Delhi, NY – Josh Yelvington scored five goals and netted the game-winner with 3 minutes, 39 seconds remaining to lift the SUNY Canton men's lacrosse team to a 10-9 road victory at SUNY Delhi on Saturday.

The win moves the Roos alone into first place at 5-0 in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play with one game remaining in the regular season.

THE BASICS

Result: SUNY Canton 10, SUNY Delhi 9

Location: SUNY Oneonta – Oneonta, NY

Records: SUNY Canton (8-6, 5-0 NAC) | SUNY Delhi (10-5, 5-1 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Yelvington led all players with five goals and added five ground balls. Noah Robinson and Dante Coco recorded two goals each, while Andrew Garrett also scored. Matt Conn had a strong game defensively with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.

Kody Kocsis made eight saves in the win, while picking up five ground balls. Travis Anderson took the loss for Delhi making 11 stops.

The Roos jumped out to a 4-2 lead after the opening quarter but the Broncos knotted the score at 5-5 at intermission.

Canton tallied four straight goals, three of which came from Yelvington, to turn a 5-4 deficit late in the first half into an 8-5 lead midway through the third quarter.

Delhi responded with three straight scores to tie the game at 8-8 early in the fourth.

Garrett gave Canton a 9-8 lead with 12:21 to play on a man-down goal and Nick Dower tied it up six seconds later with a man-down goal for Delhi.

Yelvington gave the Roos the lead for good with just under four minutes remaining. Kocsis saved a shot down the stretch to help preserve the win.

John Rohan III and Malik Talbert led Delhi with five points each.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Roos visit NVU-Johnson on Monday at 4:30 p.m.