MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny men's lacrosse team was unable to overcome a second quarter run by Adrian as they fell to the Bulldogs 13-8 Saturday (March 30) in Meadville.
The Gators opened up the game with three straight goals.
Nick Gralewski (Meadville, Pa./Meadville) scored the bookend goals unassisted while
JP Rakis (Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson) scored unassisted in between. The Bulldogs scored a pair of goals to cut the lead to one.
Gideon Sullivan (Getzville, N.Y./Cathedral (Ind.)) scored a pair of goals with an Adrian one splitting them up.
Aidan D'Amato (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) assisted Sullivan's first goal.
Adrian controlled the momentum in the second quarter, outscoring the Gators by a 5-0 margin to take an 8-5 lead into the locker room.
Allegheny struck first in the second half as Rakis scored off a feed from D'Amato. After an Adrian goal,
Jack Cushwa (Martinsburg, W. Va./Martinsburg) scored on a man-up opportunity, assisted by Rakis. Those proved to be the only goals of the frame as the Bulldogs led 11-9 heading into the final quarter.
Adrian started the fourth two men up, but
Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere) made a pair of saves for Allegheny to stifle the opportunity. The Bulldogs would score two more goals minutes later before Gralewski broke up the run by completing his hat trick. However,
Inside the Box
- Gralewski finished the game with a hat trick.
- Rakis had two goals and an assist with four groundballs.
- Sullivan had a pair of goals with two groundballs.
- D'Amato tallied three assists and three groundballs.
- Cassady Bouthet (Vernon, Conn./Rockville) led the team with eight groundballs and four caused turnovers.
- Anthony DeMarco (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls) went 14-of-22 on faceoffs while sharing the team-high with eight groundballs.
- Stearns finished the game with 13 saves.
News and Notes
- This marked the first contest between the two teams.
Up Next
The Gators return to Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action Wednesday (April 3) when they travel to Thiel.
