KENNESAW, Ga.—Juniors Sean Donnelly and Frank Brown recorded four goals apiece to lead the Hobart College lacrosse team to a 12-9 victory over Siena College in the finale of the Cobb County Classic at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The Statesmen improved to 1-1 while the Saints slip to 0-2.
 
Donnelly produced a career-high five points, handing out an assist to go with his goals. Brown rang up a natural hat trick during a pivotal five-goal, second half run for Hobart. Senior Gavin Llewellyn added a goal and an assist and first-year Chris Aslanian notched two assists.
 
Keenan Cook and Chris Robertson led the Siena offense with two goals each.
 
The Statesmen were impressive at the faceoff X with sophomore J. Andrew Spallanzani winning 12-of-16 and first-year Matthew Pedicine taking 5-of-8. Senior Cooper Stefaniak grabbed a game-high six ground balls and Spallanzani chipped in four as Hobart enjoyed a 35-20 advantage in that category.
 
Donnelly opened the night's scoring with an unassisted goal two minutes in, but Siena countered with three straight goals. Donnelly broke up the run off an assist from junior Mark Darden to make it a 3-2 game after one quarter of play.
 
The Saints stretched their lead to three with back-to-back goals to start the second quarter. It remained a 5-2 game for nearly 10 minutes until Stefaniak ended a nearly 17-minute long scoring drought for the Statesmen. Siena took a 5-3 lead into halftime.
 
The third quarter opened with consecutive goals by Llewellyn and Brown to tie the game. Eric Munn gave the Saints their final lead of the game, 6-5, with his goal at the 11:38 mark. Just over a minute later, sophomore Riley McTague tied the game and three minutes after that Donnelly put Hobart on top 7-6. Cook forged the game's fourth and final tie just 13 seconds later.
 
With under seven minutes remaining in the third, Siena was penalized for a hold and Brown scored the only man-up goal of the game to put the Statesmen in the lead for good. He closed out the third quarter scoring and started the fourth with his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Junior Kevin Murphy and Donnelly kept the run going to give Hobart a 12-7 lead with 11:43 remaining.
 
Siena scored around the eight minute mark and again near the two minute mark, but was to get back on track.
 
Saints goalie Tommy Cordts went the distance making 11 saves. Junior Jackson Brown made nine saves in 59:30. He yielded to sophomore Cole Bardawill for 30 seconds to get his helmet repaired.
 
Hobart will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 27 when it faces Cornell (0-1) in the Florida Classic in West Palm Beach, Fla. Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.