CAZENOVIA, N.Y. - The Hilbert College men's lacrosse team found themselves down early and slipped further behind in the 3rd quarter before falling to Cazenovia College, 17-7, in a North Eastern Athletic Conference road game.

Cazenovia improved to 3-1 in league action while the Hawks dropped to 2-2.

Edward Mathias led  with four points, scoring three goals off 12 shots and Elijah Ryan collected 11 saves for the Hawks.

Cazenovia held a 28-25 advantage in shots on goal and forced Hilbert into 12 more turnovers than what the Wildcats were credited for (12).   The Hawks converted just over 50% of their clears and fell behind by 15 ground balls.

Marc O'Neill, Ryan Spath and Joshua Maloney (9-21 in face offs) led the Royal and White with three ground balls.

Spath notched two goals, Drew Werner, and Daniel Flynn each added a solo hits and James Duffy led with three assists.

The Wildcats built an 8-2 lead after the first quarter and maintained that spread after matching the Hawks, 1-1, in the second period.  Cazenovia stretched their advantage by five goals in the 3rd (6-1) as Hilbert outworked the hosts in the final 15 (3-2).

Hilbert returns to the field this Wednesday, April 17 when they host Morrisville State.  Stay tuned for the site location of this NEAC game.

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