BOX SCORE

BELMONT, N.C. — The Dominican University of California men's lacrosse team dropped the first game of its three-game roadtrip through North Carolina on Monday with a 13-10 loss to Belmont Abbey College at Alumni Field. The game, originally scheduled for Sunday, was postponed a day due to rain.

Belmont Abbey (3-2) outscored Dominican (1-1) 3-1 in the first quarter and led 7-2 at halftime. The Penguins outscored the Crusaders 3-2 in the third quarter to trim the deficit to 9-5 and outscored the Crusaders again the fourth quarter, 5-4, but were unable to undo the first-half damage.

The Penguins were bested 45-42 on ground balls and won 11 of the day's 26 faceoffs.

Eight different Crusaders scored. Ryan Corrigan and Tanner Scharr each recorded three goals apiece.

Sophomore middie Jim Little tallied a hat trick and sophomore middie Kyle Mitchell added a pair in the defeat. Redshirt freshmen middies Dalton Copeland and Blake Crossman, junior captain middie Matt Polizzi, and junior attackman Reed Upson all scored once. Senior middie Emmett Faricy also scored a goal for his team-leading fifth goal of the season. Copeland, Little, and Upson all added one assist apiece.

Freshman goalkeeper Sean Donohue made nine saves. Abbey goalkeepers Tony Kikola, Merrick Reiland, and J.J. Rowan stopped a combined nine shots.

On Tuesday, March 8, Dominican heads to Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C. Faceoff is slated for 6:00 p.m./3:00 p.m. Pacific.