Box Score

GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart College lacrosse team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end by a score of 15-7 at the hands of eighth-ranked Cornell University in the first night game ever played on Boswell Field. The Statesmen end the season with an 8-6 record, while the Big Red improves to 11-3.

Senior midfielder Nick Currie (Corning East/Corning, N.Y.) led Hobart with three goals, while junior attackman Jeff Colburn (CNS/Liverpool, N.Y.) set up the Statesmen's first four tallies for a career-high four assists.

Cornell's John Glynn led all scorers with six points (2-4), while Christopher Ritchie (3-0), Max Seibald (2-1), and Ryan Hurley (2-1) all contributed three points.

Big Red goalie Jake Myers earned the win with nine saves in 50 minutes, while Mat Martinez made three stops in the final 10 minutes. Sophomore goalie Max Silberlicht (New Hartford/New Hartford, N.Y.) made seven saves for the Statesmen.

Shots (39-30) and ground balls (28-26) were relatively even with Cornell holding a slight advantage in both categories. The Big Red controlled the faceoff X, winning 19-of-25, and scored three extra-man goals on 10 chances. Hobart was flagged for 12 penalties totaling 13 minutes, while Cornell was penalized three times for five minutes. Junior d-middie Matt Smalley (Avon Old Farms/Cumberland, R.I.) collected a career-high matching 11 ground balls for the Statesmen.

Cornell scored the first three goals of the game to seize control midway through the opening frame. Senior attackman Daryl Veltman (Salisbury School/Coquitlam, B.C.) interrupted the run with his 25th goal of the year, but the Big Red rattled off five straight tallies to build an 8-1 lead midway through the second quarter.

A man-up score by Currie at the 6:37 mark of the second made it 8-2, but the Big Red scored twice more to carry an eight-goal lead into the break.

The Statesmen netted three of the first four goals of the second half to trim their deficit to 11-5 with five minutes to go in the third quarter. Senior attackman Jamie Kirk (Salisbury School/Orangeville, Ontario), Veltman, and sophomore Doug Shiver (Delbarton/Morristown, N.J.) found the back of the net for Hobart, but the Big Red answered with the final two goals of the third stanza to squash any thoughts of a comeback.

Kirk finished the campaign with a team-high 40 points (15-25) and completed his two-season Hobart career with 63 assists, 16th on the all-time list and third among Division I Statesmen. Coupled with two seasons at Vermont, he produced 153 career points (49-104).

Veltman's stellar career totals include a Hobart Division I record 109 goals (15th all-time) and 53 assists for a Statesmen DI record 162 points (15th).

Silberlicht finished the season with an 8.05 goals against average, a Hobart DI record, while Smalley upped his career ground ball total to 198, the fourth highest total by a Statesman since 1995.