DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – The Albright Lions men's lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 12-11 loss in overtime to Delaware Valley on Saturday afternoon in MAC Crossover action.
 
With the loss, the Lions drop to 1-5 overall on the season. Meanwhile, the Aggies improve to 4-3 overall on the 2021 season.
 
The Lions held the Aggies off the board on their initial possession of the game, and scored on their first shot of the game from sophomore Harrison Bodwell at the 13:24-mark. Senior John Gilbert added to the Lions lead at the 11:47-mark of the first quarter after Bodwell found him in front of the net to make it 2-0. Bodwell continued his strong start by netting his second goal of the game at the 11:16-mark to put the Lions up 3-0. The Aggies broke the run by scoring their first goal of the game at the 9:40-mark following a long possession. Delaware Valley cut the lead to 3-2 at the 5:21-mark of the first quarter before junior Alex McKendry responded just over three minutes later at the 2:13-mark to put the Lions up 4-2. Junior Jacob Cunningham extended the Lion advantage to 5-2 on the first possession of the second quarter with his first goal of the game. The Aggies made it a 5-3 game at the 9:43-mark of the second quarter, and followed with a goal following a Lions turnover at the 7:28-mark to bring the deficit down to 5-4. Junior Cole Genneken helped maintain the Albright lead with a goal at the 2:21-mark, but the Aggies responded again with 52 seconds left in the second quarter to make it a 6-5 game at halftime.
 
Delaware Valley tied the game for the first time to open the third quarter at the 12:58-mark before Bodwell responded just 48 seconds later with his third goal of the game to put the Lions up 7-6. McKendry extended Albright's lead to 8-6 at the 9:31-mark following an Aggies turnover, but the lead quickly evaporated as Delaware Valley tied the game at eight with back-to-back goals. Albright was able to keep the game tied headed into the fourth quarter as they withstood a nine-shot barrage from the Aggies in the final two minutes. Bodwell put the Lions back on top at 9-8 at the 11:57-mark of the fourth quarter on a man-up opportunity. Albright seemed to gain full control of the game as Genneken and senior Alex Miller scored goals within 21 seconds of each other to put the Lions up 11-8 with 5:12 left in regulation. However, the Aggies shocked the Lions with three-straight goals in the span of 32 seconds to tie the game at 11. Albright had one last chance at winning the game in the final seconds of regulation, but a penalty with four seconds left pushed the game into overtime. In overtime, the Lions killed off the penalty and gained possession with just over two minutes remaining. Albright had three shots at the Aggies goalkeeper before Delaware Valley gained the ball back after a save. The Aggies scored on its first shot of the new possession to win the game at the 52-second mark. It was the first and only time the Aggies held the lead during the entire contest.
 
The Aggies held a 48-32 shot advantage for the game and a 20-18 edge in shots on goal. Delaware Valley had a 30-27 advantage in ground balls and a slight 13-12 edge in faceoffs. Lions sophomore goalkeeper Liam Ferry suffered the loss after making eight saves in the entire 63:08, while Aggies goalkeeper Jim Murphy made seven saves in the full time to earn the win. Bodwell paced the Lions offense with a career-high four goals and five points. Genneken registered five points behind two goals and three assists, while McKendry added three points off two goals and one assist. Junior Ryan Janowski led the Lions with four caused turnovers.
 
The Lions will return to action on Wednesday, April 7^th as they will travel to face Alvernia at 4 p.m.