ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Oneonta men's lacrosse team had 11 different players hit the back of the net as they scorched Delhi, 21-7, on All College Field Wednesday afternoon. Delhi only trailed by two goals at the end of the first quarter, then Oneonta outscored them 12-2 in the next two periods for a commanding 17-5 lead heading into the fourth. The Red Dragons improved to 2-2 this season, while the Broncos dropped to 1-2 overall.
Senior
Jamie O'Neil (Bath, N.Y./Haverling) tied his career-best and led the game with nine points off four goals and five assists. He also collected three ground balls and caused a turnover. Junior
Thomas Hnis (Smithtown, N.Y./Kings Park) recorded the game-high five goals, on 13 shots, and two assists for seven points along with four ground balls.
Sophomore
Riley Royals (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) finished with three goals for the hat trick and was one of five Red Dragons to record their first collegiate goal. The other four were sophomore
Tommy Hyland (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown), and freshmen
Jaden Langhorn (West Islip, NY/West Islip),
Gavin McGrath (Pearl River, NY/Pearl River), and
Matt Sellitto (Smithtown, NY/Hauppauge).
"Glad to get a win today," Head Coach
Pete Owens commented. "Got to play a lot of guys that work hard in practice, which is always good. We've got a big test coming this weekend, but we're ready for the challenge."
Oneonta scored the first four goals of the game to go up 4-0 at 7:07. O'Neil netted the first two for the team, then Royals spun past his defender and fired in his first career goal before senior
Daniel Macchiarella (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) scored his third goal of the season off a pass from Hyland during an extra-man opportunity. Delhi finally got on the board with three goals in the final 6:14 of the quarter, while junior
Ryan Lussier (Burnt Hills, N.Y./Burnt Hills Ballston Lake) created space from his defender to score his first goal of the season for the Red Dragons to take a 5-3 lead into the second.
Hnis started the second off with a man-up goal, then junior
Aidan Boyle (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) had the ball down near the goal and passed it to an open Hnis on the opposite side to go up 7-3. After Delhi scored at 10:54 to trim their deficit to three, Oneonta scored nine straight goals to take a 16-4 lead with 6:07 left in the third quarter. Hnis led the run with three goals, including a man-up for his 20th goal of the season, while Royals scored twice to secure his hat trick. Lussier netted his second of the game, sophomore
Cody Sharp (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Burnt Hills Ballston Lake) lasered in his third of the season, and junior
Finn Morris (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) recorded his fourth goal of the season before he found O'Neil for his third of the game.
O'Neil scored his fourth goal of the game and 10th of the season with 1:34 left in the third, when he received a pass in front of the net from senior
Shakim Carr (Brooklyn, N.Y./John Dewey) and increased the Red Dragons lead to 17-5.
Oneonta outscored Delhi 4-2 in the fourth quarter for the 21-7 final with all four goals being the collegiate first for Langhorn, Hyland, Sellitto, and McGrath. Langhorn got the ball on the right side of the attack zone, moved towards the center and one-hopped the ball past the keeper for his goal, then, during an extra-man opportunity, O'Neil found Hyland on the right side for a one-hopper into the far side of the net. Sellitto ran with the ball towards the center of the zone and fired a shot between a few defenders and beat the Bronco's goalie up high. On the ensuing faceoff following Sellitto's goal, McGrath picked up the ground ball, ran with it into the attack zone, lost the ball in front of the net, regathered possession and whipped the ball in for the goal.
Lussier finished with two goals and four ground balls, while Carr totaled two assists. Both Morris and Hyland recorded a goal and an assist.
Junior
Sean Grimes (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y./Croton Harmon) went 6-for-7 on faceoffs with two ground balls. Senior
Aidan Greene (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) collected four ground balls and caused four turnovers, while junior
David Trahan (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) caused three turnovers and grabbed two ground balls.
Sophomore
Mark Restivo (Merrick, NY/Sanford H. Calhoun) started in the net for the first 51:38 for the Red Dragons and finished with eight saves. Junior
Ben Thayer (South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) played the final 8:22 for Oneonta and recorded two saves. Jayden Messina started the first 55:25 for Delhi and stopped 15 shots, while Stephen Lischinsky was in for the final 4:35 and made one save.
Oneonta outshot Delhi 51-34 in total shots, 37-17 on net, and were 4-for-7 on the extra man and 17-for-22 on clear attempts. The Broncos were 1-for-2 on the man-up and 7-for-11 on clears. Delhi was led by Jesse Hagen with three goals, while Anthony Ferrato was 18-for-25 on faceoffs with 17 ground balls.
The Red Dragons are back in action on Saturday, March 7, when they host No. 7 nationally ranked Stevens on Red Dragon Field at 1 pm.
