With four goals and an assist from captains Jack Hennessey and Mark Mahoney, plus a strong third quarter showing, the No. 15 St. Lawrence University men's lacrosse team edged Western New England 12-10 on Tuesday night at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla.

Hennessey also picked up three ground balls and caused two turnovers, while Mahoney recorded one of each. Josh Huiatt and Judge Murphy scored two goals apiece and added at least one assist. Conor Temple caused a team-best four turnovers, while Jack Gorman and Sam Smith caused two each. Padraic Condon picked up a team-best six ground balls and went 10-for-14 from the faceoff dot, while Brendan Brigham went 6-for-11 and grabbed five ground balls.

The Golden Bears' Mike Bannon was the first to score at 10:41 of the first, Huaitt tied it up for the Saints, but Western New England scored once more to end the first quarter. After three unanswered goals, the Golden Bears held a 4-1 lead with 6:02 to play in the second.

Mahoney scored off the pass from Zadoc White to make it 4-2, but the Bear's answered with an unassisted tally to extend their lead to 5-2. Huiatt scored his second of the game at the buzzer to bring the Saints within two at halftime.

The Scarlet and Brown came out swinging after halftime and outscored the Golden Bears 7-1 in the third quarter to take the lead and head into the final frame up 10-6.

Western New England battled back scoring four goals in the fourth, but with Mahoney's fourth of the game and a final goal from Judge Murphy, the Saints' sealed the win.

"I thought it was a gutsy effort tonight," said head coach Mike Mahoney. "We struggled a bit in the first half, but the two goals that bookended halftime gave us a nice jumpstart going into the third quarter. The players didn't panic and just kept battling against a really tough team."

Joseph Bussinelli, Dylan Hanley and Madden all scored two goals for the Golden Bears.

William Helm finished with 14 saves for the Saints, while Carter Randall made 17 for Western New England.

St. Lawrence held a 29-24 edge in shots on goal, and controlled the ground ball game 30-18. The Scarlet and Brown also controlled the faceoff dot, going 16-9, and successfully killed off two man-up opportunities against the Golden Bears.

The Saints improved to 4-1 on the season and handed the Golden Bears their first loss to also move to 4-1.

St. Lawrence will travel to Charlotte, N.C. to face SUNY Cortland at Hough High School on Saturday, March 19 at 2:30 p.m.