SALEM, VA. – Ten different players scored goals as the Cortland men's lacrosse team earned a 15-11 non-conference victory at Roanoke Tuesday afternoon to improve to 2-3 on the season. The Maroons dropped to 4-3.

Senior Dante Yacavone (Homer) led the Red Dragons offensively with six points on four goals and two assists. Graduate student Zak Jones (East Quogue/Westhampton Beach) tallied two goals and two assists, and freshman Klay Stuver (Fairport) netted the first two goals of his career. Graduate student Brandon Stiles (Mastic/Eastport-South Manor) and junior Tyler Starrett (Redding, CT/Joel Barlow) picked up a goal and an assist, while seniors Troy Morris (Long Beach) and Pat Doyen (Miller Place), junior Sean Barrett (Lynbrook), sophomore Liam Ford (New Fairfield, CT) and freshman Joe DeLany (Camillus/West Genesee) scored one goal apiece.

Sophomore goalie Travis Wagner (Penfield) matched his season high with 17 saves for Cortland. Freshman Connor Aspinall (Syracuse/Fayetteville-Manlius) won 11-of-21 faceoffs and scooped up a game-high 10 ground balls. Doyen added five ground balls, senior Justin Wainwright (Homer) finished with five ground balls and two caused turnovers and senior Dominick Natale (Homer) contributed three ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Luke Kammerman scored a game-high five goals for Roanoke. Wyatt Whitlow netted three goals, Ethan Caldwell tallied one goal and two assists, George Gilbert and Aidan Sullivan chipped in with a goal and one assist.

Goalie Taylor Lewis made seven saves and caused two turnovers for the Maroons. Sullivan won 7-of-13 faceoffs, secured seven ground balls and caused three turnovers.

Cortland jumped out to a 4-1 lead after the opening quarter as four different players found the back of the net. Roanoke outscored the Red Dragons, 5-3, in the second quarter to pull to within 7-6 at the half.

After Whitlow tied the game at 7-7 at the 11:09 mark of the third quarter, Doyen, Starrett and Jones gave Cortland a 10-7 lead late in the third quarter. After Gilbert's goal at 3:25 of the quarter, the Red Dragons took control of the game with a five-goal run, two coming from Yacavone, spanning the end of the third quarter to past the midway point of the fourth quarter for a commanding 15-8 lead. Roanoke netted the last three goals of the game for the 15-11 final.

Cortland 15, Roanoke 11

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                          1-2-3-4  Final
Cortland                      4-3-5-3     15
Roanoke                     1-5-2-3     11

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Dante Yacavone 4-2, Zak Jones 2-2, Klay Stuver 2-0, Brandon Stiles 1-1, Tyler Starrett 1-1, Troy Morris 1-0, Pat Doyen 1-0, Sean Barrett 1-0, Joe DeLany 1-0, Liam Ford 1-0, Colton Smith 0-1, Ryan Scanlon 0-1, Connor Aspinall 0-1
Roanoke: Luke Kammerman 5-0, Wyatt Whitlow 3-0, Ethan Caldwell 1-2, George Gilbert 1-1, Aidan Sullivan 1-1, Sean Kennedy 0-1

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Travis Wagner, 17 saves (11 GA in 60:00)
Roanoke: Taylor Lewis,7 saves (15 GA in 60:00)

Shots: Roanoke 44, Cortland 34
Ground Balls: Cortland 39, Roanoke 27
Turnovers: Cortland 18, Roanoke 16
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 13, Roanoke 7
Clears: Cortland 17-of-23, Roanoke 14-of-18
Faceoffs Won: Cortland 16, Roanoke 14
Penalties: Roanoke 2-1:30, Cortland 0-0:00
Extra-Man Offense: Cortland 1-2, Roanoke 0-0

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-3; Roanoke (Maroons) 4-3