CORTLAND, N.Y. – The top-seeded Cortland men's lacrosse team went on a nine-goal run to open the second quarter to erase a one-goal deficit and went on to defeat fourth-seeded Oneonta, 19-13, Wednesday afternoon in the semifinals of the SUNYAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament. The home Red Dragons improved to 12-6 and will host second-seeded Geneseo in the title game, Saturday, at 4 p.m. The visiting Red Dragons finished their season at 4-11.

Senior Troy Morris (Long Beach) led Cortland with four goals. Senior Christopher Dovi (Cortland) tallied a team-high five points on three goals and two assists. Junior Austin Palmer (Hamburg/St. Francis) and sophomore Colton Smith (South Bristol/Penn Yan Academy) each recorded two goals and two assists, junior Tyler Starrett (Redding, CT/Joel Barlow) finished with two goals and one assist and freshman Caden Yancey (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) also netted two goals.

Graduate student Brandon Stiles (Mastic/Eastport-South Manor) scored four points on one goal and three assists. Graduate student Jacob Rivers (Homer) netted a goal, junior defenseman Jake Smeader (Hamburg) scored his first career goal, junior Sean Barrett (Lynbrook) added a goal and freshman Ryan Scanlon (Cornelius, NC/William Amos Hough) chipped in with an assist.

Sophomore Travis Wagner (Penfield) started in goal for the Red Dragons, stopping eight shots in 52:37 before giving way to junior Matt Stento (Bethlehem), who made one save over the final 7:23. Freshman Owen Neubauer (Monroe-Monroe-Woodbury) won 18-of-28 faceoffs and collected six ground balls. Freshman Alex Thrasher (Vestal) secured seven ground balls and caused two turnovers, graduate student Mike Nicholson (North Babylon/St. Anthony's) registered three ground balls and two caused turnovers and Smeader contributed five ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Sophomore Luke Maslin (Owego/Owego Free Academy) scored three goals and added an assist for Oneonta. Sophomore Matthew Krieg (Port Jefferson Station/Comsewogue) tallied a game-high seven points on two goals and five assists. Senior Dean Cannon (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa), junior Kieran Rowley (Long Beach) and freshman Vincent Tirino (Port Jefferson Station/Comsewogue) each scored two goals. Junior Jack Dinnegan (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) recorded one goal and one assist, sophomore Ben Konak (South Salem/John Jay) netted a goal, and juniors Connor Gallagher (Montrose/Hendrick Hudson) and Sam Haita (Stephentown/La Salle Institute) chipped in with one assist apiece.

Junior goalie Luke Mignoli (Long Beach) turned aside 17 shots for the visiting Red Dragons. Sophomore Jesse AlfanoStJohn (Westhampton Beach) scooped up seven ground balls and caused three turnovers. Dinnegan added three ground balls and two caused turnovers, freshman Stephen Barikyan (Tappan/Tappan Zee) secured four ground balls and senior Timothy Shanley (West Hempstead) won eight faceoffs.

Cortland 19, Oneonta 13

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                 1-2-3-4  Final
Oneonta             5-1-3-4    13
Cortland             4-10-4-1  19

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Oneonta: Luke Maslin 3-1, Matthew Krieg 2-5, Dean Cannon 2-0, Vincent Tirino 2-0, Kieran Rowley 2-0, Jack Dinnegan 1-1, Ben Konak 1-0, Connor Gallgher 0-1, Sam Haita 0-1
Cortland: Troy Morris 4-0, Christopher Dovi 3-2, Colton Smith 2-2, Austin Palmer 2-2, Tyler Starrett 2-1, Caden Yancey 2-0, Brandon Stiles 1-2, Jake Smeader 1-0, Sean Barrett 1-0, Jacob Rivers 1-0, Ryan Scanlon 0-1

Goalkeepers:
Oneonta: Luke Mignoli, 17 Saves (19 GA in 60:00)
Cortland: Travis Wagner, 8 saves 11 GA in 52:37), Matt Stento, 1 save (2 GA in 7:23)

Shots: Cortland 53, Oneonta 33
Ground Balls: Cortland 42, Oneonta 33
Turnovers: Oneonta 24, Cortland 16
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 15, Oneonta 11
Clears: Cortland 21-of-22, Oneonta 21-of-28
Faceoffs Won: Cortland 21, Oneonta 13
Penalties: Oneonta 4-3:00, Cortland 2-1:00
Extra-Man Offense: Cortland 2-3, Oneonta 1-2

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 12-6, Oneonta (Red Dragons) 4-11