BOX SCORE

The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team stormed back from a 9-6 halftime deficit to defeat host Frostburg State 17-12 in the Bearcats' 2011 season opener.

Eight different Bearcats scored at least one goal, with five scoring at least two, led by five from Will DeLanoy.  Zach Wilfong added three goals, and Mike Diggs, Jake Dick, and Ryan Kearney two apiece for Saint Vincent, which out-shot the Bobcats 51-29 for the game.

Diggs got the scoring started quickly, putting the Bearcats in front 1-0 with an unassisted tally just 90 seconds into play.  Frostburg answered with three unanswered goals over the next three minutes to go in front 3-1, but the Bearcats would score the three goals of the quarter - one apiece from Kearney, Dick, and Wilfong - to take a 4-3 lead after the opening 15 minutes.

Dick put the Bearcats in front 5-3 with a goal just over a minute into the second quarter, but the Bobcats would counter by scoring six unanswered goals in a nine-minute span to go in front 9-5.  DeLanoy would end the first half scoring with a goal in the final minute, to send the game into the intermission with the Bearcats behind 9-6.

DeLanoy kept the hot hand to open up the third quarter, scoring three goals in the first four minutes to tie the game at 9-all.  Josh McCloskey's first goal of the season, scored with 8:34 left in the quarter, would allow the Bearcats to regain the lead at 10-9, and after Frostburg would tie it two minutes later, SVC would end the quarter by scoring four unanswered goals, including two from DeLanoy and one apiece from Kearney and Wilfong, to take a 14-10 lead into the fourth stanza.

Diggs and Will Selmayer would score in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter to make the score 16-10, and it was a deficit too large to overcome for the Bobcats as the Bearcats cruised down the stretch for the season-opening win.

In addition to his five goals, DeLanoy added two assists for a seven-point day.    Alex Walsh also added a pair of helpers, while Sean Kretovics added a goal and an assist in his collegiate debut.  Kearney, Wilfong, Dick, and Franklin Howard all had one assist apiece.  

Goalie Adam Gunter made nine stops to earn the win, while Dick led SVC with 10 ground balls.  Gunter, Kretovics, and Peter Hronis all had seven ground balls.

Frostburg State, in its first season as a varsity program, was led on the scoresheet by Brandon Lutz, who scored three goals.  Dan Dowd, Lucas Flaig, and Devon Staley each scored twice for the Bobcats (0-2), while Hunter Marshall had a goal and assist to go with 10 ground balls.  Goalie Tyler Haines made 17 saves in the losing effort.  

The Bearcats (1-0) will now return to action on Sunday afternoon, kicking off their annual spring break southern trip in Birmingham, AL to take on Birmingham Southern University at 2:30pm.