OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Widener University men's lacrosse team squared off against the Stevenson University Mustangs in the MAC Commonwealth Championships semifinal round on Wednesday night. The Pride fell to the reigning conference champs 12-8.
 
Highlights

• Connor Heisman and Paz Gismondi supplied six of the Pride's eight goals, both recording three.
• John Dunbar notched a goal and an assist.
• The Pride won 12 of 23 faceoffs.
• Widener was perfect on clears, going 15-15.
• Matt Horton made 11 saves.

 
How it happened

• Trailing 1-0 nearly early, Anthony DiCicco caused a Stevenson turnover, pushing the Pride into attack mode. John Dunbar received a pass from Paz Gismondi and fired a shot from the right side past the Mustang keeper, evening the score with 10:30 remaining in the first quarter.
• Three straight from Stevenson made it 4-1 entering the second quarter.
• The Mustangs got the first two points of the second quarter, building a five goal margin. Paz Gismondi cut the edge to four with just over six minutes remaining in the half.
• Connor Heisman provided the Pride's third goal on a man-up advantage. Brady Franks followed up quickly, making it 6-4 two minutes before the intermission.
• The Stangs netted one more prior to the break.
• After a 4-0 Stevenson run spanning 13 minutes and 44 seconds, Heisman found the back of the cage again with a beautiful behind-the-back shot for the Pride's first score of the third quarter. The Mustangs took an 11-5 lead into the final quarter.
• Heisman completed the hat-trick, recording his 47th goal of the year to open the fourth quarter. It marked his 10th game this season with three or more goals.
• Paz Gismondi tallied his second goal and third point of the night at the eight minute mark, narrowing the gap to four. He got his hat-trick six minutes later after a Stevenson score.
• The Pride kept the pressure following the Gismondi goal but could not overcome the four-goal deficit.