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ALFRED, N.Y. -- Nazareth's junior attack tandem of Troy Haefele and Luke Wooters put on an offensive clinic Wednesday in an Empire 8 Conference men's lacrosse game at Alfred University's Yunevich Stadium. The pair combined for nine goals and 10 assists as Nazareth won its conference opener, 19-8, over the Saxons, who lost for the first time this season.

Nazareth won its fourth in a row and improved to 6-2 overall and 1-0 in Empire 8 action. Alfred is 7-1 overall and 1-1 in the E8. Haefele had six goals and two assists and became the 15th Nazareth player to surpass 100 career goals. He now has 101. Wooters, who reached the 100-goal milestone earlier in the season, had a career-high 11 points on three goals and eight assists.

With senior Drew Simoneau winning faceoffs with his usual regularity -- he won 13 of 15 draws in the first half -- Nazareth controlled possession time in the first half to build an insurmountable advantage. Nazareth led 5-0 after one quarter and scored the first two goals of the second quarter to go up 7-0 before Alfred got on the scoreboard. Wooters had two goals and two assists in the first quarter and Haefele had one goals and two assists in the first quarter. Sophomore Nick Arnold and senior Dan O'Brien also scored as Nazareth gained control early. Nazareth scored seven more times in the second quarter to go up 12-2.

In the second quarter, Haefele scored five more times -- all on assists from Wooters, who leads the Golden Flyers in scoring with 37 points on 19 goals and 18 assists. Haefele has 29 points on 15 goals and 14 assists. Matt McDermott also had a goal in the second quarter and Wooters delivered an extra-man tally on a pass from sophomore Joe Eiskant with :12 left in the half.

Nazareth was equally dominant in the second half as the Golden Flyers scored seven more times, including career first goals for freshmen Ben Bickford, Chris Murphy and Paul Walter. Junior Vincent Loscalzo also scored his first goal of the season. Nazareth scored four times in the third quarter with O'Brien scoring his second goal of the game. Junior Matt O'Neill added a pair of extra-man goals -- one in the third quarter and one in the fourth.

Simoneau finished with 15 face-off wins in 18 attempts overall and a game-high 10 ground balls. Alfred had a 42-34 advantage in shots and Nazareth had 30 ground balls to Alfred's 24. Sophomore Michael Cuciti made his seventh straight start in goal and equaled a career-best with 11 saves. Freshman Rick Kronenwett played the final 7:30 and had two saves.

Nazareth resumes its Empire 8 Conference schedule at home Saturday against Elmira at 12 p.m.