Score: Hartwick College, 16; Emmanuel College, 7 Records: Hartwick College Hawks 6-1 (3-0 Empire 8); Emmanuel College Saints 2-8 (2-2 GNAC) Location: Roberto Clemente Field, Boston, Mass. Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 THE LEAD: The men's lacrosse team lost a non-conference game Saturday against Hartwick College as the Hawks were able to put up 16 goals on the Saints while EC only tallied seven in the contest. HOW IT HAPPENED Sophomore Tim Watson (Wrentham, Mass.) scored the first goal of the game for the Hawks at the 9:24 mark to put the visitors up 1-0. The Saints' first goal was netted by senior Matt Katon less than two minutes later (East Falmouth, Mass.) to tie the game, 1-1. Senior Ben Hartig-Orr (Reading, Vt.) scored another one for the Saints with an assist from sophomore Joe Cuticelli (Madison, Conn.), 2-1, to give the Saints their only lead of the day. The Hawks tied it up in the second quarter at the 14:21 mark with a goal from sophomore Justin Curreri (Miller Place, N.Y.) assisted by junior David Demand (Chittenango, N.Y.), 2-2. Within the next five minutes, the Hawks took the lead, 4-2, with goals from sophomore Alec Lind (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) and senior Sam Ferguson (Baldwin, N.Y.) The Hawks netted five more goals to extend their lead and close out the first half, 9-2. The Hawks scored two goals within the first two minutes of the second half before Emmanuel closed the gap with one from Hartig-Orr, 11-3. Demand and Watson each scored one more for the Hawks before the end of the third quarter, 13-3. In competitive back and forth action in the fourth quarter, the Saints netted three more and the Hawks netted four more to the close the game out, 16-7. INSIDE THE NUMBERS Sam Ferguson and David Demand led the way for the Hawks with four goals apiece along with three assists and four ground balls. Ben Hartig-Orr of the Saints scored three of the seven goals for EC while teammate Katon scored a pair along with two ground balls. UP NEXT The Hawks will be hosting The Sage Colleges at Wright Stadium on Wednesday, April 10th at 4PM in an Empire 8 matchup. EC will be on the road at Anna Maria on April 10th in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference matchup at 7:00PM.