SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—The Skidmore College men's lacrosse team scored the game's first 12 goals against Castleton in a dominant 14-3 non-league win, Tuesday evening at Wachenheim Field.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 4-7, while the Spartans, who had their five game win streak snapped, go to 6-5.

Kevin Mulvey tallied five goals to lead Skidmore. Cody Legeza added four points on one goal and three assists, while Ian Maag and Connor Hunter each had a pair of goals. Brendan Halloran also contributed a multi-point game with a goal and two assists. Ryan Warnock gave the team a huge boost from the face-off X, winning 13 of 17 draws, also collecting a game-high six groundballs. In goal, Chris Baughan stopped five shots in 48:38, earning his fourth career win.

Mulvey opened the scoring 4:26 into the contest, fighting off his defender before bouncing a shot off the turf and into the back of the net. Legeza doubled the Thoroughbreds leads 56 seconds later with a rocket from long range and Hunter made it 3-0, taking a feed from Henry Thomsett and converting from close range.

Hunter added his second of the game 4:26 into the second quarter on a quick counterattack following a Castleton turnover at midfielded andMaag netted a man-down goal to make it 5-0. Mulvey potted his second with 5:18 remaining in the half, snapping home a quick shot from the top of the crease after Brendan Halloran fed a perfect pass from behind the cage.

The Thoroughbreds took advantage of a three-minute unreleasable illegal stick penalty on the Spartans, piling on three goals with the extra man to put the game out of reach. Mulvey completed his hat trick with 15 seconds to play in the first half, and Halloran and Trachtenberg each scored in the first 1:21 of the third quarter to give Skidmore a 9-0 lead. Mulvey added two more goals in a 88 second span and Trachtenberg produced his team-leading 17th goal of the season with 4:47 to left in the quarter. Zach Davidson finally got the Spartans on the board with 1:37 remaining in the third with an unassisted tally.

The teams traded goals in the fourth quarter, as Skidmore cruised to the 14-3 win.

The Thoroughbreds outshot the Spartans 34-19 and collected 38 groundballs to Castleton's 22. Skidmore won 15 of the game's 19 face-offs.

"I'm very proud of the resiliency that our guys showed tonight," said Skidmore head coach Patrick Hart. "We had a tough loss in league on Saturday and it was great to see our young men rebound the way that they did against a very good Castleton State team. Our senior leadership deserves a lot of credit for keeping the guys focused on the next game and putting forth a great effort.

"In terms of the game, it all got triggered by our ride and ground ball play.  We did a great job of causing turnovers on the ride which earned us extra opportunities on the offensive end. Our offense was unselfish and disciplined all night and we were able to finish the chances we got. It's great to get some momentum going into a big league game on Saturday up at Clarkson."
 
The Thoroughbreds go on the road to take on Clarkson at 12 p.m. Saturday, April 11.