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ALFRED, NY—Senior-junior duo Tanner Morse (Corning, NY/Corning Painted-Post East) and Derek Bishopp (Livonia, NY/Livonia) each scored a hat trick and added an assist to hand Baldwin Wallace its first loss of the season at Yunevich Stadium Saturday afternoon.
 
Junior Nick Skibitsky (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East), sophomore Jake Lynch (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) and freshman Joe Fornataro (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) scored two goals each while junior John Winchell (Vestal, NY/Vestal) scored once.  Winchell led Alfred University (5-1, E8 0-0) with three assists in the contest.
 
Derek Andrews scored three goals to pace the Yellow Jackets (5-1, OAC 0-0). Brock Riemenschneider had three assists in the matchup.
 
The Saxons jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter, holding Baldwin Wallace scoreless until the 12^th minute of the game.  Finally, with 2:04 to go in the stanza the Yellow Jackets netted a goal to get on the scoreboard.
 
Baldwin Wallace tightened the game up in the opening minute of the second quarter on a goal from Steve Wozniak. However, the Saxons answered back with a goal from Fornataro before the Yellow Jackets went on a three-goal run to grab the lead 5-4 with 2:47 to go in the half. Once again, AU answered back with three goals in the last two minutes to snag the lead heading into the locker room, 7-6.
 
The Saxons increased the lead in the third quarter until Baldwin Wallace knotted the game, 8-8, on back-to-back goals. Over the course of the final 6:05 of the third quarter, Morse took over the game and netted a hat trick on three consecutive goals to give AU an 11-8 lead.
 
In the final quarter the Yellow Jackets attempted to come back, outscoring the Saxons 3-2, but the AU defense parried away the offensive attempts of Baldwin Wallace. Bishopp closed out the scoring in the game with an unassisted goal with 6:01 left to play. AU finished the game on top, 13-11.
 
Senior Max Wilson (Menlo Park, CA/Menlo-Atherton) posted a career-high with seven ground balls in the game and led the Saxons with three caused turnovers. Fellow senior Nolan Jessop (Churchville, NY/Churchville-Chili) tied his career-best with six ground balls, matching his total he posted against Hilbert College during his freshman campaign.  Jessop chipped in two caused turnovers as well.
 
Junior Jimmy Pratti (Slatehill, NY/Minisink Valley) won 10-24 faceoffs for the Saxons, converting into three groundballs for the faceoff specialist.
 
Sophomore Drew Gardner (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) chalked up 12 saves in the game. Baldwin Wallace's Mike Dizonno collected 11 saves for the Yellow Jackets.
 
 AU is back in action on Wednesday when they take on Oswego State in Yunevich Stadium at 4PM.