OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Cortland men's lacrosse team opened up a commanding 9-1 lead at the half and cruised to a 20-6 win at Oswego in SUNYAC action Wednesday night. With the win, the Red Dragons improved to 10-4 overall and 6-0 in the conference and clinched the regular-season league title with one game remaining. The Lakers fell to 9-5 and 4-2.

Sam Rothman (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills East) and Ryan Scanlon (Cornelius, NC/William Amos Hough) led Cortland's offense with four goals with Rothman picking up two assists and Scanlon adding one assist. Nick Stoecker (East Setauket/Ward Melville) finished with three goals and two assists, Josh Michel (Manlius/Fayetteville-Manlius) netted two goals and Caden Yancey (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) tallied a goal and two assists.

Stefan Swedlund (Randolph, NJ), Ryan Smith (East Islip), James Violi (East Islip), Ryan Eccles (Syracuse/Corcoran) and Aidan McHugh (Maine/Maine-Endwell) each scored goals for the Red Dragons. Sean Kavanagh (North Canton, OH/Hoover), Joe DeLany (Camillus/West Genesee) and Caden Morra (Farmingdale/Plainedge) collected one assist apiece.

Travis Wagner (Penfield) started in goal for Cortland, making 11 saves and giving up just three goals in 51:25. Charlie Falowski (Redding, CT/Joel Barlow) stopped one shot over the final 8:35. McHugh won seven faceoffs, and Rich Finn (LaGrange/Arlington) was successful on five faceoffs. Tucker Macknik (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) collected five ground balls, Stoecker, Travis Moehringer (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) and Conner Gallagher (Northport) recorded four ground balls and Alex Thrasher (Vestal) secured three ground balls.

Six different players each scored a goal for the Lakers. Goalie Seamus Hand stopped 14 shots in 51:39, while Tyler Novak played the final 8:21. Logan Prescott won 13-of-26 faceoffs and grabbed eight ground balls. Connor Postel picked up four ground balls, and Rob Nelson and Tyler Stevenson collected three ground balls apiece.

After Oswego took a 1-0 lead 1:42 into the game, the Red Dragons took control by scoring the next 12 goals. Cortland held the Lakers off the scoreboard for a span of 38:13 stretching from the first to third quarters to build a 12-1 lead. The advantage grew to 16-3 after three quarters before the Red Dragons held a 4-3 edge in the fourth quarter for the 20-6 final.

Cortland 20, Oswego 6
 
GAME SUMMARY:

Team                    1-2-3-4  Final
Cortland                4-5-7-4     20
Oswego                1-0-2-3       6

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Sam Rothman 4-2, Ryan Scanlon 4-1, Nick Stoecker 3-2, Josh Michel 2-0, Caden Yancey 1-2, Klay Stuver 1-0, Stefan Swedlund 1-0, Ryan Smith 1-0, James Violi 1-0, Ryan Eccles 1-0, Aidan McHugh 1-0, Sean Kavanagh 0-1, Joe DeLany 0-1, Caden Morra 0-1
Oswego: Max Brodman 1-0, Logan Prescott 1-0, Hayden Coney 1-0, Tyler Stevenson 1-0, Liam Sexton 1-0, Emmett Starowicz 1-0, Max Hahn 0-1

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Travis Wagner, 11 saves (3 GA in 51:25), Charlie Falowski, 1 save (3 GA in 8:35)
Oswego: Seamus Hand, 14 saves (18 GA in 51:39), Tyler Novak, 0 saves (2 GA in 8:21)

Shots: Cortland 56, Oswego 37
Ground Balls: Cortland 33, Oswego 31
Turnovers: Oswego 22, Cortland 15
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 11, Oswego 6
Clears: Cortland 11-of-13, Oswego 14-of-27
Faceoffs Won: Cortland 15, Oswego 13
Penalties: Cortland 4-3:00, Oswego 3-2:30
Extra-Man Offense: Cortland 2-3, Oswego 0-3

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 10-4, 6-0 SUNYAC, Oswego (Lakers) 9-5, 4-2 SUNYAC