THROGGS NECK, N.Y. - The Hartford men's lacrosse team improved to 3-3 on the young season on Wednesday night defeating Maritime College by a 11-10 final. The Hawks trailed by a 7-4 margin at halftime, before outscoring the Privateers 7-3 in the second half. 

Rapid Recap:

• Maritime started fast getting two goals in the first five minutes to lead by the 2-0 score. Sophomore Ian Reynolds (Queensbury, N.Y.) helped Hartford get back into the game winning the face-off leading to a sophomore Shaun Wright (Frederick, Md.) score assisted by junior Nick Forgione (Denville, N.J.). The Privateers would respond with a third goal in the first quarter to push the lead back to a pair. The Hawks would take four shots in the final five minutes, but they all missed the target as the home team took the 3-1 lead into the second. 
• The Privateers stayed on the gas scoring back-to-back strikes yet again to answer the second as the lead expanded to 5-1. Junior Michael Novotny (Cornwall, N.Y.) would respond with three-straight goals for Hartford as the visitors slowly tried to battle back. Maritime would get two final goals in the final three minutes to take a three goal lead into halftime. 
• Junior Colin Reilly (Southington, Conn.) started the second half scoring as the Hawks once again trailed by two. Novotony added a power-play strike to cut the deficit to 7-6. The Privateers scored 45 seconds later to keep the lead at a distance. Novotny would drive the Hawks to down just one again scoring with 39 seconds left in the third as Hartford was within one with 15 minutes to play. 
• Forgione would even the score just thirty seconds into the fourth as the Hawks were hungry for the win. Maritime would answer at the 11:25 mark, but less than a minute later sophomore Gavin Pelletier (Southington, Conn.) fired a rocket into the net to even the score again. The Privateers would once again jump in front with 5:21 to play, but again the Hawks responded as junior Aidan Ezra (New Milford, Conn.) scored to level things again. Reynolds would win the face-off to give Hartford a chance for the lead. A penalty was drawn and just as the penalty was going to expire, Pelletier finished a goal from Wright to give the Hawks their first lead. Reynolds once again won the face-off as Hartford ran out the clock to win the game. 

Post Game Press:
"The way we were able to fight back into the game comes from all of us believing in this team", said junior Michael Novotny (Cornwall, N.Y.). "We came out a little flat but we handled the adversity and battled back for the win. It was a huge team effort tonight."

Inside The Numbers:

• Novotny led the attack for the Hawks scoring a season-high five goals in the win. Forgione and Pelletier each added three points in the victory. Wright, Ezra and Reilly all registered a goal and an assist. 
• Reynolds was dominant in the circle going 18-24 from the face off dot with 12 grounders. 
• Sophomore Patrick Giroux (Cumberland, R.I.) and junior Jaxson Vogel (Danvers, Mass.) led the defense each causing a pair of turnovers in the win. 
• Sophomore CJ Ledwick (Falmouth, Mass.) improved to 2-3 on the season stopping seven shots. 
• Nick Uzakewicz led the Privateers in the loss with six assists. 
• The Hawks led for just 2:17 in the game earning the comeback win. 

Up Next:
The Hawks will open up Conference of New England (CNE) play on March 25th at Johnson & Wales University with a 7:00 PM start. 

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