WINCHESTER, Va. – The Albright Lions men's lacrosse team suffered a 12-5 loss on the road to Shenandoah on Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.
 
With the loss, the Lions drop to 0-3 overall on the season. Meanwhile, the Hornets of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) improve to 2-1 on the year thus far.
 
Each offense started slow to begin the game as the team traded chances early throughout the first quarter. Shenandoah then broke the scoreless tie at the 3:51-mark after being set up by a Lions turnover off a clear attempt. The Hornets would extend their lead to 3-0 at the end the first quarter after scoring goals on back-to-back possessions that were 51 seconds apart. Sophomore Ethan Gain got the Lions on the scoreboard to start the second quarter on a man-up opportunity at the 13:44-mark to make it 3-1. Albright then cashed in on another man-up opportunity at the 10:26-mark as freshman Matt Schneider scored his first collegiate goal to make it a 3-2 game. However, the Hornets responded with three consecutive goals to end the first half with a 6-2 lead. Shenandoah tallied the first goal of the run at the 7:11-mark before following with the second goal 40 seconds later following a faceoff win.
 
Shenandoah then scored on an extra-man opportunity 59 seconds into the third quarter to make it 7-2. The Hornets continued the run with four more goals throughout the third quarter to take a commanding 11-2 lead with 1:48 left in the third quarter. Freshman Cole Genneken would end the run with a goal with just 53 seconds left in the third quarter after grabbing the initial ground ball off a faceoff. Genneken struck again just 44 seconds into the fourth quarter to make it 11-4 following taking the ground ball off a faceoff. Freshman Alex McKendry then finished the Lions scoring at the 10:25-mark of the fourth quarter.
 
The Hornets held a 46-26 advantage in shots for the game and a 36-29 advantage in ground balls. Shenandoah also won 14-of-19 face offs on the day and had 22 turnovers to Albright's 23. Genneken led the Lions with two goals, while Schneider posted two points on a goal and an assist. Senior goalkeeper Conor Scafidi made 12 saves in the full 60 minutes in suffering the loss, while Hornets goalkeeper Jason Simpson made eight saves in the full 60 minutes to earn the win.
 
The Lions will return to action on Wednesday, March 6^th when they will travel to face Immaculata at 4 p.m. in non-conference action.