WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A leaping goal with 86 seconds left from first-year Joey Hoover (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) and a great defensive effort that forced McDaniel College into two turnovers in the final seconds helped lift the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team to a 5-4 non-conference win over visiting McDaniel on Thursday, March 17, at UPMC Field.
 
Down 4-3 late in the fourth quarter, junior Zach Anderson (Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) tied the game with 4:15 left with a shot to the right corner, setting up the late heroics, where senior Dominick Massaro (Centereach, N.Y./Sachem North) caused a turnover at midfield. Getting the ball back, Massaro found a streaking Hoover, who fired it in.
 

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Junior Andrew Dede (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) led the Warriors (3-3 overall) with a goal, three groundballs, and two caused turnovers. Anderson, sophomore Max Anderson (Harrisburg, Pa./Homeschooled), junior Rory Hines and first-year Joey Hoover (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) each found the back of the net.
 
Massaro finished with two assists and a caused turnover. Senior Josh Hall (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) and first-year Ryan Farrell (Swedesboro, N.J./Archmere Academy) had four groundballs each, as Hall added two caused turnovers. Sophomore Christian Spahn (Saltsburg, Pa./The Kiski School) led the team with three caused turnovers and Farrell won six faceoffs.
 
Max Anderson claimed the first of four game-tying goals with senior Michael Scarponi (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) credited with the assist midway through the second. Assisted by Massaro, Hines' tied it at two in the third period off a McDaniel (2-4 overall) turnover. The Warriors took theit first lead of the game when Dede scored his first goal of the season in transition with the long pole with 1:55 left in the third, assisted by Hall.
 
McDaniel took the lead back with two goals in less than a minute early in the fourth period, setting the stage for the comeback.
 
Patrick Fegan led the Green Terror with an assist, two groundballs, and a caused turnover.
 
First-year goalkeeper Ben Franco (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) had 12 saves and four groundballs. Brighton Lorber made 26 saves and picked up two groundballs as well, as Lycoming posted a 53-36 advantage in shots taken in the game.
 
The Warriors return to the field on Saturday, March 19, when they head to Montclair State for a 12 p.m. start in Montclair, N.J.