The nationally third-ranked RIT men's lacrosse team outscored Cortland, 8-2, in the second quarter to break away from a 4-4 tie and went on to a 14-10 win Wednesday night in non-conference action at the Stadium Complex. Senior Terrence Haggerty (Centerport/Harborfields) led the Red Dragons (6-4) with four goals. Senior Dean Riley (Homer) and freshman Dante Yacavone (Homer) each tallied one goal and one assist, and seniors Joey Panariello (Islip) and Alex Waelder (Syracuse/Corcoran), junior Brian Williams (Holtsville/Sachem East) and sophomore Brandon Stiles (Mastic/Eastport-South Manor) netted one goal apiece. Senior Mike McNaney (Marcellus), junior Corey McMahon (Lindenhurst/St. John the Baptist), sophomore Mike Nicholson (North Babylon/St. Anthony's) and freshman Troy Morris (Long Beach) contributed one assist apiece for Cortland. Junior Jon Vargas (West Islip) started in goal for the Red Dragons, making three saves in 19:05. Freshman Marc Esposito (West Babylon) came off the bench to register a career-high 12 saves in 40:55. Williams won 13 faceoffs and collected nine ground balls, and Panariello secured four ground balls. Senior Sean Nally (Rochester/McQuaid) paced the Tigers (10-1) with four goals and one assist. Junior Dawson Tait (Ottawa, ON/Mother Teresa) recorded three goals and two assists, and sophomore Ryan Barnable (Whitby, ON/Donald A. Wilson) also netted three goals. Senior Cam Isaac (Webster/Webster Thomas) contributed one goal and two assists, sophomore Cameron Gebhardt (Fairport) had one goal and one assist and senior Chris Brown (Homer) and freshman Ryan Rosenblum (Limerick, PA/Spring-Ford) each netted a goal for RIT. Junior goalie Walker Hare (Libertyville, IL) turned aside 17 shots. Sophomore Nick Montemorano (Victor) won 14-of-26 faceoffs and collected five ground balls. Smyth caused five turnovers and scooped up eight ground balls, and senior Matt Pogue (Mississauga, ON/St. Paul Secondary) grabbed seven ground balls. The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead less than five minutes into the game before the Red Dragons responded with a four-goal run to take a 4-3 lead. Nally's third goal of the opening quarter made it a 4-4 score after 15 minutes of play. RIT quickly built a 9-4 lead with five goals in just over four minutes. Cortland scored two of the next three goals to cut its deficit to 10-6 at the 5:41 mark, but the Tigers closed the half with a pair of goals for a 12-6 lead at intermission. The Tigers scored the lone goal late in the third quarter and took a 13-6 lead into the final 15 minutes of play. A goal 59 seconds into the fourth quarter put RIT ahead 14-6, but Haggerty tallied the next three goals of the contest to pull Cortland to within 14-9 with 7:58 on the clock. Yacavone's goal 49 seconds later made it a 14-10 score, but the Red Dragons were unable to cut into the lead any further as the Tigers earned the win.