The No. 3 Genesee Community College men's lacrosse team played through the snow on Wednesday night to defeat visiting Alfred State College, 17-6.
The Cougars got off to a very fast start in the sloppy conditions and found the back of the Pioneers net six times in the opening period. Christian Reiller scored three of the first four goals for Genesee and Jonathan Gill added two of his three goals of the game in the first quarter.
Genesee made it 7-0 early in the second before Alfred State broke through at the 2:53 mark. Chris Rabung, Reiller and Saxon Weil closed out the scoring in the first half to give GCC a 10-1 lead at the break.
(Midfielder Doug Ellsworth (#29, white) works past an Alfred State defender)
The Pioneers answered an early third period goal from Gill with a goal at the 2:28 mark before Ben Madafferi scored his first career goal to give GCC a 12-2 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
Alfred State fought back with four straight goals in the final period including a two-man up goal and a shorthanded goal to make it 12-6. The Cougars went on to score the final five goals of the game and stay unbeaten on the year.
Reiller finished with five goals and two assists, Gill added three goals and two assists, Weil posted a hat-trick with three goals, Tom Owen tallied two goals and an assist and Rabung finished with two goals.
Pete DiLaura led the defense with six takeaways, eight ground balls and two assits. Jordan McElligott had five takeaways and four ground balls, Bobby Wheeler added four takeaways and four ground balls, Johnny Astrologo had three takeaways and four ground balls and Adam Jacobs recorded three takeaways and five ground balls.
Genesee improves to 7-0 on the season and will host the No. 1 team in the country on Saturday when Onondaga Community College comes to GCC for a 1 p.m. start.
