GREENSBORO, North Carolina - The Virginia Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team narrowly fell to the Quakers of Guilford College 18-14 on Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, NC. 

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Guilford 18 - Virginia Wesleyan 14
Records: Virginia Wesleyan 5-9, 2-6 | Guilford 5-7, 3-4
Location: Greensboro, NC

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The Quakers opened the game with five straight goals before the Marlins got on the scoreboard courtesy of a goal by Tommy Faiella off the pass from Chris Lindemeyer to put the score at 5-1. Each team recorded one more goal in the opening 15 minutes putting the score at 6-2 heading into the second quarter. The second VWU goal came from Sam Edwards. 

Guilford added a pair of goals to start the second quarter driving the score up to 8-2 before the Daniel Auxier scored off a pass from Mark Sprague. GC scored one before Sprague found the back of the net. Guilford added three more goals to close out the half with the score sitting at 12-4.

The Marlins outscored the Quakers in the third quarter 4-2, pulling within six goals, 14-8. Braden Knight scored the first goal, with Nathan Sheirburn added the second. Faiella connected with the goal off a pass from Sprague, while Jackson Dinger scored from a Lindemeyer pass. 

Virginia Wesleyan added six more goals in the fourth quarter pulling within four goals of Guilford but could not quite catch the Quakers who won 18-14. Sprague scored four of the six goals while the final two came from Edwards. 

UP NEXT
The men's lacrosse team is back in action on Wednesday, April 20, when they return to Birdsong Field in Virginia Beach, VA, to host the Yellow Jackets of Randolph-Macon College in a midweek ODAC matchup. Face off is set for 7 PM.