GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's lacrosse team dropped a 7-3 Commonwealth Conference contest to visiting Lycoming College Saturday afternoon at Easton Field, dropping its record to 2-5overall and 1-1 in conference play. The Warriors improved to 1-7 overall and 1-0 in conference play with their first victory of the season.
Arcadia trailed 2-0 early in the second quarter before a man-up goal from freshman
Ryan Donovan and an even strength goal from classmate
Ryan Green tied the game just over six minutes into the period. Both goals were assisted by fellow freshman
Danny Riley and came in a span of just 17 seconds.
Senior Steve Campaniello then scored the first of four straight goals for Lycoming with 6:16 left in the first half to put the Warriors out in front for good. _ Mike Cooper and _ Christian Jacobs scored the only two goals of the third quarter, and Jake Wanamaker found the back of the net 3:35 into the fourth quarter to give Lycoming a 6-2 lead.
The Knights had plenty of scoring chances throughout the second half, but managed just a single goal when freshman
Sean McDonald scored off a feed from Riley with 8:40 left in the game.
Alex Wylly totaled 10 saves to earn his first win of the season in goal for the Warriors, improving his record to 1-6. Freshman
A.J. Beck took the loss for Arcadia after making eight saves, dropping his record to 1-3.
The Knights had a narrow advantage in shots (27-26) and ground balls (24-21), while Lycoming had the edge in faceoffs (8-6). Arcadia was 1 for 4 with the extra man, while the Warriors were 1 for 2 with the man-advantage.
The Knights will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to Albright College for a 7 p.m. Commonwealth Conference contest.