No. 1 UAlbany improves to 7-0

ALBANY, N.Y. » The No. 1 UAlbany men’s lacrosse team improved to 7- 0 on the season, scoring 16 unanswered goals in a 19-11 victory over Canisius with 10 different Great Danes scoring goals.

Canisius got out to an early start as the Golden Griffins put their first six shots on goal, scoring four of them. Steven Coss had two of those goals as Canisius led 4-1 through the first half of the first quarter.

UAlbany rallied off a pair of unassisted Connor Fields goals to pull within one. Sean Eccles had a narrow angle and bounced a shot inside the left post from Tehoka Nanticoke, then TD Ierlan won a faceoff and passed off to Fields for a goal, giving UAlbany a 5- 4 lead after one quarter.

UAlbany’s offense continued to rapid fire with three goals in the opening 103 seconds of the next period. Ierlan scored off a faceoff, Fields added another off a long blazing shot, then Justin Reh scored on a catch and shoot from Fields. UAlbany added another pair of goals in 18 seconds later

in transition, a Nanticoke close range shot and score, then a bouncing shot score from Josh Egan. The Great Danes continued to dominate possessions off Ierlan’s faceoff victories, adding four more goals as Jack Burgmaster and Jakob Patterson scored 22 seconds apart, then Nanticoke added two more goals to finish the half. UAlbany led 14- 4 after two.

The run continued into the third quarter as Egan, Burgmaster and Fields added goals in the first 4:11 to complete the run at 16- 0 as UAlbany led 17- 4. Following an exchange, Davis Diamond scored to make it 18-5 with 4:40 left in the third.

Canisius went on a 5- 0 run into the fourth quarter to pull within eight. Patterson scored again to stop the run as UAlbany’s lead proved triumphant. The Great Danes took the win 19-11.

UAlbany goes back into conference play on Saturday, March 24, playing at UMass Lowell at 7:00 p.m.