CORTLAND, NY – The nationally 19th-ranked Cortland men's lacrosse team scored the first 12 goals of the game, all in the first quarter, and cruised to a 30-5 victory over New Paltz in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action from Grady Field on Wednesday evening. Cortland improves to 10-2 (3-0 SUNYAC), while New Paltz drops to 4-9 (1-2 SUNYAC).
 
Liam Burns (Warners/West Genesee) provided nine points on six goals and three assists for the Red Dragons. Caden Yancey (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) added three goals and three assists, and Sean Kavanagh (North Canton, OH/Hoover) scored four times and added an assist. 
 
Five other Red Dragons had multi-point nights, including Frank Neeson (Orchard Park) with one goal and three assists, two goals and an assist apiece from Sam Rothman (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills East), Colton Hornquist (Eden), and Zach Perlett (Poughquag/Iona Prep), and two goals by Aidan McHugh (Maine/Maine-Endwell).
 
Charlie Falowski (Redding, CT/Joel Barlow) recorded his first career win in his first start in goal, making five saves and allowing just two goals in just over a half of action. Jack Lucidi (Orchard Park) and Max Moran (Alamo, CA/San Ramon Valley) split the final minutes of action in goal, with Moran making his collegiate debut. 
 
AJ Surian (Bay Shore), Colin Doyle (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker), Liam R. Burns (Levittown/Division Avenue), Perlett, and McHugh each netted their first goals of the season.  
 
Anthony Senecal scored two goals for New Paltz, while Finn Smith provided a goal and an assist for the Hawks. 
 
Cortland scored 12 straight goals and raced out to a 13-1 lead after one quarter of play. The 13 goals in the first quarter were the most goals in a quarter for the Red Dragons since 2002, when Cortland scored 16 times in the first quarter against Utica/Rome. 
 
Neeson, Burns, and Kavanagh combined to score the first six goals, with Burns netting three times, Kavanagh added two goals, and Neeson scoring once. The next six goals were each scored by a different player, as Rothman, James Violi (East Islip), Kavanagh, Yancey, Klay Stuver (Fairport), and Burns found the back of the net to give Cortland a comfortable 12-0 lead. After New Paltz broke the streak with a goal from Senecal with 1:38 remaining, Burns netted his fifth goal of the game in the final seven seconds of the quarter. 
 
Cortland outscored New Paltz 7-1 in the second quarter to take a 20-2 halftime advantage. Yancey scored twice in the quarter, and Burns, Rothman, Nathan Nagengast (Bay Shore), McHugh, and Surian each tallied a goal in the frame. McHugh's goal was especially impressive, winning the faceoff and scoring just six seconds after a goal by the Hawks. 
 
The Red Dragons scored all nine goals in the third quarter, extending the lead to 29-2 into the final frame. Doyle found the back of the net off of a feed from Hornquist just 29 seconds into the quarter, and Sam Cary (Fulton/G. Ray Bodley), Kavanagh, Hornquist, and Perlett each scored to give Cortland five goals in the first 3:16 of the half. 
 
New Paltz scored three straight times in the fourth quarter, and Liam R. Burns netted his first collegiate with 11 seconds remaining to complete the scoring. 
 
Cortland 30, New Paltz 5
 
Team                    1-2-3-4  Final
Cortland              13-7-9-1    30
New Paltz            1-1-0-3       5

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Liam Burns 6-3, Caden Yancey 3-3, Sean Kavanagh 4-1, Frank Neeson 1-3, Sam Rothman 2-1, Colton Hornquist 2-1, Zach Perlett 2-1, Aidan McHugh 2-0, Klay Stuver 1-0, James Violi 1-0, Sam Cary 1-0, Gannon Houghton 1-0, Nathan Nagengast 1-0, Colin Doyle 1-0, Liam R. Burns 1-0, AJ Surian 1-0, Caden Morra 0-1, Mason Carroll 0-1, Patrick O'Doherty 0-1, Joe Petrus 0-1
New Paltz: Anthony Senecal 2-0, Finn Smith 1-1, Ethan Scully 1-0, Nick Darcangelo 1-0

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Charlie Falowski, 5 saves (2 GA in 32:29), Jack Lucidi, 0 saves (1 GA in 15:47), Max Moran, 2 saves (2 GA in 11:44)
New Paltz: Zach Novak, 7 saves (13 GA in 15:00), Eric Waldron, 12 saves (17 GA in 45:00)

Shots: Cortland 68, New Paltz 23
Ground Balls: Cortland 53, New Paltz 27
Turnovers: New Paltz 23, Cortland 15
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 14, New Paltz 8 
Clears: Cortland 15-of-18, New Paltz 17-of-25
Faceoffs Won: Cortland 28, New Paltz 11
Penalties: Cortland 2-1:00, New Paltz 2-1:00
Extra-Man Offense: Cortland 1-1, New Paltz 0-2

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 10-2, 3-0 SUNYAC (ranked 19th nationally by USILA); New Paltz (Hawks) 4-9, 1-2 SUNYAC