Box Score

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Holy Cross men's lacrosse team narrowly fell at Bucknell, 10-7. Sean Mullaney posted his second-consecutive hat trick and added two assists to lead the team. Jonathan Tesoro recorded 13 saves, but it was not enough to hold of the Bison.

Holy Cross (2-4, 0-2 PL) opened the scoring at 13:16, when Drew Babiak recorded his seventh of the season. The Bison (2-4, 1-1 PL) evened things up at 8:26, but the Crusaders responded just over one minute later from Mullaney, 2-1. Bucknell ended the first quarter with a goal at 3:06 to tie up the game.

Bucknell continued with a hot offense as they scored twice more in the opening of the second quarter. Connor Waldron stopped the Bison run, making the game 4-3, at 7:58. But Bucknell extended their lead once more to finish the half, 5-3.

On a man-up opportunity, Bucknell fired off their sixth of the game to take the largest lead of the game, 6-3, at 11:19 in the third. Waldron struck again, assisted by Kevin Kodzis, to halt the Bison.

The Crusaders continued to pressure in the fourth quarter as they rattled off two more goals to even the game, 6-6, at 11:54 of the final quarter. Kodzis scored his 13^th of the season and Mullaney added his second of the day. Bucknell's Reed Malas put the Bison back on top at 9:15 and Holy Cross responded once more, again from Mullaney.

With the Crusaders pressuring on attack, the Bison recorded the final three goals of the game at 6:46, 3:45, and 0:19.

NOTES & NUMBERS:

• Bucknell outshot Holy Cross, 35-29.
• The Crusaders went 17-for-28 on the clear.
• Dan O'Connell won 10-of21 faceoffs.

CRUSADER LEADERS:

• Sean Mullaney led with five points from three goals and two assists.
• Connor Waldron and Kevin Kodzis each had three points.
• Matt Farrell had three caused turnovers and five ground balls while Chris Conlin had three caused turnovers and four ground balls to pace the Crusader defense.

UP NEXT:

Holy Cross will host Army West Point at 12:05 p.m. at Kuzniewski Field on March 16.

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