ROCHESTER, NY—Junior Nick Skibitsky (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East) scored three goals in a 20-10 loss to Nazareth College on the road Wednesday evening.
 
Senior Nolan Jessop (Churchville, NY/Churchville-Chili) and sophomore Jake Lynch (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) scored two goals each. Senior Tanner Morse (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post East), sophomore Donny Sturdevant (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) and freshman Joe Fornataro (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) scored a goal each to round out the AU scoring sheet.
 
The Golden Flyers opened the game with a four-goal run until the Saxons chipped in with a goal with 2:49 to go in the first quarter on an unassisted goal by Skibitsky. Jessop scored nine seconds later to bring the game to 4-2 and again with only seven seconds left in the quarter to bring AU within one.
 
The Golden Flyers scored eight goals to the Saxons' one in the second quarter, sending the game to a 14-4 matchup into the half time break. AU scored once in the third quarter and five times in the final stanza as Nazareth scored six more times to earn its third Empire 8 victory of the year, 20-10.
 
In addition to scoring one goal, Morse led the Saxons with two assists. Junior Derek Bishopp (Livona, NY/Livonia) added the other assist in the game for AU.
 
Sophomore David LaSpina (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) won 11-of-17 faceoffs, converting them into seven ground balls; a career-high for the faceoff specialist. Junior Chris Deisenroth (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) chipped in with four ground balls in the game.
 
Senior Max Wilson (Menlo, CA/Menlo Atherton) led the Saxons with three caused turnovers to accompany four ground balls.
 
Time in net was split three ways between sophomores Drew Gardner (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) and Chris Doktor (Irondequoit, NY/Greece Ridge) along with freshman Brandon Smith (Queens, NY/The Governors Academy). Gardner spent 33 minutes in goal, making six saves while Smith spent 22 minutes between the pipes, notching four saves.
 
The Saxons return home on Saturday to take on Empire 8 opponent Utica College at 1PM.