BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- The Bridgewater College men's lacrosse team fell to Mary Washington, 14-10, on home field on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Mary Washington 14, Bridgewater 10
Records: Bridgewater 1-1; Mary Washington 2-2

HOW IT HAPPENED

• UMW wasted no time finding the back of the cage as Logan Cardwell scored less than 50 seconds into the contest before Dave Votapek doubled the lead to 2-0 at the 13:41 mark of the opening quarter. Gabriel Alexander won the ensuing faceoff and marched down field to score the Eagles' first of the game to make it a 2-1 game just seconds later. Cardwell notched his second of the game as a fast-paced opening minutes saw the visitors go up 3-1 with 12:26 left in the first period. Hayden Gourley kept the Eagles in it as he scored at the 8:52 mark of the quarter, but Mary Washington struck back with a pair of goals from Ethan Castleman and Cardwell to maintain a 5-2 edge. Bridgewater got one back as Aidan Bruehl scored as UMW led 5-3 after the first quarter.
• After an offside call on the visitors gave the Eagles an extra-man opportunity, Drew Huber made it a one goal game with a man-up score as the penalty was expiring with 9:10 left in the half. The Eagles continued a comeback to tie the game at 5-5 as Grant Nyland netted a ball with 2:46 on the clock, but two quick goals from Mary Washington gave it a 7-5 lead at halftime.
• Henry Moag scored his second straight goal off the opening faceoff in the third quarter to push the lead to 8-5, but a response from Bridgewater saw Trevor McClelland and Bruehl register three straight goals to tie the game back up at 8-8 and force Mary Washington to use an early timeout. Off the restart, UMW took the lead again as Jackson Popeck found the back of the cage with 7:32 left in the third to start a five-goal stretch for the visitors with Mary Washington leading 12-8 after 45 minutes.
• The final goal of the five-goal run by UMW came two minutes in to the final quarter but Colby Smith scored during an extra-man opportunity off a great pass from Gourley to keep the Eagles close at 13-9. Riley Stewart recorded a goal with 8:14 left in regulation to make it a three-goal deficit. The comeback fell short as Mary Washington scored once more with 1:00 showing on the scoreboard to take the win, 14-10.

GAME STATS

• Bruehl and McClelland led the scoring efforts for Bridgewater with two apiece, while Huber, Gourley, Alexander, Smith, Nyland and Stewart all scored once.
• Huber paced the team in assists with two for a three-point day, while Gourley and Tyler Pinto added helpers in the loss. Huber also snagged five ground balls. 
• Alexander went 15-for-23 in faceoffs and picked up 14 ground balls to go along with his goal.
• Ryan Addison, Colin Chizmar, Jacob Mead and Gabe Wallman all had one caused turnover. 
• Wallamn finished with 14 saves on 28 shots faced, while Wyatt Martin made five saves on the 15 shots he faced in all 60 minutes for UMW.
• Mary Washington outshot Bridgewater 54-27 and picked up 46 ground balls compared to 39 for the Eagles.
• Bridgewater finished 3-of-4 in extra-man opportunites and limited the visitors to 0-for-4 with a man up.
• UMW was perfect in clears at 18-for-18 compared to BC's 23 clears in 29 attempts.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater sees an early open to the ODAC slate as it hosts No. 13 Washington and Lee on Wednesday, February 28, at 4 pm at the Jopson Athletic Complex.