Hosting the Eastern Connecticut State University Lancers this afternoon at the Brigham Athletic Complex, Gordon College Men's Lacrosse was dealt a 12-6 loss by the visiting Warriors. 

For the Fighting Scots, Xander Miller and Dan Arthur each netted two goals, while Jason Dantona booked one goal and one assist. Noah Johnson registered a team-high six caused turnovers and picked up three ground balls and teammate Karl Deckert had five caused turnovers and scooped up as many ground balls.

ECSU sported eight players who tallied a goal with Wes Thompson (Sr./Watertown, Conn.) leading the charge with four goals. Jake Liebowitz (Jr./Trumbull, Conn.) had two goals and one assist, Garrett Lapham (So./Trumbull, Conn.) and Shane Haggerty (Fr./Stamford, Conn.) each dished out two assists while recording one goal in the win.

How It Happened

• ECSU got on the board first but Gordon's Miller tied it up three minutes later for his third tally of the young season. With just under nine minutes to go in the first, Thompson booked his first of the game before Arthur knotted it up late in the quarter to make it a 2-2 game heading into the second quarter.
• Hyrzan put the Scots on top early in the second frame, but the Warriors caught fire scoring three goals within a two minute span to lead, 5-3. 
• Scots' keeper Jay Gallipo made a pair of crucial saves in the last seconds of the quarter to keep the score at 5-3 at the half.
• Four different Warriors found the back of the net in the third to stretch their lead to 9-3 heading into the final quarter.
• After scooping up a ground ball and racing toward the goal, Arthur won the one v. one matchup with the ECSU keeper for his second score of the game to cut the Warriors' lead to 11-5.
• Each side added one more goal with ECSU seeing the winning end of a 12-6 score.

Beyond The Box Score

• The Scots travel to North Shore rival Salem State on Wednesday, March 5 at 6 p.m.
• Jason Dantona has registered one or more assists in each of the Scots' first three games.