THE BASICS:
 
RESULT: UMass Lowell 12, Hartford 10
RECORDS: Hartford (3-8, 0-4 AE); UMass Lowell (7-3, 3-2 AE)
LOCATION: Cushing Field (Lowell, Mass.)
 
THE LEAD:
 
A late rally led UMass Lowell past the visiting University of Hartford men's lacrosse team, 12-10, at Cushing Field on Saturday night. The Hawks held a 9-6 lead late in the third, but the River Hawks rallied for six unanswered scores to steal the win.
 
Senior Griffin Feiner netted each of his team-best three goals in the first half to lead the Hawks, while classmate Rion Davison registered a career- and game-high six points on two goals and four assists. Matt Balter led all scorers with four goals, matching Davison's point total by adding a pair of assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 

• Two big runs by each team resulted in an even game until the final seconds of the first half, when Davison beat the buzzer and gave Hartford a 7-6 edge at the break.
• The Hawks had a hot start to the game, scoring each of the first five goals to take a commanding advantage with 2:10 to go in the opening quarter. Feiner helped fuel that run with a pair of scores during that stretch.
• Getting on the board for the first time with 30 seconds left in the first, UMass Lowell mounted a furious comeback in the second and knotted up the game with a 5-1 run. Sean Tyrrell delivered the game-tying strike with 4:24 left in the half.
• Hartford added to its one-goal halftime lead in what proved to be a quiet third quarter, as senior Trevor O'Brien and Huggins struck at the 7:40 and 3:11 marks to make it a 9-6 advantage.
• But the River Hawks embarked on another big run, scoring six unanswered to erase their deficit and go up by three at 12-9. Five different players contributed to that run, including Jon Phillips, whose second goal of the rally put his team in front for the first time at 10-9 with 10:17 left in the quarter.
• Jinks managed to cut the deficit to two on a man-up goal in the final seconds, but the Hawks wouldn't come any closer.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE & NOTES:
 

• The Hawks were outshot, 41-36, as UMass Lowell also held a 31-26 edge in the ground ball battle.
• Turnovers were costly for the Hawks, as they committed 16 on the night.
• Senior Dylan Protesto went 14-of-23 on faceoffs and finished with a game-best 10 ground balls for the Hawks.
• Senior Ryan Vanderford and UMass Lowell's Hunter Braun each made 11 saves between the pipes.

 
NEXT ON TAP:
The Hawks play on the road for the last time in the 2018 regular season when they head to UMBC for a noon tilt on Saturday, April 21.