POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Men's Lacrosse dropped a conference game to Canisius at Tenney Stadium 16-5.
 
Summary
Gannon Morrison got the Red Foxes on the board first early in the first quarter. But the rest of the half proved to be all Canisius as Marist would not score again until the third quarter. The Golden Griffins outshot the Red Foxes 23-11 in the first half and score eight goals. Marist struggled to contain the Canisius duo of Mathi Boissonneault and Connor Kearnan who finished the game with eight points each. The Red Foxes started to find some offensive rhythm in the fourth quarter from Morrison, Avery Nesmith and Joe Tierney but it was too little too late as Canisius walked away with the victory.
 
Stats

• Morrison led the scoring drive with three goals and an assist.
• Nick Nye had a strong individual performance, picking up a career high seven ground balls and forcing two caused turnovers.
• Canisius outshot the Red Foxes 45-27.
• Joe Tierney's one goal and assist continues a 27 game streak of scoring a point.

 
From the Coach
"Canisius dominated the game today." Said Head Coach Wilkinson. They came out ready to go and we did not. We have to be better. We thought everything would just fall into place after last week's game. We got to know nothing comes easy in the MAAC."
 
Records
The Red Foxes fall to 2-9 and 1-2 in MAAC play. Canisius improves to 5-4 and 2-0 in conference.
 
Up Next
Marist travels to Siena on Saturday April 7^th. Face-off is scheduled for 1:00 pm.