The Keuka College Men’s Lacrosse team lost on Wednesday night to Oswego State 11-2 in a non-conference game at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.
Austin Holsclaw (Queensbury, N.Y. / Queensbury) and Mitchell Wise (Greece, N.Y. / Hilton) recorded the two goals for Keuka College (3-3).
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After a scoreless opening seven minutes, the Wolves would strike first on Wednesday. Austin Holsclaw had the ball on the right wing and let a shot go. It snuck in between the goalie and the post for the 1-0 advantage for the Wolves. Oswego State would tie the game with five minutes remaining in the first quarter and take the lead 50 seconds after that.
The Lakers continued their run into the second quarter. The visitors added three more to push their lead to 5-1. Mitchell Wise found the back of the goal with a long shot with 5:36 left in the half. That would prove to be the final goal of the first half as the Lakers led 5-2 at the break.
Oswego State scored quickly in the second half, finding the goal 51 seconds into the action. The Lakers would extend their lead in the frame, outscoring the Wolves 4-0 in the third, to take a 9-2 lead into the final quarter.
The Lakers closed in out in the fourth with a pair of goals, all while holding Keuka off the scoreboard in the second half, to defeat the Wolves 11-2 on Wednesday.
KC Notes:
- Keuka College is now 6-17 all-time against Oswego State, dropping six straight to the Lakers
- Jaxson Tucker (Canandaigua, N.Y. / Canandaigua Academy) made 13 saves for the Wolves. Kaiden Larsen (Phelps, N.Y. / Midlakes) stopped the only shot he faced in a relief stint
- Daniel Rustay (Camillus, N.Y. / West Genesee) played with both a short-stick and long-stick on Wednesday. The senior led the Wolves with seven ground balls and added three caused turnovers
- Logan McMurtry (Rochester, N.Y. / Gates-Chili) led the Wolves with four caused turnovers, increasing his career total to 61. The senior moved into sixth on the career list
Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves will open Empire 8 Conference play this Saturday by facing an old opponent in a new conference. Keuka College will host SUNY Poly at 1 p.m. at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex. It will be the first time the two teams have met as members of the Empire 8 Conference, but the Wolves had an 8-0 record over the Wildcats as members of the North Eastern Athletic Conference.
