Box Score COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Ursinus used a six-goal third quarter to overcome a one-goal halftime deficit and defeat McDaniel 12-5 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
Jason Lawrence (Fallston, Md./Fallston) led the Green Terror (3-12, 1-7 CC) with a goal and an assist.
Ian Desenberg led the 18th-ranked Bears (13-2, 7-1 CC) to the No. 2 seed in next week's conference tournament with four goals.
Trailing 4-1 early in the second quarter, Logan Panaccione finished a pair of Gerald Brown assists 4 minutes, 16 seconds apart to close it to a one-goal game with 6:04 to play in the half.
Steve Mussoline finished a solo run just 55 seconds into the second half and spark the game-changing quarter.
Desenberg gave Ursinus its first lead with 12:34 showing before Mussoline scored a man-up tally with 5:49 remaining.
Just five seconds later, Desenberg tallied the first of three straight to stretch the lead to 9-4 after three quarters.
Peter DeSimone and Matthew Cioeta tallied 57 apart early in the fourth quarter for an 11-4 advantage before Lawrence stopped a nearly 30-minute drought.
Brown set the final margin with 8:21 to play.
Troy Becker (Yardley, Pa./Notre Dame) finished a Quinn Lykens (Baltimore, Md./Towson) feed with 8:28 to play in the first quarter, staking the Green Terror to a 1-0 lead.
Panaccione evened the game just 44 seconds later before Zach Monzo (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and Timothy McNichol (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) finished solo runs to give McDaniel a 3-1 lead after one quarter.
Lawrence found Lykens just 2:44 into the second quarter for the 4-1 edge.
Ursinus finished with a 44-35 advantage in shots, including 26-13 in the decisive second half.
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