WESTMINSTER, Md. - The McDaniel College men's lacrosse team honored its 11 seniors in a pregame ceremony Saturday night inside Gill Stadium, but fell to Greensboro in a back-and-forth contest, 10-8.
The Green Terror (4-3) suffered their first loss in the last three games and the first in the first-ever meeting against the Pride.
McDaniel totaled a season-high 56 shots for the second time, but Braeden Mitchell made 16 saves to help the visitors overcome 24 turnovers.
Junior
Aidan Skelly and first-year
Alex Salerni each scored two goals while junior
Reagan Wilson totaled three points with one goal and two assists. Junior
Cash Stanton had one goal and one assist.
Skelly and senior
Ryan Smith struck first to give the Green Terror a 2-0 lead before Greensboro responded with the next four goals to take a 4-2 lead with 13:27 remaining in the second.
Wilson, Skelly, and first-year
Colin Fox scored to put McDaniel back in front, 5-4 with 5:54 left, before Justin Barry scored his third goal to tie the game at 5-5 at halftime.
Keyed by Barry's goal, the Pride (6-1) scored the first three goals of the third quarter to take the largest lead of the night, 8-5 with 8:50 to play in the third and the two teams traded goals the rest of the way, scoring two each in the fourth.
Skerry and DiMaggio Wilson each finished with three goals and one assist for the visitors while Quinton Solomon won 15-of-21 face-offs and picked up eight ground balls.
Sophomore
Aaron Ewing had six ground balls and one caused turnover for the Green Terror while junior
Gabe Wallman had seven saves, five ground balls, and one caused turnover.Â
McDaniel begins a two-game road trip on Wednesday when it heads to Alvernia for a non-conference contest beginning at 7 p.m.
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