BRIDGEPORT, CT- The D'Youville University men's lacrosse team went up against the Knights of Bridgeport University coming out victorious in the road contest from Knights Field, 18-14.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

•  The Saints were led by stand-out Tristan Engelhardt who took over this game by recording seven goals and six assists, Brady Ruffalo followed suit with six goals and an assist, Steve Lucas contributed three goals and three assists, Stefano Evan had one goal, and Suman Ramlall compiled one goal and an assist.

FIRST QUARTER

• DYU got settled in the game early with Lucas finding the back of the net in under 30 seconds, 1-0.
• Ramlall got his shot off at 11:40 that positioned the Saints back into the lead after previously having things all tied up, 2-1.
• 3:17 belong to the Knights as they scored two back-to-back goals until at 5:16 Engelhardt put a stop to it by scoring off the man-up opportunity to even things up, 3-3.

SECOND QUARTER

• From the start it was a back-and-forth battle between the teams that resulted in numerous occasions where the score was tied.  
• At 3:28 Engelhardt got the Saints in front with a goal that commenced a three-goal run being produced that lasted for the remainder of the quarter, 9-6.

THIRD QUARTER

• In the early going both teams scored a goal respectively in the first two minutes off man-up opportunities, 10-7.
• The Knights got to within two goals after their shot with 11:46 on the clock, 10-8.
• The Saints wanted to keep their lead comfortable and by doing that they buried three consecutive goals which gave DYU their largest lead of the contest of five goals, 13-8.
• BU retaliated by concluding the quarter with the last two goals, 13-10.

FOURTH QUARTER

• With 13:12 remaining DYU controlled 5:04 of the quarter tacking on back-to-back goals making their lead more assuring, 15-11.
• Shortly after the Knights found a way to create some momentum by scoring two goals that brought them back within two, 15-13.
• The Saints understood there was still work to be done as they recorded another three goals that awarded them a five-goal lead, 18-13.
• To cap things off the Knights scored the final goal of the game but wasn't enough as for the Saints earned themselves another win on the season, 18-14.

UP NEXT

The Saints are going to be on the road to Rockville Centre, NY as they compete against the Lions of Molloy University in conference play on Saturday, Mar. 16 at 12:00 p.m.