WENHAM, Mass.—Wentworth Men's Lacrosse went on a furious rally in the fourth quarter to overcome a two-goal deficit over the final 15 minutes in an 11-9 victory. The win all but guarantees the Leopards a spot in the Commonwealth Coast Conference, while severely damaging the Scots hopes.
 
The Fighting Scots drop their 12^th game of the season and sit at 1-12 entering their final two contests. Wentworth improves to 4-10 and 2-4 in the CCC this year.
 
Scoring runs were hard to come by on both sides with Wentworth answering the bell every time the Fighting Scots put a goal up on the scoreboard. Roger Evans (Oxford, Pa.) started things off with a quick unassisted goal just a minute into the first quarter and the game slowed down a bit from there.
 
Nick Parent (Windham, N.H.) put the Leopards on the board at the halfway mark of the first quarter, but Gordon's Nick Tozier (Winston Salem, N.C.) put his team back up just before the end of the quarter.
 
Wentworth struck first in the second with Mike Coakley (Flemington, N.J.) finishing off a pass from Spencer Allen (New Boston, N.H.).
 
The back and forth continued for the rest of the half, including a goal for each team in the final 30 seconds. After Evans up the Scots up 4-3 with 25 ticks to go, Wentworth won the impending face off and Parent picked up a loose ball in front of the net to tie things up with only seven seconds on the clock.
 
The Leopards took their first lead of the game with Coakley's second strike of the game at the 10:30 mark in the third quarter, but three straight goals from the Scots added some confidence to the home team.
 
Gordon led Wentworth 8-6 entering the final period.
 
Mistakes cost the Scots down the stretch as Wentworth turned several Gordon turnovers into quick goals the other way. The Leopards tied things up with a pair of goals by Allen in the first four minutes of the fourth.
 
Austin Early (Palmyra, Va.) finished off his second goal of the game to put the Scots back on top by one with 10:37 remaining in regulation.
 
However, Allen put his stamp on a busy fourth quarter by assisting on two of Wentworth's final three goals as the Leopards outscored the Scots 5-1 in the period. Parent and Coakely both finished off hat-tricks during a 3-0 run over the final nine minutes to take the victory.
 
Both goalkeepers made eight saves on the evening and Adam Dufault (Lexington, Mass.) earned his first win of the season in goal.
 
Gordon's Peter Kovacevic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) picked up 11 ground balls to lead all players in that category and won 15 of 24 face-offs on the night. Evans added four more goals to his season total, putting him at 32 for the year.
 
The Fighting Scots have one final home game on Saturday when Curry comes to town for a 2:30 p.m. start. Wentworth has two big games left on the slate, at home against Salve Regina on Saturday before an away game at Nichols next Tuesday.