The St. John Fisher College men's lacrosse team improved to 8-0 on Wednesday with a 19-6 win over visiting Elmira College in the Empire 8 Conference season opener for both teams.  Fisher, ranked 22nd nationally, is off to its best start in the program's eight-year history, while the eight wins is the program's longest winning streak.

With the game tied at 1-1 midway through the first half, Fisher scored the game's next six goals to take command and led 9-3 at intermission. The Cardinals also scored the first six goals of the second half to pull away.

Junior Jeff Price led the Cardinals with a career-high six points on three goals and three assists. Classmate Dave Malone also finished with six points on two goals and four assists.

Chris Schmidt scored four goals, while Scott Bowen finished with two goals and two assists. 

Kyle Denhoff tallied three points in the game on two goals and one assist, while midfielder Mike Cummins and Ryan Schmidt each totaled two points, on two assists and one goal and one assist, respectively.

Matt Kaiser, Zach Fayette, Chris Shand and Bobby DeFreze also each scored a goal. 

Junior goalie Jon Cortina stopped eight shots over the first three quarters; faceoff specialist Dave Wood won 16-of-21 face offs and scooped up a team-high 12 ground balls.

Fisher will return to action at 1 p.m. on Saturday and will host Hartwick College.