Box Score

Freshman Phil Potter had eight points and scored the deciding goal late as the Albright College men's lacrosse team won its first-ever varsity contest, 12-11 at Hood on Tuesday.

With the game tied in the final five minutes, the Lions struck twice in a span of 62 seconds. Bryan Smith's unassisted goal made it 11-10 Albright, and T.J. Holston assisted Potter with 3:38 remaining. The visitors hung on despite Ricky Orndorff's goal with 32 seconds to play.

Potter finished with four goals and four assists in his first collegiate contest, and also picked up seven ground balls. Darian Meador contributed with eight ground balls and a 15-for-24 performance on faceoffs.

Scoring twice each were Andrew Poitras (one assist as well), Smith and Ryan Turner. Holston had a pair of assists.

The Lions' power play performed well, scoring three man-up goals on five opportunities while also killing off both Hood opportunities. Smith scored on a man advantage to make it 1-1, Turner added a power play goal in the second quarter, and Potter added one as part of a furious third quarter rally.

Albright had trailed 7-2 and was later down 9-5 midway through the third quarter before the Lions ran off five straight goals to take a lead. Poitras, Connor Grant and Turner pulled the Lions within a goal, and Potter tied things up at 9-9 with his third goal of the afternoon. Jeremy Salmon's unassisted tally then gave Albright its first lead ever, 0:41 from the end of the third period.

Albright out-shot Hood 33-24, held a 60-49 advantage in ground balls and won 16 of 27 faceoffs.

Corey Roberts had a hat trick and added an assist for the hosts, while middie Randolph Clark had 12 ground balls.

Albright (1-0) now heads into its home opener, Saturday at 1:00 vs. Penn State-Abington. Hood is 1-3 on the season.