Box Score Lazers Men's Lacrosse defeated Tompkins Cortland Community College, 33-5, on Saturday afternoon to become the 2017 NJCAA Region III Champions.

Onondaga dominated the game from the opening face off, scoring seven unanswered before the Panthers added one to the scoreboard and tallying 65 total shots on goal. The Lazers held a comfortable nineteen goal advantage at the half, and added six more goals in both the third and fourth periods.

Austin Staats got hot early, totaling 8 goals and 2 assists. Five points apiece came from Russ Oakes (3 goals), Jake McNabb (3 goals), and Terrance Haggerty (2 goals). Peter Kwas (3 goals) and Brad Simoncelli (4 goals) added four points; additionally, Sean Lattimore, Larson Sundown, Zach Pierce, and Nathan Sturick added three points each.

Colton Thew was perfect from the face off circle with 13 wins. Ty Cadeau won 7-for-9, Kiochi Nakamura went 4-for-6, and Evan Schumacher won six.

Zach Pinney led the defense with four caused turnovers and he gobbled up six ground balls. Riley Smith and Cade Talbert both made 5 saves and gave up 2 goals, while Kyle Leeming stopped 3-of-4 shots.

The Lazers will advance to the NJCAA National Championship Tournament on May 13-14, hosted by Onondaga Community College for the second consecutive year. National Championship information can be found by clicking here.


The 2017 Men's Lacrosse Region III All-Tournament Team: 
Nicholas Daigle – Tompkins Cortland
Jonny Phillips – Tompkins Cortland
Mark Campbell – Monroe
Austin Johnston – Monroe
Chase Neibert – Genesee
Pat Van Bortle – Genesee
Sherman Williams – Genesee
Zach Pinney – Onondaga
Zach Pierce – Onondaga
Colton Thew -  Onondaga
2017 Region III Player of the Tournament – Austin Staats - Onondaga