GENESEO, N.Y. - Coming off sweeping the opening weekend against Brockport, the Manhattanville University men's hockey team was tabbed with their first loss of the season, falling to sixth-ranked Geneseo, 7-2, on Friday night. With the result, the Valiants reside at 2-1-0 in both overall and conference play. 

The Knights put up three goals in the opening period to take firm control of the contest. Tallies from Jack McDonald, Luke Panchisin, and Cooper Fensterstock had the home squad leading 3-0, with Geneseo outshooting Manhattanville 13-8 over the opening 20 minutes. 

After lighting the lamp on the power play saw the Knights build a four-goal lead, the Valiants were able to get on the board with Corey Popowcer (Parkland, Fla./Vermont Lumberjacks (EHL)) getting the job done unassisted at 12:01 to have the score sit at 4-1. Despite scoring once, the Knights held firm control of the game, firing 27 shots in the period compared to three from the Valiants. 

Continuing their momentum, the Knights would ripple the net twice more from Alex Dameski and Carter Diceman before the Valiants tallied a consolation goal, as Manhattanville was able to capitalize with on the man advantage, Nicholas Rogers (Broad Channel, N.Y./Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks (NA3HL)) finished off a play from Popowcer and Justin Fernet (Sherbrooke, Quebec/Taft School), but Bryce Howard was able to restore the five goal disparity for Geneseo, having the buzzer sound with a Knights win 7-2. 

Sebastian Woods (Limehouse, Ontario, Canada/Utica Jr. Comets (NCDC)) would take the loss in net for the Valiants, as he produced 38 saves in the 44:29 minutes spent between the pipes. He was relieved by Tripp Clarke (Cazenovia, N.Y./Northern Cyclones (USPHL Premier)), who tallied seven saves in the 15:31 played in the crease. 

Manhattanville was outshot 52-22 in the loss. Fernet led the attack with eight shots, as Lucas Baksay (Fairfield, Conn./Connecticut Roughriders (EHL)) followed suit with five. 

The Valiants were outdueled in the faceoff circle, with a 41-32 disadvantage. Ryan McKenna (Spokane, Wash./Sheridan Hawks (NA3HL)) and Lane Paddison (100 Mile House, Canada/Canmore Eagles (AJHL)) collected eleven wins apiece. 

Manhattanville's power play finished 1-for-7 on the night, logging five shots in their eleven minutes with the extra skater. The Valiants penalty kill held the same result, allow one goal the Knights on their seven power play chances. 

Up Next 

The Valiants return to Myrtle A. Merritt Athletic Center tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. to wrap up the weekend conference play. 

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