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WILLIAMPORT, Pa. – The Lycoming College men’s lacrosse team fell 14-10 in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Middle Atlantic Conference tournament at the hands of Widener University on Monday, May 3. Freshman Stephen Romano posted three goals and an assist in his first collegiate post season game.

Lycoming (11-6) opened the scoring with back-to-back goals. Sophomore Ethan Payne tallied the first followed by Romano after fellow freshman Pat Mahar banged a pass to Romano on the back side. The Pride scored their first goal of the game at the 4:33 mark of the first quarter. Two minutes later, sophomore Ben Walker gave the Warriors a 3-1 lead. Widener (8-9) scored twice in the final two minutes of the first period to knot the contest at three all.

The Warriors opened the second frame with four unanswered goals. Payne and Romano had a hand in each goal, with Romano scoring the first on a feed from Walker. Payne scored the next two, one with an assist from Romano and the other on a pass from Nate Walter. Widener closed the gap to 7-5 with two goals before senior Ed Williams took a drive the right side of the field and beat the Pride goalie to the far pipe. Widener rattled off five unanswered goals to end the first half and take a 9-8 lead into the break.

Widener scored three more goals in the third quarter and blanked the Warriors to build to a 12-8 lead. Both teams scored twice in the final period. Walker scored with 11:31 left in the game, breathing life back into Lycoming’s chances, but the Pride tallied back-to-back goals to seal the win. Walter posted the final score of the game on a fastbreak assist from Walker.

Faceoffs proved to be a portion of Lycoming’s down fall as the Warriors went nine of 27. Lycoming picked up just 25 groundballs while Widener grabbed 32. Lycoming gained the offensive zone on 18 of its 22 attempts and went one of four in extra man situations. It was a chippy game, with 12 total penalties, including six unsportsmanlike fouls.