GLENSIDE, Pa. – Connor Heisman recorded a career-high five goals against Arcadia University, but the Widener University men's lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 9-8
overtime defeat to the Knights on Wednesday evening.

Highlights

• Heisman's goals came on 10 shots, nine of which were on the cage. The freshman also scooped four groundballs.
• Connor Ball tallied a goal, an assist, and two groundballs.
• Gio Gismondi and Jason Higgins caused two turnovers each.
• Matt Horton racked up a .609 save percentage, saving 14 of the 23 Arcadia shots on goal.

How it happened

• Nick DiIorio got it started for Widener, finding the back of the cage nearly two minutes into regulation.
• Hesiman followed with three straight and the Pride found itself quickly ahead 4-0.
• Arcadia cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter.
• John Dunbar provided Widener's fifth goal less than a minute into the second quarter.
• The Knights responded with two unanswered.
• Ball widened the gap to three before the intermission.
• A 3-0 third period for Arcadia evened the score at six heading into the fourth.
• AU took its first lead of the contest 44 seconds into the final quarter.
• Heisman regained the edge for Widener, scoring two straight goals, with the first one coming off an assist from Brady Franks.
• The Knights knotted it at eight just before the five-minute mark.
• Critical saves by both keepers in the last minutes forced overtime.
• Neither team budged during the first three minutes of the four-minute overtime period.
• Arcadia capitalized on a man-up advantage, burying the game-winner with under a minute to play.

Up next
Widener hosts Lebanon Valley on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m.