BOX SCORE

The St. John Fisher College men's lacrosse team suffered its first Empire 8 Conference loss of the year on Saturday, losing 10-8 to No. 8 Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.

With the loss, Fisher falls to 8-3 overall and 2-1 in the Empire 8, while the Ducks improve to 8-2, 2-0.

Fisher controlled the game early on, outshooting the Ducks 10-3 in the first quarter and 10-4 in the second quarter.  After Stevens scored the first goal, Fisher took a 2-1 lead.  Nick Rossi scored off a pass from Bryan Dyer and Jeff Wester scored an unassisted goal with 2:46 left in the first.

After the Ducks tied it at 2s, Fisher took a 3-2 lead at intermission after Rossi's second goal of the game – a man-up goal with Greg Ramsden assisting.

Stevens, however, came out on fire in the second half, scoring four goals in the first nine minutes of the third to take a 6-3 lead.

Fisher chipped away at the lead, pulling to within one goal on three different occasions, but was never able to net the equalizer.  Brett Farrell made it 6-5 late in the third quarter and Dyer scored with 9:09 left to make it 8-7.

Farrell pulled Fisher to within a goal at 9-8 with 2:36, but the Duck won the ensuing faceoff and scored an insurance goal just over minute later to seal the win.

Wester led Fisher on the day with four points on one goal and three assists.  Farrell and Rossi both finished with two goals, while Michael Boisvert and Kevin DeOrdio also scored a goal.    Scott Campbell led the Cardinals with eight ground balls and four caused turnovers.

Jamie Campagna made eight saves in goal.

Fisher will return to action at 7 p.m. on Friday at Ithaca College.  The Bombers are 7-3, 1-1 and are coming off a 15-8 loss to Nazareth College.