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Cam Frankenhoff drives upfield against SUNY Delhi
6
Castleton CULAX 1-5
14
Winner Russell Sage RSCMLAX 4-6
Castleton CULAX
1-5
6
Final
14
Russell Sage RSCMLAX
4-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Castleton CULAX 2 1 1 2 6
Russell Sage RSCMLAX 5 6 0 3 14

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men's Lacrosse Falters at Rusell Sage College

TROY, N.Y. – The Castleton University men's lacrosse team hit the road on Wednesday night for a non-conference battle at Russell Sage College, falling 14-6.
 
The Spartans drop to 1-5 on the year while Sage improves to 4-6 overall. Castleton had a 43-36 edge in shots while RSC had a 23-22 lead in shots on goal. Turnovers were nearly even with Castleton committing 20 to Sage's 19, and both teams cleared the ball more than 75 percent of the time. The Gators held a 45-39 lead in ground balls while both sides won 13 face-offs. The Gators converted 3-of-4 extra-man opportunities while Castleton went 0-for-2 on the man advantage.
 
Cam Frankenhoff potted two goals for the Spartans, as did Ian Edgar. Sean Kimura and Ethan Esposito had a goal and an assist each. Frankenhoff was the team leader with six ground balls followed by Jonah Janaro with five. Janaro also forced four turnovers. Chris LaBonte won 11-of-19 face-offs. Christopher Dindino made nine saves in the contest.
 
Bailey Martin led the Gators with five points on three goals and two helpers while Nate Kettle had four goals on the evening. Anthony Abreu had a hat trick as well and Shea Obado added two goals and an assist. Martin and Jacob Peck had five ground balls each. Andrew Collora was strong between the pipes with 16 saves in 56 minutes.
 
The Gators scored the first four goals of the game before Frankenhoff put Castleton on the board late in the first. A quick answer by Sage made it 5-1 before Esposito cut it back to a 5-2 game at the end of the first quarter. Three straight second-quarter goals by the Gators pushed the lead to 8-2 before Frankenhoff scored his second of the game. The Gators found the back of the net three more times before halftime for an 11-3 lead at the break.
 
Castleton scored the only goal of the third quarter when Edgar scored with 1:53 left in the frame on an assist from Esposito. Kimura then scored 31 seconds into the fourth quarter to make the score 11-5. Sage pushed it to 12-5 with another goal. Edgar scored Castleton's final goal on an assist from Kimura with 9:36 remaining, while Sage tallied two more scores on the way out for the 14-6 final score.
 
Castleton hosts WestConn on Saturday at Dave Wolk Stadium at 2 p.m. in the LEC opener.
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