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The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team withstood a furious late rally from the College of Wooster to defeat the Scots 15-13 on the SVC Turf.

Leading 13-7 heading into the fourth quarter, Saint Vincent saw the Scots pull to within one, 14-13, in the closing minute, before Bearcat goalie Adam Gunter preserved the one-goal lead with a point-blank save with nine seconds left, setting up a last-second buzzer beating insurance goal from Peter Hronis.

Ryan Kearney led the Bearcat offense, with three goals and two assists.  Will DeLanoy posted a four-point day, with two goals and two assists, while Hronis finished with two goals and one helper.  

Wooster got the day's scoring started quickly, with Mike Lloret scoring just 59 seconds into play.  The Bearcats then answered in a big way, scoring three times in a three-minute span, with goals from Clark Williams, Jesse Hicks, and Kearney, to go in front 3-1.  The Bearcats' first quarter lead would eventually stretch to 6-2, with Mary Teynor, DeLanoy, and Zach Wilfong scoring, before the Scots would score the final three goals of a wild opening stanza to shrink the SVC advantage to 6-5.

The game turned into a defensive battle in the second quarter, with neither team finding the net for nearly 13 minutes, until Wooster's Matt Pullara tied the game with an unassisted mark with 2:10 left.  The Scots would then take the ensuing face off the length of the field and take the lead just 20 seconds later, on a Matt Ranck goal.  The lead was short-lived, however, as the Bearcats would take the momentum into the intermission after Mike Diggs scored with just nine seconds left to tie the game at seven.

The third quarter belonged to Saint Vincent, as the Bearcats out-scored the Scots 6-0, and out-shot the visitors 16-7.  Kearney posted two goals and an assist in the quarter, while Kevin Adams, Hronis, DeLanoy, and Anthony Altieri added one goal apiece, to give the Bearcats a seemingly safe 13-7 lead heading into the final stanza.

Wooster would score twice in the opening two minutes of the fourth, before a goal from Jake Dick would give the Bearcats a five-goal lead, 14-9, with 7:45 left in regulation.  It served as a wake up call for Wooster, as the Scots would then control play over the next seven-plus minutes, scoring four unanswered goals to pull to within one with just over three minutes remaining.

After the ensuing face off, the Bearcats won possession, and played keepaway for nearly two minutes.  An errant SVC shot would give the ball back to Wooster with 52 seconds left, but the Scots gave the ball right back on a turnover at the 40-second mark.  The Bearcats would then work the ball deep into Wooster territory, but the Scots would force an SVC turnover with 20 seconds left, sending an odd-man rush down the field.  Wooster's Nick Spittle looked primed to score the game-tying goal with 13 seconds left, before Gunter came up with the save of the game at point blank range.  He then sent a long outlet pass to midfield, and the ball eventually found the stick of Hronis, who scored the Bearcats' 15th and final goal of the game with two seconds left in regulation.

A total of 14 different Bearcats recorded at least one point on the afternoon, while Gunter played all 60 minutes in goal and made 10 saves to earn the win.  The Bearcats owned a 45-41 advantage in shots, and grabbed 27 ground balls - led by five from Dick - to the Scots' 25.   The Saint Vincent penalty kill did an effective job, as the Bearcats were penalized 11 times for eight minutes, but allowed just two man-down goals.

Lloret scored a game-high four goals for Wooster (2-2), while Pullara added three goals and two assists.  

The Bearcats improve to 5-2 on the year with the victory, and the team will return to action on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Gambier, OH to take on Kenyon College.