GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart College lacrosse team scored eight goals in both the third and fourth quarters to defeat St. Bonaventure University 24-10 in the first Atlantic 10 Conference game ever played. Senior attackman
Troy Barthelme led the charge with a career and game-high six points.
Fourteen different Statesmen hit the back of the net and 16 recorded at least a point. Barthelme's breakthrough performance included a career-high five goals and an assist. Junior attackman
Anthony Dattellas tacked on five points on two goals and a career-high matching three assists to go with a pair of caused turnovers. Sophomore attackman
Will Delano contributed a career-high matching four points on a goal and a career-high three assists. Junior attackman
Sam Ward posted his first career hat trick, including a pair of extra-man goals.
The St. Bonaventure offense was led by three-point performances by graduate attackman Sean Westley (2g, 1a) and sophomore attackman Anthony Cimino (1g, 2a).
SLOW START
- Hobart graduate student Bradley Simas scored the first goal in A10 history, finishing a feed from Dattellas just 48 seconds into the game.
- The Bonnies shook off the early deficit, outscoring the Statesmen 4-1 for the remainder of the opening quarter. First-year Will McKay scored both of his goals in the game during the run, staking the visitors to a 4-2 lead after 15 minutes.
TURNING THE TIDE
- The teams traded goals to start the second quarter. Delano scored in the first minute for Hobart while Cimino answered three minutes later.
- The Statesmen seized the momentum with a four-goal burst in less than three minutes midway through the frame.
- Barthelme and sophomore midfielder John Jude Considine scored about a minute apart to start the run.
- Barthelme's second goal at the 6:37 mark put the Statesmen in front for good.
- Graduate long-stick midfielder Mark Synnott scored his fourth goal of the season 34 seconds later to make it 7-5 Hobart.
- Westley stopped the run with under four minutes left in the half, but Ward scored his first extra-man goal 91 seconds before the break to restore Hobart's two-goal edge.
DOMINANT DOZEN
- The Statesmen broke the game wide open with 12 straight goals to start the second half, outscoring SBU 8-0 in the third quarter.
- Barthelme scored three times during the surge while Ward capped the run with back-to-back tallies that gave Hobart a 20-6 lead four minutes into the fourth quarter.
NOTABLE FIRST
- Three Statesmen scored their first career goal this afternoon: graduate attackman Jake Sampson, senior midfielder Mamadou Meite and first-year attackman Sam Snellenburg.
KEY STATS
- Hobart outshot St. Bonaventure 53-40, including 33-15 in the second half.
- The Statesmen enjoyed a 22-16 edge on faceoffs and a 40-35 advantage in ground balls.
- Hobart senior Adam Shea led all players in both categories. He won 17-of-25 restarts and scooped up 13 ground balls.
- First-year Quinn Nolan paced the Bonnies, going 16-of-34 at the X with a team-high 11 ground balls.
FOR THE RECORD
- Hobart improved to 5-4 overall, 1-0 in the A10.
- St. Bonaventure dropped to 1-9, 0-1.
GAME NOTES
- Hobart's 24 goals and the combined 34 goals are the most on the opening weekend of the A10's inaugural men's lacrosse season.
- The Statesmen earned the first win in league history, finishing nine minutes before UMass beat High Point.
- Hobart's 24 goals are the most by the Statesmen since defeating Siena 26-9 on Feb. 15, 2020.
ON THE HORIZON
- The Statesmen will travel to High Point (6-5, 0-1) for its next contest, a noon faceoff on Saturday, April 8.
- SBU will return to Olean to host Saint Joseph's (5-4, 1-0) on the same day with the start time slated for 1 p.m.
