EASTON, Pa. – The effort deserved better for the Lafayette men's lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon at Binghamton as the Leopards fought to send the game to extra time, but eventually fell in the third overtime period by a final of 11-10.
 
Trailing throughout the contest, the Maroon and White never quit, erasing a four-goal and three three-goal deficits to tie it at the end of regulation. With 31 seconds to play and the Leopards down one, freshman Evan Lotz found sophomore Cole Dutton, who beat the Binghamton keeper for the fourth tie of the second half and bonus lacrosse.
 
The first two overtime periods featured three shots from the home side and two from Lafayette, but none good enough to win it. In the third, though, it was Ryan McBeth who beat Leopard goalie Ryan Ness on a feed from Kevin Winkoff to end it with a final of 11-10.
 
Ness and the Leopards fall to 0-4 in defeat as the sophomore did all he could with 12 saves on the day. Binghamton's Teddy Dolan was outstanding between the pipes as his nine saves earned him his first win of the 2020 season.
 
Dutton was tough to stop on the offensive end with two goals and two assists for four points to lead the Leopard attack. Sophomore Andrew Robbins and freshmen Macklin Fitzpatrick and Ryan Duncan each added two scores each, while junior Bryan Hess and freshman Brian Collins also added a tally.
 
Freshman Tommy McGee was excellent on the defensive side with three caused turnovers and senior Chris Adamo added four ground balls to his caused turnover from the wing. Binghamton led in shots, 42-29, including 5-3 in the three extra frames, but Lafayette won the groundball battle, 39-30.
 
The home side took 13-of-24 faceoffs on the day as Leopard freshman James Turco collected 10-of-23 at the X. Turnovers proved costly as the Maroon and White coughed it up 23 times, while forcing just 17.
 
Lafayette heads into Patriot League play in its next contest, returning to Fisher Stadium to host No. 11/12 Loyola for Military Appreciation Day on Saturday at 12 p.m.