Box Score WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior Andrew Cacchio scored twice in the fourth quarter to break open a 3-3 tie and lead the University of Hartford men's lacrosse team to a 6-3 win over Quinnipiac on a rain-soaked Al-Marzook Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks improve to 3-3 overall while the Bobcats drop to 1-3.

Hartford and Quinnipiac combined for six goals through the first three stanzas, a defensive stretch that saw neither team gain more than a one-goal advantage. That all changed in the final quarter, when Cacchio, an attackman, netted the go-ahead goal with 9:01 left and struck again with an insurance tally with 88 seconds to play. The Hawks sealed the game and scored one more time before the end of the contest as junior Kevin O'Shea struck with his team-leading 16th goal of the year 40 seconds later.

O'Shea added an assist to join Cacchio with a game-high two points while seniors Greg Reynolds and Brad Hutton and rookie Doug Biondi rounded out the scorers with one goal each. Adding assists were freshman Jaedon Henderson and sophomore Jake Vogl, who fed Cacchio on an extra-man opportunity for what proved to be the game-winner.

Matt Kycia, Nate Nibbelink and Dylan Webster reached the back of the net for the Bobcats, who were held without a goal by Hartford's defense for the final 25:13 of the contest. Redshirt senior Frank Piechota made four of his 10 saves during that span while the Hawks' swarming defense created nine Bobcats' turnovers to close out the contest. The three goals are the fewest conceded by a Hartford squad since Apr. 13, 2013, when it defeated Binghamton by an 11-3 final.

A quiet first half featured just four goals as the teams entered the locker room at a 2-2 stand still. Kycia recorded the lone marker of the first quarter to put the Bobcats ahead, 1-0, before Hutton's fourth tally of the year with 9:11 left in the half put the Hawks on the scoreboard. Quinnipiac regained its one-goal edge at the 8:20 mark, but that advantage was wiped out as Reynolds went unassisted less than four minutes later to knot up the score at two goals apiece before the break.

Three minutes out of the intermission, Biondi provided the Hawks with their first lead of the contest. The rookie scored on a feed from O'Shea, who extended his point-scoring streak to 17 games with the helper. Webster knotted up the game three minutes later for what proved to be the final tie of the afternoon as Hartford broke the game open by scoring three times in the final nine minutes to take its fifth-straight win over Quinnipiac.

Hartford held advantages in shots (44-23) and ground balls (30-24) and was successful on 23-of-26 clears. The Hawks' man-up unit converted on half of their four opportunities while on the man-down, they killed all four penalties. Quinnipiac's veteran goalie, Gill Conners, made a game-high 12 saves in the cage.

The Hawks forced the Bobcats into 20 total turnovers with senior Tate Klidonas recording three caused turnovers and defenders Brian Monks and Kevin Sanna picking up two apiece. Redshirt junior Adam Yee went 7-of-12 at the faceoff X, collecting a game-high five ground balls in the process.

Hartford's next two games will be on the road, starting with a non-league clash at instate foe Sacred Heart on Saturday. The Hawks and Pioneers are scheduled for a 1 p.m. faceoff from Campus Field located on Sacred Heart's campus.