PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's lacrosse team had 13 different goal scorers in a 21-5 win over Russell Sage College in its non-conference finale on Tuesday afternoon at the Field House Complex.
 
First-year attackman Donald Woods (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point) led the way with seven points on four goals and three assists, while senior midfielder Zach Gill (Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point) tallied six points on three goals and three assists. Sophomore attackman John Eiseman (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East) also scored three goals and added an assist. Senior face-off specialist Daniel Umbro (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) dominated at the 'X,' going 14-for-18 with three ground balls, while senior defenseman Justin Rocovich (Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot) led the defense with seven ground balls and four caused turnovers.
 
The Cardinals finished with a 51-33 edge in shots and a 38-17 advantage in ground balls in addition to going 18-for-29 as a team at the face-off dot. On clears, Plattsburgh State was 15-for-19, while Russell Sage was 11-for-18. The Gators scored three man-up goals on 14 extra-man chances, while the Cardinals were 0-for-3 on extra-man opportunities.
 
Russell Sage challenged Plattsburgh State early, with graduate student attackman Hunter Brunelle scoring a man-up goal on a feed from junior attackman Anthony Abreu 1:11 into the contest. Senior midfielder Stephen Kane (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) leveled the tally 1:08 later on a pass from Eiseman, while first-year long-stick midfielder Kyle Ruland (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) gave the Cardinals the lead midway through the first quarter. The Gators received a man-up strike from senior attackman Bailey Martin to draw back to even, but senior midfielder Andrew Braverman (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville), Gill and Woods each scored on passes from junior midfielder Gustav Rugg (Haverstraw, N.Y./North Rockland), Ruland and Gill, respectively, to put Plattsburgh State on top, 5-2, through 15 minutes of play.
 
The Cardinals broke the game open with seven unanswered goals in the second quarter, which included graduate student defenseman Max Burgio's (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) first collegiate goal and two markers each from Woods, Eiseman and Gill. Assists in the quarter came from Woods (two), Braverman, Kane and junior midfielder Owen Lorenzetti (Seneca Falls, N.Y./Mynderse Academy). Plattsburgh State led, 12-2, at the halftime intermission.
 
In the third, Eiseman opened scoring in the period on a pass from Lorenzetti, while sophomore midfielder Cam Morin (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) netted his first collegiate goal 1:46 later on a pass from Woods. Woods, senior midfielder Matt Trypaluk (Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point) and first-year midfielder Logan Vilardi (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) all scored, the last two of which were assisted by Gill, before Russell Sage's Brunelle broke up the surge with a man-up goal on a pass from Abreu. The Gators cut the deficit to 17-4 with 1:48 left in the third when sophomore midfielder Ryan Hanna tallied on a pass from first-year attackman Kollin Matthews.
 
Sophomore short-stick defensive midfielder Logan Jones (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) scored unassisted 27 seconds into the fourth quarter before sophomore attackman Zach Derhak (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) buried his first collegiate goal 2:23 later on a pass from junior attackman Michael Swift (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle). First-year attackman Ryan Weaver (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie) tallied his first collegiate marker man-down on a feed from Ruland, while Derhak added to the Cardinal tally with 6:23 left in the fourth. Russell Sage's first-year defenseman Joe Johnson spelled the final score 1:06 before the final horn when he cashed in a dish from junior midfielder Sean McGirr.
 
Brunelle led Russell Sage with two goals, while Johnson scooped up four ground balls and caused two turnovers.
 
Sophomore goalie Dan Clements (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley) and senior goalie Christian Bassi (Windham, N.H./Kimball Union Academy) made eight and four saves, respectively, in the victory for the Cardinals, while first-year goalie Erik Reynolds turned aside 10 shots in the loss for the Gators.