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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The #5 Cortland Red Dragons used a balanced scoring attack with six different scorers to defeat the Western New England Golden Bears, 9-1, in a non-conference match-up on Saturday (Apr. 16) at Golden Bear Stadium.

The Red Dragons, who are ranked fifth in the current USILA poll, improve to 10-2 on the year. The Golden Bears, who received votes in the USILA poll, slip to 10-4 on the season.

Cortland scored the opening goal in the first quarter on a man-up goal by senior attack Jay DiStefano (Huntington, NY) at 4:54. He was assisted by freshman midfielder Joe Slavik (Binghamton, NY).

After an extremely evenly matched first stanza, the Red Dragons stretched their lead to 6-0 before the half with a big second period.

Slavik scored on a feed from DiStefano to open the period, with two quick goals by junior attack Mike Tota (Webster, NY) to follow.

Senior midfielders Pat Hayes (Mastic, NY) and Neal Hopps (Akwesasne, NY) tallied the final two goals of the second.

The Golden Bears cut the lead to 7-1 in the third quarter on a goal from freshman attack Justin McKinney (Niskayuna, NY), assisted by junior midfielder Liam Bokanovich (Sandwich, MA).

Cortland added two goals in the fourth, as Hayes and senior midfielder Chris DeLuca (Sayville, NY) each added their second goals of the game.

Western New England held an edge in face-offs (9-of-14), with junior midfielder Joe Martin (Springfield, MA) winning 8-of-12 draws he took. Martin also led the team with four ground balls.

The Red Dragons converted 3-of-4 man-up opportunities, while the Golden Bears went 0-for-6.

Cortland freshman goalkeeper Scott Tota (Webster, NY) made nine saves to earn the win in net.

WNEC junior goalkeeper Brewster Knowlton (Somers, CT) also made nine saves on the day.

Western New England returns to action on Tuesday (Apr. 19) to face Wentworth at 7:00 p.m. in conference play.