ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University men's lacrosse team fell to visiting St. John Fisher College Saturday afternoon, 9-5, at Yunevich Stadium.
 
The Saxons (6-5, 2-1 Empire 8)got goals from senior Jake Lynch (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point), junior Anthony Ricottilli (Cortland, NY/Cortland) and first-years Cale Donegan (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post) and Joey Carra III (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder).
 
Senior goalkeeper Drew Gardner (Whitney Point, NY/Whitney Point) led the team in groundballs, grabbing five while four Saxons' tied with three groundballs. First-year Jeremiah Kinner (Bath, NY/Haverling) had a team-high three caused turnovers while juniors Zach Landrigan (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua) and Frank Gavigan (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown) each caused two turnovers.
 
"We played a great first half but we didn't have any possession at all in the third quarter, we got a couple of penalties that put us down and we just couldn't get the possessions to get the shots off in the third," Head Coach Jason Lockner said. "Hats off to the Fisher faceoff guy. He dominated today and that kid played a great game. We did a good job of giving up less turnovers than we have in the past. Drew [Gardner] played phenomenal in goal and was absolutely outstanding. It was the best I've seen him play."
 
Gardner went the distance in net, making a new career-high 19 saves in the contest.
 
The Saxons are off until next Saturday, April 14, as they try to stay atop of the Empire 8 with a showdown at Nazareth College at 1 PM.
 
During the pregame ceremony, Alfred University recognized seniors Lynch, Gardner, David LaSpina (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder), Allen Vitale (Rochester, NY/Brighton), Samuel DiRisio (Prattsburgh, NY/Penn Yan) and Chris Doktor (Irondequoit, NY/Irondequoit) for their commitment to the Alfred University men's lacrosse program.