The Virginia Wesleyan University Men's Lacrosse team (1-1) lost to non-conference opponent Methodist 10-9.
Carlton Benton Jr. led the offense with two goals, one assist, and one ground ball,
Ben Andrews tallied two goals on seven shots and had one ground ball.
George Psaltis recorded two goals on six shots.
Zack Tucker registered the loss, as he played 55:57 minutes, made 15 saves, and allowed 10 goals.
The Monarchs opened the scoring with a man-up goal at the 12:21 mark,
George Psaltis answered for the Marlins with an unassisted goal on the man advantage to tie the game at 1-1. Methodist scored to lead 2-1, but VWU's
Ben Andrews responded with an assisted goal from
Carlton Benton Jr. to tie the game at 2-2 at the end of the first quarter.
Virginia Wesleyan fought hard in the second quarter, and
Parker Lucas scored to put the Marlins up 3-2 with 8:06 in the quarter. VWU went on to score a man-down goal from
Carlton Benton Jr. with an assist from
Roman Foster to put the Marlins up 4-2 at the 5:03 mark. The Monarchs answered with a goal at the 3:01 mark to give the Marlins a 4-3 lead at the break.
After halftime, Methodist scored two straight goals to take a 5-4 lead. However,
Ben Andrews scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at 5-5 with 8:13 in the quarter. The Monarchs scored three unanswered goals to take an 8-5 lead with 2:24 left in the third.
Maddox Coelho scored for Virginia Wesleyan with 33 seconds left in the third quarter to bring the score to 8-6.
In the final frame, Methodist scored a man-up goal to extend their lead to 9-6, but Cooper Seider scored during a man advantage with an assist from
Liam Murphy to bring the score to 9-7. Psaltis scored an unassisted goal to cut the lead to 9-8. The Monarchs scored at the 5:00 mark to lead 10-9. Virginia Wesleyan did not give up though and
Carlton Benton Jr. scored with an assist from Sebastien Reynolds to bring the score to 10-9 with 4:39 left. The Marlins were unable to find the back of the net the rest of the game and Methodist won 10-9.
