Box Score

The St. John Fisher College men's lacrosse used an overpowering second half, outscoring host Alfred University 10-3, en route to a 14-5 victory to pick up their fifth consecutive win.

Fisher moves to 9-4 overall and 5-1 in the Empire 8 conference while the Saxons fall to 4-7, 1-4.  With just two conference games remaining the Cardinals sit in a tie for second place with East Avenue rival Nazareth College who they will face in the final game of the  regular season next Saturday.

Fisher's offensive firepower was largely aided by strong games from Nick Rossi and Gary Bova who combed for 13 points.  Rossi ended the game with five goals and one assist while Bova tallied a goal and six helpers.  Rossi got things started for Fisher scoring the only goal of the first quarter on the man-up from Jeff Wester.  

The visitors took a 3-0 lead at the 6:06 mark of the second quarter after Rossi and Tim Wagner notched back-to-back goals just :08 second apart.  However the Saxons scored the next two goals to draw within one before Rossi completed the first half hat trick late in the quarter.  Fisher led 4-2 at the break.

After a low scoring first half the Cardinals offense came alive to score 11 goals to Alfred's three, including the first six of the half to take a commanding 10-2 lead.

Wester recorded the first goal of the run three minutes in and Brett Farrell capped it off on a man-up goal from Bova at the 1:37 mark of the third quarter.  Farrell scored four of Fisher's goals during that 6-0 run including the final three.

The home squad chipped away to cut the deficit to 11-5 five minutes into the final frame, however Fisher scored the final four goals of the contest to wrap up the victory.

Wester continued his stellar play with four assists and one goal.  Taylor Muztafago scooped up a game-high seven ground balls while Paul Cefalu recorded six.

Jamie Campagna earned the win in net for Fisher making four saves.

Fisher has two pivotal conference games remaining with its final home game on Wednesday against Utica College.  The start time is set for 4 p.m.