Box Score

WESTMINSTER, Md. – The Swarthmore College men's lacrosse team dropped an 11-6 decision to McDaniel on Wednesday, Apr. 8 at Gill Stadium. The Green Terror rallied from behind and ended the game with eight unanswered goals to pick up a key conference win.
 
Swarthmore started the game off on fire, netting the first four goals of the contest with the freshman class leading the charge. Freshman Sam Sokota put the Garnet on the board with an unassisted tally less than two minutes into the game before classmate Cam Marsh set up senior Andrew Preiser to double the lead with 2:24 left in the first. Freshman Eric Levin and Marsh added markers early in the second to make it 4-0.
 
McDaniel (6-5, CC 3-2), however, started to rally and seized the momentum by netting a goal as time expired in the first half. After a Green Terror timeout with only nine seconds on the clock, Sean Brett finished a pass from Jason Lawrence to beat the horn and make it 5-3 at the break.
 
The Garnet opened the scoring in the second half as well when Marsh added a marker with 12:45 on the clock in the third, but the hosts stormed back and ended the game on an 8-0 run. Patrick Serio paced the Green Terror offense by recording four goals and one assist during the late stretch that proved to be the difference.
 
Eric Ritchie made 13 saves to pick up the victory in net for McDaniel, while Swarthmore's Cole Fox stopped 11 shots in the losing effort. The Green Terror outshot the Garnet 43-30, had a 30-18 advantage in the ground game and won 11 of the 20 face-offs.
 
Swarthmore (6-4, CC 1-3) hosts Franklin & Marshall on Saturday, Apr. 11 at 1 p.m. and will recognize its eight-member senior class prior to the contest.