Saturday when they travel to Brockport for a SUNYAC contest beginning at 1pm.
 
ONEONTA SCORING:
Goals: Connor Coyle (Centerport/Harborfields) (3); Daniel King (Hauppauge/Hauppauge) (2); Robert Neubert (Lake Ronkonkoma/Sachem East) (2); Austin McAskill (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) (1); Taylor Kalbacher (Syosset/Syosset) (1); John Shea (Huntington/Huntington) (1); Hunter DeLuca (Medford/Patchogue Medford) (1); Alec Solomito (Holtsville/Sachem East) (1)
Assists: Connor Coyle (Centerport/Harborfields) (2); Devon Casey (Garden City/Kellenberg) (2); Charles Montgomery (Pleasantville/Pleasantville) (1); Austin McAskill (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) (1); Hunter DeLuca (Medford/Patchogue Medford) (1)
 
OSWEGO SCORING:
Goals: Connor Khammar (2); Tyler Nason (2); Nick Giampaolo (1); Jimmy Cordon (1); Matt Palmer (1)
Assists: Cody Hoose (1); Nick Giampaolo (1); Matt Palmer (1)