Goode, Bamford have huge games to lead Men's Lacrosse past D'Youville

CORTLAND, New York - The American International College men's lacrosse team had a strong showing in a 18-5 win over D'Youville University on Sunday, March 10.

AIC is now 4-2 on the season.

The Yellow Jackets started strong with three goals in the first 5:08. Devon Walker lit the lamp first from Jack Bamford, who then scored on a feed from Callan Dent. Jacob Ligor scored the third goal from Tyler Goode. After Jake Bush broke AIC's run, Dawson Long finished a feed from Goode to give AIC a 4-1 lead after one.

Andrew Boyer sank a feed from Bamford to start the second, and later returned the favor as AIC was man-up midway through the period. Bamford then set up Goode for a goal, and then Goode was able to assist both Boyer and Bamford in the final 1:35. The Saints struck twice in the period, leaving AIC up 9-3 through 30 minutes.

D'Youville scored first and briefly held AIC scoreless in the third, but then the Yellow Jackets woke up again. Goode set up both Bamford and Long for goals, and Long also scored unassisted in a 1:44 span. After another D'Youville goal, Goode again found Boyer and Bamford to finish, pushing the AIC advantage to 14-5 through three.

The final period was all AIC. Long notched his fourth from the longpole of Sean Trainor, Bamford picked up an assist when he found Camden MacDonald open, Walker scored a beautiful solo effort, and Nick O'Connell set up Boyer for the game's final goal with 3:08 to play in the 18-5 win.

Ries Bower caused seven turnovers and grabbed seven ground balls, while Carter Linkletter forced five possession changes and snared seven grounders as well. Both Bamford and Goode had nine points to pace the offense, with Goode's eight assists a program single-game record.

Shaden Shields made four saves in 30 minutes to win; Logan Dobrowski stopped seven shots in 25:06, and Ben Fitzsimmons went two-for-two in the final 4:54.

AIC turns its attention to conference play as it hosts Assumption University on Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m.