THE BASICS:
 
RESULT: UMass 12, Hartford 10
RECORDS: Hartford (2-4); UMass (3-4)
LOCATION: Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium (West Hartford, Conn.)
 
THE LEAD:
Four Hawks registered multiple goals on Saturday afternoon, led by a three-goal effort from junior Justin Huggins, but the University of Hartford men's lacrosse team was unable to hold off UMass on Saturday, falling 12-10 at Al-Marzook Field. Huggins added a pair of assists to finish match a career-high with five points while senior Alec Brown led all scorers with a career-high six points behind two goals and four helpers.
 
Tyler Bogart led the Minutemen with three goals and an assist, as UMass snapped Hartford's two-game winning streak with the victory.
 
THE TURNING POINT:
The Hawks held an 8-6 edge with 11:44 remaining in the third, but saw that lead disappear thanks to a flurry of UMass goals. The Minutemen used a five-goal run extending into the final quarter to erase their deficit and take an 11-8 lead within the first 17 seconds of the fourth.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Hawks spotted UMass a quick goal 56 seconds out of the opening faceoff, but answered with a 5-1 run to take a three-goal edge. Huggins and Dylan Jinks delivered two-straight scores at the 3:27 and 2:05 marks before Feiner's second man-up goal of the contest 19 seconds into the second quarter stretched the lead to 5-2.
• UMass closed the gap to one goal with back-to-back scores from Buddy Carr and Grant Consoletti, but another Hartford man-up tally, this one from Brown with 5:14 left in the quarter, closed out the first-half scoring while pushing the Hawks' advantage back to a pair at 6-4.
• Beginning the third with another man-up opportunity, Jinks capitalized 17 seconds into the period to match the Hawks' largest lead of the game at 7-4. But UMass responded by scoring five of the quarter's final six goals, sparking an eventual 5-0 run with three-unanswered to end the third.
• Five different Minutemen contributed to UMass' game-deciding rally. With 12 seconds left in the third, Bogart gave the Minutemen their first lead since early in the first quarter (1-0) before Shane Rinkus and Noah Rak pushed the advantage to three with back-to-back scores six seconds apart at the 14:49 and 14:43 marks.
• Hartford's defense silenced UMass until the final minute of the game, allowing the Hawks to chip away at their 11-8 deficit. Two-straight scores from Brown and Trevor O'Brien closed the gap to one with 4:40 left, but a Hartford turnover inside of the two-minute mark eventually led to a Dylan Gruder goal, which sealed the win with 15 seconds left.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Hartford's man-up unit was at its finest on Saturday, converting on each of its five extra-man opportunities. Four of the Hawks' first seven scores of the game were man-up goals.
• Defensively, the Hawks' man-down unit held the Minutemen scoreless in their two extra-man opportunities.
• UMass' Rak had a solid outing inside of the faceoff circle, winning 18-of-24 duels while collecting 10 ground balls.
• The Minutemen also held advantages in shots (44-28), shots on goal (28-14) and ground balls (32-18). Saturday's contest marked the first time in four games and just the second time this season that Hartford did not control the ground ball and faceoff categories.
• Jinks and Feiner rounded out the Hawks' multi-goal scorers, recording two goals and one assist apiece.
• Between the posts, Vanderford came one save shy of matching his career high with 16 stops. His counterpart, D.J. Smith, turned away four shots for the Minutemen.

 
NEXT ON TAP:
The homestand continues on Tuesday, March 21, as the Hawks play host to Marist. The contest, which was originally scheduled to be played on March 14 but was moved due to last week's snowstorm, is set for a 3 p.m. opening faceoff.