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Utica, NY (4/17/14) - The Utica College men's lacrosse team is set to host Empire 8 Conference opponent Elmira College on Saturday. The opening faceoff will start at 1 p.m.

Follow the Game Live: Live streaming video and audio will be available through www.empire8.tv (Audio courtesy of WPNR) … Live stats will also be available: CLICK HERE ... Fans can also follow the Pioneers on Twitter for live updates: @UCPioneers.

Last Time Out: The Pioneers are coming off a 13-4 home loss to conference opponent Stevens Institute of Technology on Wednesday… Senior Scott Baron (Flemington, NJ/Cushing Academy) and sophomore Trent Jacobs (Akwesasne/Brewster Academy) each had two goals to lead the Pioneers… Juniors Tom Byrne (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) and Zack Stevenson (Elbridge, NY/Jordan-Elbridge) scooped up five groundballs each… Junior goalie Andrew DiOrio (Greenlawn, NY/CW Post) had 16 saves and he now has made at least 11 saves in six of his last seven starts … UC is 6-7 overall and 2-3 in the conference.

Senior Day: On Saturday, the Pioneers will honor 13 seniors who will be playing in their final home game at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium … The senior class is comprised of Adam Zielenski (Holland Patent, NY/Mohawk Valley CC), David Craig (Brewerton, NY/Paul V. Moore), Andrew Jamieson (Six Nations, ON/Hagersville), Cory Spisak (Lisle, NY/Tompkins Cortland CC), Steve Dowd (Cohoes, NY/Shaker), Bryan Habick (Brielle, N.J./Bellarmine University), Matt Wellington (Stony Point, NY/North Rockland), TJ Benson (Central Square, NY/Paul V. Moore), Dan Duffy (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford), Joe Schoen (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), Scott Baron (Flemington, NJ/Cushing Academy), Josh Torrey (Westmoreland, NH/Monadnock), and Joe Vacca (Geneva, NY/Herkimer CCC)… Zielenski has played in 25 games, has seven points (four goals, three assists) for the Pioneers since transferring last season… Baron has played in 60 games and has tallied 80 points (41 goals, 39 assists) …. Duffy has played in 60 games while starting 44 of them, was named to the Empire 8 Second Team All-Conference in 2013 and has scooped up 131 groundballs in four years… Craig has played in 50 games, while starting 29 of them, and has 40 points (19 goals, 21 assists) in his four years… Schoen has played in 57 games and has tallied 101 points (33 goals, 68 assists).
   
Scooping Them Up: Stevenson has picked up 70 groundballs this season… He only needs nine more to pass Brian Kaley and tie Ken Fischmann for ninth place in the school's single-season record book … Kaley scooped up 78 groundballs, while Fischmann added 79 for the Pioneers during the 2001 season… Stevenson is ranked sixth in the conference in groundballs per game averaging 5.38.

Records Are Meant to be Broken: Byrne has 29 caused turnovers in 13 games so far this season… He is now tied for eighth with his current teammate, junior Sean Flanagan (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), on the College's single-season list … Flanagan had 29 caused turnovers during the 2013 season… Byrne needs three more to pass Matthew Crouse for sixth all-time… Crouse had 31 caused turnovers during the 2011 season. 
 
As a Team:  As a team, the Pioneers are ranked third in the conference in shots percentage (.224) and fourth in shots per game (39.23).

Scoring Leaders: Junior transfer Christian Reiller (Salamanca, NY/Genesee CC) currently leads UC with 32 points (21 goals, 11 assists) … Reiller has at least one point in every game this season … Reiller and Jacobs are tied for the team lead with 21 goals each … Senior Scott Baron (Flemington, NJ/Cushing Academy) has five goals in his last four outings and he currently ranks fourth on the team with 19 points (13 goals, six assists) … 13 goals this season is a new career-high for Baron. 

Scouting Elmira: The Soaring Eagles are coming off an 18-9 loss at home to conference opponent St. John Fisher… They are 2-9 overall and 1-4 in the conference… Their only conference win was on the road to Hartwick College winning in overtime, 9-8… Senior Brady Richards leads the Soaring Eagles with 36 points (29 goals, seven assists)… He is ranked third in the conference in goals per game (2.58) and 10^th in points per game (3.17)… In the conference, the team is ranked fourth in assists per game (6.75).

Last Ten Years: In the last ten years, UC is 6-4 against Elmira… The last time that UC lost to the Eagles was on their home turf on April 23, 2011 by the final score of 11-7.

Looking Ahead: The Pioneers will return to action on Wednesday as they travel to Rochester to face conference opponent St. John Fisher. The opening faceoff is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.