ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University men's lacrosse team came out firing on all cylinders in its 2019 season opener against Medaille College. The Saxons (1-0, 0-0 Empire 8) dominated the Mavericks in the 27-3 home victory.
 
Joe Fornataro (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) was the headliner of this game, scoring seven goals to pass Dylan Macro '04 for second place on the Saxon all-time goals scored list with 129.
 
Fornataro was not the only Saxon to have a big offensive game as five other players scored multiple goals in the blowout victory.
 
Cale Donegan (Corning, NY/Corning Painted-Post) recorded a team high nine points including four goals and five assists.
 
Noah Soriano (Valley Cottage, NY/Nyack) completed a hat trick for the Saxons with three goals. The first-year attackman also added one assist on the day.
 
Jason Berardicurti (Rochester, NY/Penfield), Kyle Landrigan (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua) and Connor Prunoske (Elmira, NY/Elmira) all had two goals apiece for the Saxons.
 
Jack Chapman (Elmira, NY/Notre Dame) ended his day with a total of four points including one goal and three assists. He also picked up five ground balls on the afternoon.
 
Patrick Brewer (Bath, NY/Bath Haverling) finished with a goal and two assists while Garrette Briggs (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) picked up a team high 15 ground balls. Briggs was also 17-19 on face-offs for AU.
 
The Saxons played three goal keepers throughout the contest with Scott Kimiecik (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) seeing the majority of the minutes and picking up the win. He allowed just one goal and had three saves.
 
The Saxons will enjoy this one before hosting Brockport next Wednesday at 4PM.