LATROBE, Pa. (April 13) – A decisive run midway through the third quarter proved to be the difference, as the Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team was defeated 15-12 by Allegheny in a Presidents' Athletic Conference matchup under the lights at UPMC Field.

With the game tied at 9-9 in the early stages of the second half, the Gators (7-5, 5-0 PAC) scored four goals in a three-minute span to take a lead they would not relinquish. The Bearcats (4-8, 2-2 PAC) eventually cut the deficit to 14-12, but could not complete the comeback, spoiling their first home night game in program history.
 
Seven different players scored a goal in the loss for the Bearcats, while three players recorded multi-goal efforts. Carter Haid led the way with four points, on three goals and an assist, while Jordan Billet scored three goals and defenseman Benjamin Wohlin two.
 
Liam McCall and Caleb Hawkins each scored a goal and an assist, while Jacob Crumling and Owen Rogers found the net once, with Rogers' goal the first of his collegiate career.
 
Fueled by 11 faceoff wins, Brady Beard led the Bearcats with six ground balls, with Wohlin and McCall each grabbing five, and RJ Kenna and Cam Herring three apiece. Kenna topped SVC with three caused turnovers, while Haid, Wohlin, and AJ Bricker were each credited with two CTs.
 
Garrett Ritts started and played the first 25 minutes in goal, making eight saves, before giving way to Jack Zayas, who recorded a career-high seven stops between the pipes.
 
Wohlin got the game's scoring underway with his first tally of the year 75 seconds into the first quarter. On what appeared to be a clearing attempt from deep inside the defensive zone, Wohlin saw an open cage and sent in a bomb from 60 yards out to give the Bearcats the early 1-0 lead.  The Gators promptly countered with four goals in a three-minute span to take a 4-1 lead, before Wohlin cut the deficit in half with 7:51 left in the quarter, scoring his second goal of the night in the same exact fashion as his first.
 
Wohlin's second strike ignited a Bearcat rally, as Billet, McCall and Haid all scored over the next two minutes to give the lead back to the Bearcats, 5-4, with 2:08 left. In the waning seconds of the quarter, Allegheny cashed in on a man-up opportunity to tie the game at 5-5.
 
The Gators opened the third quarter with three unanswered goals to take an 8-5 lead, before Haid halted the run wih his second goal of the night with 7:33 left in the half. After a five-minute lull in scoring, the Gators made it 9-6 with 2:22 left, before Billet and Crumling each scored over the final 1:46 of the half to pull the Bearcats to within 9-8 at the intermission.
 
Just over two minutes into the second half, Haid completed the hat trick and tied the game at 9-9, before the Gators embarked on what proved to be the game-deciding run, scoring four times in a 3-minute span to open up a 13-9 lead. Rogers' unassisted tally with 1:28 left in the quarter halted the Gator surge and pulled the Bearcats to within three as the game headed into its final 15 minutes.
 
In a tightly played fourth quarter, Hawkins and Billet scored three minutes apart to close the gap to 14-12, before the Gators added an insurance tally with exactly seven minutes to go. The Bearcats held a sizeable advantage in possession time down the stretch, outshooting the Gators 7-2 over the final five minutes, but were unable to cut into the three-goal deficit.
 
Saint Vincent will now wrap up its three-game homestand by welcoming the Bethany Bison to UPMC Field for a PAC meeting on Wednesday, April 17.