Center Valley, PA (March 19, 2022) - The DeSales University men's lacrosse team fell short in a comeback falling to 13th ranked Cabrini University, 15-12, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Final Score: Cabrini - 15, DeSales - 12
• Records: DeSales (3-3); Cabrini (4-2)
• This was the sixth career meeting between the two teams with CU now owning a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series.

How it Happened

• Cabrini started strong scoring four of the game's first five goals to take a 4-1 lead and the Cavaliers led 8-3 with 3:45 left in the first-half.
• The Bulldogs took the momentum into the halftime locker room scoring twice to end the half pulling to within three goals (8-5) after two quarters of play.
• After trading two goals each, Cabrini started to pull away scoring four straight to take its largest lead of the game (14-7) with 3:58 remaining in the third quarter.
• DeSales showed no quit however scoring two straight to cut into the margin and after a Cavalier goal scored three more to get within three goals at the 7:52 mark of the game.
• Cabrini's defense held the Bulldogs at bay the rest of the way to cling to the 15-12 final tally.

Top Bulldog Performers

• First-year Nate Perry led the Bulldogs with four goals and two assists and senior Zach Bowen also had six points with two goals and four assists.
• Graduate student Jalen Holmes had two goals, while sophomore Pat Schuett and first-year Jake Fratarcangeli each had a goal and an assist.
• Junior Beau Neff and sophomore Luke Wilson each scored.
• Sophomore Quinten Lyons made 20 saves in goal.
• First-year Anthony Gash had a good day on the face-off winning 6-of-11 and junior Zach Broomall was 8-for-17 with four ground balls.

For the Foes

• Austin Bolton had four goals and three assists for seven points.
• Dillon McManus finished with two goals and four assists.
• Jake Schneider added three goals and one helper.
• Matt Nestler made 19 saves in goal.
• Jake Huey was 15-for-28 on the face-off with eight ground balls.

Inside the Box Score

• Cabrini out-shot DeSales, 55-48, while the Bulldogs had a slight advantage on the ground balls, 36-35.
• DSU won 16 of the 31 face-offs.
• DSU was hurt by 26 turnovers, including 10 in the third quarter.

Up Next

• DeSales returns to action on Wednesday when they travel cross-town to local rival Moravian University.