Box Score

TROY, N.Y. – Senior captain David Hey scored a game-high three goals to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's lacrosse team to a 10-7, come-from-behind victory over Oneonta State, this afternoon at East Campus Stadium. With the win, the Engineers improve to 2-3 on the season, while the Red Dragons drop to 1-3.

Trailing by a 6-2 margin late in the first half, Rensselaer began its comeback, as Hey (Chapel Hill, NC/Durham Academy) scored the game's only man-up goal with 1:37 left in the stanza. Classmate Brett Overend (Laguna Hills, CA/Laguna Hills) picked the assist on the goal, which brought the hosts to within 6-3 at the half.

The Engineers continued their run in the third quarter, scoring twice to draw within 6-5. Hey then raced in from the left side of the field and tied the game on an unassisted marker – his third of the contest and sixth of the year.

Senior Eric Valero (Princeton Junction, NJ/W. Windsor Plainsboro) gave RPI its first lead of the game (7-6) with 9:41 remaining in the fourth quarter. Freshman Patrick Finn (North Easton, MA/Thayer Academy) earned his third assist of the game on Valero's go-ahead goal.

Rensselaer freshman Pat Hogan (Mt. Sinai/Mt. Sinai) made it an 8-6 game with 6:11 left, scoring his first collegiate goal after flying in from the left flank. Sophomore Colin Fortuner (Litchfield, CT/The Master's School) then capped the 7-0 RPI run with his fifth of the season to make it 9-6.

Oneonta State drew to within 9-7 with 2:32 on the clock after a nice feed from junior captain Daniel Stern (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) found Nicholas Sorrillo (Montebello, NY/Suffern) at the side of the RPI cage for his second of the season.

Freshman Billy Gibbs (Stony Brook, NY/Ward Melville) stuck home his second of the year, off a dish from Valero, to seal the Engineers' 10-7 victory.

RPI saw four players finish with three points, including Valero (2 goals, 1 assist), Overend (1 goal, 2 assists) and Finn (3 assists). Senior goaltender James Manchester (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) made 12 saves to improve to 2-2.

The Red Dragons had three multi-point producers, including senior Alex Haffner (Northport, NY/Northport) and freshman Devon Casey (Garden City, NY/Kellenberg), who had two goals apiece. Sorrillo had a goal and an assist. Senior netminder Chris Miles (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville Manlius) stopped six shots.

The Engineers are back in action on Tuesday, when they take on Greensboro College in Wilmington, N.C. (11am). Oneonta State hosts Hartwick for its home opener on Tuesday (4pm).