BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- The Bridgewater College men's lacrosse team faltered against Allegheny, 13-8, despite a valiant comeback attempt in the third quarter on a rainy Saturday evening. 

THE BASICS
Final Score: Allegheny 13, Bridgewater 8
Record: Bridgewater 3-4; Allegheny 2-3

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game started with Pete Schellbach getting the first goal of the game just a minute and 23 seconds into the contest. Following the goal, both teams were pulled from the field as the game went into a lightning delay that lasted just over an hour as an approaching storm passed by. After a few minutes to warm back up, the game resumed. After the game re-started, Schellbach scored his second of the game to put the visitors in front 2-0 at the 6:22 mark before Graham Nash scored from distance to put the Gators up 3-0 after the first quarter of play.
• Grant Nyland got the first score of the game for the Eagles as he cut into the deficit at the 10:12 mark of the second quarter. Not to be outdone, Jack Cushwa netted a goal to give AC a 4-1 edge with just over nine minutes left in the half. Riley Stewart kept the Eagles in it with a goal but Schellbach completed his hat trick three minutes later to set the score at 5-2 with 4:23 left in the half. A goal from Jack Hales at the 2:09 mark and a man-down score from JP Rakis gave Allegheny a 7-2 advantage after the game's first 30 minutes.
• The third quarter was nearly all Bridgewater as the Eagles mounted a comeback spawned by a 5-1 scoring run. Tyler Pinto scored first as he score with 13:21 on the clock followed by a Trevor McClelland goal off a pass from Drew Huber to cut into the lead, 7-4. The Gators got one back as Rakis scored his second to get back to a four-goal edge, but McClelland scored again to make it 8-5. Nyland and McClelland connected before McClelland scored on his own to end the quarter as the Eagles trailed by just one, 8-7.
• The fourth quarter was the reverse as the Gators outscored the home side 5-1 as Aidan D'Amato scored three and Rakis added two more to help Allegheny get in front, 13-7. Battling until the end, McClelland scored the last goal of the contest with 0.6 seconds left on the scoreboard as the Eagles fell 13-8.

GAME STATS

• McClelland scored four goals with an assist to lead the Eagles with five points. He also scooped up three ground balls. 
• Nyland pitched in two goals, while Stewart and Pinto each had one. Huber also had an assist in the loss.
• Gabriel Alexander was the highlight of the day for the Eagles as he went 20-for-25 at the faceoff X and picked up 19 ground balls. He passed Mason Gauntt '21 as the program's career leader in faceoff wins. This comes a few days after Alexander set the single-game records for faceoffs wins and ground balls.
• Clay Lawrence grabbed four ground balls, while McClelland had three and Stewart, Colby Smith, Luke Wendler, Brennan McKeown and Gabe Wallman all had two each.
• Landon Blackshear led the way with four caused turnovers with Liam Santilli and Ryan Addison each pitching in a pair of CTs. Jacob Mead, Jackson Wicker, Aidan Bruehl and Ryan Linn all had one each.
• Wallman finished with nine saves, while Allegheny goalie Garin Stearns had a stellar performance on the other side of the field with 16 saves and a win.
• Allegheny had a slight edge in shots, 40-35, but Bridgewater had a 45-37 advantage in ground balls. 

UP NEXT
Bridgewater returns to action on Wednesday, March 13, as SUNY Oneonta comes to town for a 4 pm start.