ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Cleveland State opened its home-and-home with St. Bonaventure with a 12-5 loss on Friday afternoon. With the setback, the Vikings drop to 1-4 overall and the Bonnies move to 4-2. The second game will be on Sunday in Cleveland.

The game went scoreless through the opening 11 minutes until St. Bonaventure broke through with 3:56 showing on the clock. The Bonnies added to their lead 46 seconds later and led 2-0 at the end of the quarter.

Cleveland State got on the board for the first time at the 11:25 mark as Ryan Haigh scored off a pass from Derek Radke. One minute later, St. Bonaventure got the goal back to lead, 3-1.

A man-up goal by Gavin Held off a pass from Gannon Matthews brought the Green and White to within one with 9:14 to play in the first half. Adam Clark then tied the game at 3-3, scoring off a pass from Jason Sullivan with 8:23 remaining in the quarter.

The Bonnies answered back with the final four goals of the half to lead 7-3 at the intermission.

St. Bonaventure opened the third quarter scoring at the 11:42 mark, extending the margin to 8-3. Radke capitalized on a turnover in front of the goal, bringing the Vikings to within 8-4 with 8:09 left in the quarter. However, SBU closed the quarter with two unanswered goals to lead 10-4.

The Bonnies outscored the Vikings 2-1 in the fourth quarter to come away with the first game of the back-to-back, 12-5.

Inside the Box Score
R. Haigh accounted for two of the five Viking goals in the game, raising his season total to nine on the year. Sullivan finished with a team-best two assists, upping his team-best total to ten.

Nick Polydoras scooped up a game-best five ground balls. Robbie Brazanskas and Grayson Dague each had a game-best two caused turnovers. Cameron Logan finished with 12 saves in goal.

Up Next
These two teams will run it back on Sunday at noon inside the Krenzler Bubble in Cleveland, Ohio.