SELINSGROVE, PA - The Susquehanna University men's lacrosse team entertained their home crowd Saturday with an exciting game against Landmark-foe Moravian. The only thing missing, however, was a victory, which ultimately went to the Greyhounds in the final eight seconds as Dan Kelly broke a 10-10 tie with the game-winner to stun the River Hawks. 

Moravian seemed to have control at the outset, holding a 4-1 lead after one quarter. Susquehanna's lone retort in the opening fifteen was Pat McDermott hooking up Chris Ciccarello with his first of three goals on the afternoon, marking the second straight game of his with as many scores. The River Hawks found some rhythm in the second half as they shut out the Greyhounds in the period as they tied the game thanks to an unassisted goal from Brennan Lorence, followed by McDermott getting a goal of his own from Nick Remund and finally a score from Steven Musser. Things amplified in the third quarter as both teams exchanged blows with seven combined goals. The edge favored Moravian, who carried an 8-7 lead going into the fourth. Susquehanna's three goals came consecutively, rallying from a 7-4 deficit as Jack Gaillard scored from a Ciccarello feed, followed by Musser scoring from a pass off Lorence's stick and Lorence coming through with the game-tying goal as 41 seconds showed on the clock. The Greyhounds got the last word of the quarter as Aaron Judge scored with four seconds left in the period.

The late third-quarter score did little to fend off Susquehanna, as they rallied for two straight to start the fourth quarter off, beginning with Ciccarello getting a goal off a Gaillard assist. It marked Gaillard's 41st assist of the season, adding to his school record total for season assists and now two removed from his previous record-setting total of 39 set last year. The go-ahead score belonged to Remund, who was fed the ball from Kieran Thomas for a 9-8 lead with 12:03 to go for the team's first lead of the contest. The Greyhounds were just as opportunistic, netting two consecutive strikes to retake the lead off a score from Trevor Dzama with 9:35 to play and the next just over a minute later from Nick Sullivan to lead 10-9 with 8:13 to go. The lead was temporary as 30 seconds later Ciccarello was given an opportunity from Reese Ackerman to notch his third goal of the day to tie it up at 10-10 with 7:43 left. It became a defensive struggle from thereon out, as the goalie work of SU's Augie Granatelli and MU's Liam Kelly proved solid. Granatelli finished with ten saves, while Kelly fended off 15. 

Turnovers also plagued both teams throughout the day as ill-fated passes went out of bounds or towards an opposing player. Though many of these can be attributed to the gusty winds that settled in Selinsgrove in an otherwise warm sunny afternoon, Susquehanna was guilty of 18 turnovers, whereas Moravian committed 14, with eight of them caused by the River Hawks. The final seven minutes had a few turnovers no both ends that could have been costly, as well as several shots finding metal rather than nylon. Susquehanna held the ball with just under 90 seconds left and called a timeout. Coming out of the break a shot by Ciccarello hit the post. Though the River Hawks recovered the ball, Ciccarello was forced into a turnover and a chance for the Greyhounds to have the final offering of regulation. After a Moravian timeout with 38 seconds left, they drained the clock for one final play, which was executed by Dan Kelly, sending one straight past Granatelli to send a euophorice Greyhounds sideline into a frenzy with eight seconds left. Moravian won the ensuing faceoff to seal the win on a day where the Greyhounds edged the River Hawks 13-12 in faceoffs. Alexander Messina won ten of SU's 12 faceoffs, while the other two belonged to Brandon Cash.

The defeat puts Susquehanna at 1-2 in the early part of its Landmark season and 8-3 overall. The River Hawks look to bounce back with a worthy adversary in Catholic at home Wednesday, April 2 at 5 p.m. before embarking for two games on the road at Lycoming Saturday, April 5 and at Juniata Wednesday, April 9.