RSC Men's Lacrosse Falls to Visiting Hartwick
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Lacrosse dropped Wednesday's Empire 8 Conference game to visiting Hartwick by a score of 18-5.
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Team Stats
Hartwick
Russell Sage College
| Game Statistics | Hartwick | Russell Sage College |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 70 | 24 |
| Ground Balls | 43 | 31 |
| Saves | 8 | 25 |
| Clears | 17-21 | 17-21 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 28 |
| Face Offs Won | 17 | 10 |
| Man Up | 6-9 | 1-3 |
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Lacrosse dropped Wednesday's Empire 8 Conference game to visiting Hartwick by a score of 18-5.
Senior attacker Mame Diba (New York, NY/Haldane) topped the Gators with two goals.
Sophomore goalkeeper Jordon Hankel (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) (Loss, 2-5), the program leader for career saves, stopped 25 Hartwick shots. The output was the second-most in a game by an RSC player.
Freshman defender Aaron Alvarez (Asheville, NC/TC Roberston), sophomore midfielder Carson Pesce (Monroe, NY/Monroe-Woodbury), and midfielder Ryan Blake (Rensselaer, NY/Columbia/Salisbury), a grad student, also netted goals for RSC.
Hartwick (1-9/1-3 E8), which led 7-0 after the opening period and 13-2 at the half, had eight players register multiple points to get its first victory of the spring.
RSC (2-5/0-4 E8) hosts Keuka on Saturday afternoon.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The spring marks the second with Erich Skelly at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Lacrosse…Nine players return from last year's squad, highlighted by co-captains: senior defender Brady Dubay (Altamont, NY/CBA), Pesce, and Hankel (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane)…Hankel registered program single-season records of 242 saves, 14.24 per-game, and a 53.5 save percentage in 2025…He closed his rookie season leading the Empire 8 Conference in both saves and saves per-game…Hankel passed Michael Capitelli '22 for first place on the program's career saves list at No. 11 Saint John Fisher on March 28…The sophomore, who finished the contest with 370 career stops, sits atop the Conference in save per-game… Diba ended the afternoon with 87 career points on 42 goals and 45 assists...He ranks eighth in program records for points and goals, and third in assists…Robert Martin tallied 51 goals and 88 points between 2019 and 2021, while Jake McElwee dished out 50 assists between 2021 and 2025.
