LISLE, IL - Despite mounting a furious comeback, the Benedictine University men's lacrosse team fell in a tight game with Beloit at home on Wednesday night.

FINAL SCORE
Beloit 10, Benedictine 9

THE DETAILS
• Playing for the first time in a week, Benedictine struck for two quick goals in the opening minute of action
• Corbin Gett fired home a feed from David Blanco to open the scoring on the first venture up the field
• Kyle Wagner struck unassisted just moments later after winning the faceoff and racing in to score
• Beloit scored for the first time near the midpoint of the first before Gett finished the first quarter action with a goal, punching in a pass from Randy Patrick
• Beloit owned the second quarter, scoring six times and shutting out Benedictine defensively to take an 8-4 lead into the half
• Gett netted the first two tallied of the third to quickly counter the momentum, receiving help from Trevor Manzke and Wagner
• Two more goals from Beloit made the score 10-6 before Blanco connected with Gett near the end of the third, making the score 10-7
• Gett and Patrick tacked on two more goals in the fourth, bringing Benedictine within 10-9
• Benedictine had the ball in the final minute but could not strike dropping the conference contest

STAT LEADERS
• Gett scored seven times on 10 shots as Benedictine struggled to put shots on cage
• Beloit held a 46-22 advantage in shots and a 52-41 edge in groundballs
• Benedictine win only five faceoffs in the game
• Sammie Sanko made a season high 18 saves in goal
• Gett also led the team with six groundballs
• Neill Thoreson caused three turnovers while collecting five groundballs
• Luke Davis also notched three caused turnovers and three groundballs

UP NEXT
Benedictine (2-4, 1-1 MLC) will host Concordia Wisconsin in another conference battle on Saturday afternoon