Score: UAlbany 9, UMass 15
  
Location: Garber Field in Amherst, Mass.
   
Records: UAlbany (1-3, 0-0 America East) | UMass (5-1, 0-0 A10)
   
Short Story: The University at Albany men's lacrosse team saw the UMass Minutemen pull away in the second half in a 15-9 loss on Saturday afternoon.
  
Key Stat Lines  

• Silas Richmond led the Great Dane offense with two goals and two assists.
• Seven Great Danes all finished with one goal each, including Brady Quill and Matthew Pettis, who both notched career firsts.
• Austin Oppenheim went 15-25 at the X, leading the team with 10 ground balls.

  
How it Happened:  

• Nobody scored until eight minutes into the game when UMass finally broke the stalemate with a goal from Colin Coyle.
• The Great Danes scored the next goal shortly after, thanks to the long pole of Brady Quill, his first career goal.
• UAlbany took the lead at 2-1 with 4:43 on the clock following Teharonhiorens McComber's second goal of the season.
• The Minutemen scored back-to-back goals before time expired in the first quarter to take a 3-2 advantage.
• UMass' Coyle collected his second goal of the afternoon five minutes into the second to push the lead to two goals.
• A man-up goal from Ryan Doherty with 8:30 on the clock brought UAlbany back to within one, 4-3.
• The Great Danes ripped off two goals in under 30 seconds around the four-minute mark to take a 5-4 advantage. Jackson Palumb found the back of the net first, followed by Silas Richmond.
• UMass' Robbie Granara tied the game with 2:45 remaining in the first half at 5-5.
• The Minutemen took a 6-5 lead early in the third on a goal from Tyler Clayton.
• UAlbany's Richmond tied it back up shortly after on an impressive score near side, beating his man one-on-one.
• UMass regained the advantage with 10:25 on the clock and made it a two-score game with another goal at 8:08, 8-6.
• The lead was pushed to 9-6 on a BTB goal from UMass' Granara with 6:59 left in the third.
• The UMass lead was pushed to 10-6 with under two minutes remaining in the third.
• The Minutemen scored three more goals in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to make it 13-6.
• Matthew Pettis scored his first career goal to stop the bleeding with 10 minutes remaining, 13-7.
• UMass answered immediately to push the lead back to seven. Another goal two minutes later made it 15-7.
• Koleton Marquis scored with 3:36 remaining and Ben Wimmer scored with 1:32 remaining to make the score 15-9.

 
Next: The Great Danes return to Casey Stadium next Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. matchup with Hobart.
 
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