PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The College at Brockport men's lacrosse team dropped a tough matchup against St. John Fisher College Tuesday afternoon by a final score of 7-4. The Golden Eagles fall to 2-3 in 2018, where the Cardinals move to 4-1.
 
Brockport started hot in the opening quarter taking a two-goal advantage over Fisher. Corey Choberka was the first to cash-in for the Green and Gold, after a Cardinal's turnover. The lead was doubled 50 seconds later when Jake Recor slotted his shot past the visiting goalie, to take a 2-0 lead. Brockport kept the pressure up, but stumbled late in the first quarter as the Cardinals scored twice to even the score heading into the next frame.
 
The Golden Eagles fell behind 4-2 as Fisher tallied a pair of goals early in the second quarter. Brockport went toe-to-toe with the Cardinals for the remainder of the quarter and found some luck late, as Brendan Halleran scored to cut the deficit to 4-3. The Green and Gold ripped off three more shots, but could not find the back of the net as the score remained the same going into the halftime break.
 
The gap was widened for Brockport when Fisher put up three straight goals to hold a 6-3 advantage. The Golden Eagles fought hard for the rest of the game but fell short of the victory. Liam O'Connor tacked on the final goal in the closing seconds of the game, but couldn't mount the comeback losing by the eventual score.
 
Four different Golden Eagles scored on the day, while the defense was led by Steven Gurin and Pat Quinlivan who had two caused turnovers each and totaled seven ground balls.
 
Dallas Meyers played the full 60 minutes in the cage collecting eight saves on the day.
 
Brockport stays on the road as they travel to Frostburg State this Saturday March 16, with the game set to start at 3 p.m.
 
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