CHESTER, Pa. – The Widener University men's lacrosse team out-groundballed the number one team in the MAC Commonwealth, Stevenson University, on Friday night, but the Pride fell to the Mustangs by a final score of 18-9.

Highlights

• Kenneth Watts won 13 of his 25 faceoffs, scooped five grounballs, and scored his second goal of the year.
• Paz Gismondi beat the Mustang keeper twice.
• Gavin Kirkwood notched a goal and an assist.
• Bryan Facciani caused three turnovers, one coming on a spectacular play where he caused a turnover in the Widener defensive zone then ran the length of the field and fired one past the Stevenson goalie for his first goal of the year.
• Eight different Pride players contributed to the scoring.
• Carter Landry and Matt Horton combined for 17 saves.

How it happened

• Despite trailing 8-2 after the first quarter, the Pride was able to cut it to a reachable margin at the 4:19 mark in the second.
• Jason Higgins and Gavin Kirkwood teamed up on Widener's sixth goal and WU found themselves down by just five with plenty of time left to play.
• One right before the half and another after the intermission from Stevenson widened the gap to seven.
• Connor Ball and Paz Gismondi supplied the seventh and eighth points for the Pride in the third quarter.
• Defensive strategy on both sides in the final quarter limited scoring opportunities, resulting in three goals in the last 15 minutes.

Up next
Widener travels to Arcadia on Wednesday, April 17 for a battle with the Knights starting at 7:00 p.m.