Troy, NY - Juniors Greg Gibbons (Baldwinsville, NY) and Brian Hoey (Auburn, NY) each tallied three points and lifted the 17th-ranked Clarkson University Men's Lacrosse team to an 8-5 win over Rensselaer, helping the Golden Knights take the second seed in the upcoming Liberty League Conference Tournament.

The Golden Knights improved to 9-3 overall and 5-1 in the Liberty League standings, claiming the second seed in the Liberty League Tournament next Friday, where they will face third-seeded Union College. Rensselaer dropped to 9-5 overall and 3-3 in conference action, and will take on top-seeded St. Lawrence University.

Both teams started slowly on the offensive end, but neither would fall behind early as the two squads traded goals back and forth all the way into the second half, finding themselves tied 3-3 early in the third. After Rensselaer's first goal of the third quarter, Clarkson untied the contest just 24 seconds later with a Tom Ross (Adams, NY) goal, starting a four-goal run that saw the Knights virtually put the game out of reach. The Clarkson defense stayed strong throughout the second half, not allowing a goal for a stretch of 23 minutes, 47 seconds through the third and fourth quarters.

Gibbons scored two goals and assisted on another, pushing his season totals to 26 goals and 19 assists for 45 points. Those points pushed him into sole possession of 10th-place all-time on the Clarkson's scoring leaderboard (154 career points on 99 goals and 55 assists). Hoey's three points came on a goal and two assists, and Jon Cathcart (Homer, NY) added two goals. Tyler Long (Liverpool, NY) and Steve Kennedy (Niskayuna, NY) also scored a goal apiece.

Senior goalie Greg Lamb (Baldwinsville, NY) finished off his impressive regular season by allowing just five goals and making 12 saves.