CLINTON, N.Y. -- Matt Levesque '10 scored four goals and assisted on another to lead visiting Skidmore College to a 13-6 Liberty League win against Hamilton College in a men's lacrosse game played at Campus Road Athletic Field on April 22.

Skidmore (8-5 overall, 3-2 Liberty) moved into a tie for third place in the league standings with Rensselaer with one league game remaining. The top four teams make the league tournament. Hamilton (3-9, 1-4) has lost four straight games.  The Thoroughbreds host Clarkson on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Levesque leads the league with 46 goals and 65 points. He has quite a supporting cast. Rob Lutin '10 chipped in three goals and one assist and now has scored 26 goals this year. Tom Levesque '09 added three goals and Nick Coppola '09 tallied one goals and five assists. Coppola's 43 assists this season easily lead the league and is first nationally.  Scott Grillo '10 led the defense with seven ground balls. Flip Bongaerts '10 stopped eight shots in 55-plus minutes in goal. Cory Barkoff '10 won 9-of-13 faceoffs and Ryan Paradis '12 won 7-of-10 as Skidmore won 16-of-23 as a team.

Henry Burchenal '12 paced the Hamilton offense with two goals and one assist.  Max Vaickus '12 made 12 saves in 49-plus minutes in goal.

Lutin gave the Thoroughbreds a 1-0 lead with 9:29 left in the first quarter. Burchenal tied the score with his eighth goal with 4:11 remaining in the first. Tom Levesque's first goal of the night with 1:50 left in the first started a 5-0 Skidmore run that he also ended with 3:20 remaining in the second quarter for a 6-1 advantage. Alex Paganelli '12 cut the Continentals' deficit to four while Hamilton had an extra-man opportunity with 1:40 left. The goal was the first of Paganelli's collegiate career. The Thoroughbreds took a 6-2 lead into the break.

Skidmore scored the next seven goals to assume a commanding 13-2 advantage early in the fourth quarter. The Thoroughbreds tallied six of those seven goals in the third quarter. Jeremy Goldman '11 scored Skidmore's last goal of the night with 10:52 remaining in the fourth. The Continentals rallied with four goals in the final 9:39, but it was too little, too late.

BOX SCORE

      Skidmore College vs Hamilton College (Apr 22, 2009 at Clinton, N.Y.)

  Skidmore College (8-5, 3-2 Liberty) vs. Hamilton College (3-9, 1-4 Liberty)
Date: Apr 22, 2009  Location: Clinton, N.Y.         Stadium: Campus Road Field  
Attendance:72   Start time:7 p.m.    End time:8:57      Total time:1:57   

Score by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Skidmore College....  3  3  6  1 - 13
Hamilton College....  1  1  0  4 -  6

Skidmore (8-5 overall, 3-2 Liberty): Matt Levesque 4 goals-1 assist, Rob Lutin 3-1, Tom Levesque 3-0, Nick Coppola 1-5, Cory Barkoff 1-2, Jeremy Goldman 1-0, Ben Cornell 0-1;  Flip Bongaerts 12 shots-8 saves (55:26), Connor Dowling 4 shots-2 saves (4:34).

Hamilton (3-9 overall, 1-4 Liberty): Henry Burchenal 2 goals-1 assist, Andy Simon 1-0, Alex Paganelli 1-0, Peter Gerrity 1-0, James Hohm 1-0, Kevin Behr 0-1, Alex Duncan 0-1, Franke Holiber 0-1, Jon Leanos 1; Max Vaickus 25 shots-12 saves (49:08), Garrett Akie 1 shot-1 save (10:52).

Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Scott Grillo 7; Cory Barkoff 4; Ryan
Paradis 4; Nick Coppola 3; Scott Madison 3; Chris Tennekoon 3; Jacques
Ward 3; Flip Bongaerts 2; Ben Cornell 2; Alex Giaimo 2; Paul Koeniger
2; Alex Baharestani 1; Jeremy Goldman 1; Mike Torpe 1.

Hamilton College GROUND BALLS: John Whitney 4; Henry Burchenal 3; Andy
Sigler 3; Rob Dickson 2; Alex Duncan 2; Blake Hollinger 2; Jon Leanos
2; Kevin Behr 1; Tim Cohan 1; Peter Gerrity 1; Alex Hodgens 1; Alex
Lee 1; Stephen Lefebvre 1; Alex Paganelli 1; Luke Sadoff 1; Max
Vaickus 1.

SHOTS - SKIDMORE 42; HAMM 34.
SHOTS ON GOAL - SKIDMORE 26; HAMM 16.

PENALTIES - SKIDMORE 5/4:00; HAMM 10/6:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - SKIDMORE 4-7; HAMM 1-5.

FACEOFFS - SKIDMORE 16-23; HAMM 7-23.

CLEARS - SKIDMORE 22-27; HAMM 21-28.

Start time: 7 p.m.    Finish time: 8:57      Length of game: 1:57
Officials: James O'Hara; Joe Catalano; Nick Cacchione. Scorer: Jim
Taylor.

A-72 T-1:57