ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – In a wild back-and-forth contest, Hobart owned the final run of the game by scoring the final three goals to overcome a Bonnies rally and score a 13-12 Atlantic 10 men's lacrosse victory Friday night at the Marra Athletics Complex.

On a memorable night for Bona's Class of 2026, the evening began with senior ceremonies for 11 Bonnies graduates in pregame. Bonnies seniors went on to score six of the team's goals, including a string of three consecutive second half pole goals from Cameron Viavada, Owen Tasse and Aiden MacDonell.

The Statesmen (3-10, 1-5 A-10) capitalized on a dominating start to the first quarter, scoring the game's first three goals within five minutes before the Bonnies (4-10, 0-6 A-10) could find the back of the net.

The hosts eventually got on the board midway through the first period as senior Blake Maracle found a fast break opportunity and buried a shot into the far side of the goal. Freshman Nino Sindoni made it back-to-back scores for the hosts seven minutes later after he split the Hobart defense with a sweet spin move and finished low with a bounce shot.

The Statesmen then went on a five-goal run to change the complexion of the game, earning an 8-2 lead before the five-minute mark of the second quarter. The hosts were able to cut that lead in half by the midway break as freshman Jonas Johnson scored solo and also assisted a Jaxon Dillon goal.

Between the 9:21 mark of the third quarter and 9:20 on the fourth quarter clock, the Bonnies scored six of the game's seven goals over that span to move from down 8-4 to ahead 12-10.

Tasse began the run with a nearly full field heave that found the back of the net while the Bonnies were playing a man down following a penalty.

MacDonell then worked with fellow senior Blake Maracle on a two-man game to make it a 10-8 deficit with 7:28 left in the third before Cole Kucinski and Patrick Shanahan closed the period scoring for a 10-9 tally.

Shanahan scored unassisted with 12:54 to go for a 10-10 tie, then dished to Sindoni for the sophomore's second goal of the night and Bona's first lead, 11-10, with 11:49 remaining. Cole Tucker ended the run by making it a 12-10 edge for the hosts with 9:20 to go.

Unfortunately for the Bonnies, that would be the final offense of the night for the home team.

Bryce Johnson and Slade Engstrom scored just over a minute apart for the visitors to tie the game, 12-12, with 6:51 showing on the clock. Johnny Harding netted the game-winner with 1:46 to play as the Statesmen held serve with the final run of the night.

Isaac Farmer was outstanding in net for the Bonnies, making a season-high 19 saves.

Engstrom led all players with five points for Hobart (4G-1A).

Bona finished 18-for-28 in clear attempts as the Hobart ride created issues throughout the game. Hobart also held a 16-12 edge at the faceoff dot.

The penalty kill was strong for both teams as the Statemen stopped four Bonnies extra-man opportunities while the Bonnies forced Hobart to go 0-for-6 in EMO situations.

GAME NOTES

• Prior to the game, the Bonnies honored seniors Will Porfilio, Onenioteko:wa Maracle, Cristofero Cucciuffo, Blake Maracle, Cameron Viavada, Patrick Carpenter, Tom Fox, Owen Tasse, Alex Polisoto, Cole Tucker and Aiden MacDonell.
• Viavada and Tasse scored the first and third goals of their respective four-year Bona careers. MacDonell also buried his third career goal, adding to a resumè which already included a goal in the 2022 MAAC Championship Game during his freshman season.
• With two goals in the contest, Nino Sindoni recorded the first multi-goal game of his career.
• Lad Harper scored 10 faceoff wins and eight groundballs.
• Cole Kucinski finishes the season with 28 goals to rank third in Bonnies D-I history. Kucinski (28G-8A) and Shanahan (25G-8A) complete the year as the Bonnies' point leaders with 36 and 33 respectively.
• Harper's 119 faceoff wins are third-most in Bona history, ahead of his 118 last year. Harper also moves to second in Bonnies season history with 71 groundballs.
• Tasse finishes the year with a new Bona benchmark in caused turnovers (30). He also logged 59 GBs, besting Brady Wijbrandt's 58 in 2022 for the most by any non-faceoff specialist in the D-I era of Bonnies men's lacrosse.
• For his career, Tasse stands second in Bonnies caused turnovers (54) and third in groundballs (97).
• MacDonell finishes his Bonnies career ranking fifth in caused turnovers (31).
• Jonas Johnson completes his freshman season ranking third during Bona's Division I era among frosh in assists (12) and sixth in points (18). He led the team in helpers on the year.

 
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