GLENSIDE – The Arcadia University men's lacrosse team was defeated in a non-conference game by Eastern University 15-10 from Jean Lenox West Field on Monday afternoon.
 
The Knights stand at 2-3 on the season following the contest.
 
Eastern opened the scoring with 12:36 on the first quarter clock before Justin Chinici tied the score with a helper from Wesley Sporer.
 
The Eagles notched the next three goals to take a 4-1 lead, with Brian Albertsen stopping the run with an unassisted tally at 7:06 of the opening quarter. Eastern closed the quarter with an additional three goals to make the score 7-2 after 15 minutes of play.
 
Brady Manion got Arcadia back in the goal column at 11:16 of the second with an unassisted tally. The Eagles scored two straight and appeared to be heading into halftime with a 9-3 advantage, but Sporer broke through with 14 seconds remaining and James Barretta tallied another last-second score, getting through with just four seconds until halftime. The Knights trailed 9-5 as the halftime buzzer sounded.
 
Eastern began the second half with three straight goals, taking a 12-5 advantage. Albertsen score with 1:12 left in the third as the third quarter ended with the Eagles holding a 12-6 lead.
 
After Eastern got the first score of the final quarter, Albertsen scored a man-up goal with a helper from Chinici. The Eagles tacked on another goal before Barretta broke through for the second time. Eastern notched its 15^th goal with 2:20 remaining and the Knights closed the scoring a Baretta goal unassisted and Sean Connolly with a man-up score assisted by Kyle McLaughlin.
 
Timmy Fyock made 21 saves in the cage foe Arcadia.
 
The Knights return to action on Saturday when they travel to Neumann for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference game.