OSWEGO, N.Y. – Host SUNY Oswego men's lacrosse rallied for three straight in the fourth quarter to claim a 9-7 win over visiting SUNY Morrisville Saturday afternoon in Oswego in non-league action.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 7, Oswego 9 (halftime: Oswego 5-3)
• Location: Oswego, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 4-2, Oswego 2-1

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Visiting SUNY Morrisville fell in non-league play Saturday afternoon on the road at SUNY Oswego, as the host Lakers rallied for three straight in the fourth to post the comeback win over the Mustangs.
• Morrisville held a slim 7-6 lead early in the fourth before the hosts rallied for three unanswered within two minutes time to claim the victory.
• Dante Patriarco (Cortland, N.Y.) led the Mustangs with three tallies, putting away all three off feeds from Luke Strong (Rochester, N.Y.) who collected four points as he added a goal to go along with his three assists on the day.
• Dean Mohammed (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) added two of his own, while Chris Picciott (Brewerton, N.Y.) wrapped up all goal scorers with one for Morrisville.
• Oswego took an early 1-0 lead with the first tally of the afternoon just over two minutes into the opening period, before a score from Mohammed evened the contest at one.
• Nicholas DeNicola (Southold, N.Y.) was credited with the assist.
• Oswego took the one goal lead with 1:23 to go on the extra man, but Morrisville responded a mere 10 seconds later as DeNicola picked up his second assist of the day off the ground ball win on the face-off and found an open Picciott for the evening tally.
• In the second, the hosts collected three, two within 30 seconds time, to open the lead to three goals, but Patriarco sent the contest into the half with a score at the buzzer to cut the deficit to two for the visitors.
• A score from Oswego midway through the third quarter regained the three-goal lead, but Morrisville responded with two straight, one from Patriarco and a second from Strong, to make it a 6-5 ball game after three.
• An early strike from Patriarco evened the contest at six, and moments later the Mustangs took their first lead of the afternoon as Strong connected with Mohammed for his second of the day.
• Morrisville held a slim 7-6 lead over Oswego until the 5:31 mark when the Lakers rifled one at the Mustang cage and tied the contest at seven.
• Just over a minute later, the Lakers regained the lead with the top corner score, adding a final tally seconds later off the faceoff win to secure the win.
• Oswego held the slim 31-27 advantage in shots on the day, rifling 19 at Morrisville goalkeeper Dylan Laplace (Chester, Conn.) who turned away 10 on the afternoon, including a four-stop effort in the final frame.
• The Lakers held the slim edge in the ground ball game, 27-25, with a Mustang high seven pick-ups coming from long stick DeNicola, who also recorded a caused turnover.
• The Mustang defensive unit combined for nine caused turnovers, with a team high four recorded by Kyle Farrell (Holtsville, N.Y.).

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville returns to the field next Saturday, hosting SUNY Potsdam in a 1 p.m. non-conference bout on Drake Field in Morrsville.

 
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