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The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team took a 12-10 loss against St. Mary’s College of Maryland Saturday, Feb. 22.

The game was played well up until the very last minute, when St. Mary’s took the win by making the final two goals of the game.

The last one was made with 2:04 left on the clock.

Sophomore Micah Ballew led the Blue Jays with a total of three goals. Seven other players made one point each to add to the total ten points.

Etown led with total number of shots, making 40 compared to St. Mary’s 38. Out of these shots, both teams made 21 shots on goal.

Although the Blue Jays took the loss at the end of the game, they played great overall. Sophomore Danny Gilbert took the opening face-off straight to the goal in only seven seconds.

The lead kept getting thrown between the two teams throughout the game, changing a total of six times as St. Mary’s and Etown battled it out.

Gilbert won 13-23 face-offs and picked up a total of nine ground balls. In the goal for Etown, senior Tom Mahoney made nine saves out of St. Mary’s 38 shots.

Saturday, Feb. 29 the Blue Jays will be back on Wolf Field against Stockton University starting at 3 p.m.