On a rainy and cold afternoon, the Belmont Abbey men's lacrosse team's late rally fell shot as it dropped a 10-8 decision to the visiting Pfeiffer Falcons this afternoon at Alumni Field. Pfeiffer remains unbeaten at 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Conference Carolinas, while the Crusaders dip to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in Conference Carolinas.

After Pfeiffer took a 3-1 lead in the opening quarter, the Abbey responded by outscoring the Falcons 5-2 in the second quarter to knot the game at five at the half. Pfeiffer would respond by scoring three goals, to just one for the Crusaders, after the third period, and both teams scored twice in the fourth quarter.

Belmont Abbey outshot the Falcons 34-30 as Michael Brown led all players with five goals, while Jedd Gardner and Brian Watson both finished with two and one, respectively. Brown, Gardner, Miles Elliott, and Matt Spivey all had one assist.

Pfeiffer was led by Chad Olsen's four goals, while Shawn Cross and Dan Messler had two each. Jameson Schultz and Patrick Faulhauber both had one. Kevin Anderson and Cross led the Falcons with a pair of assists each.

Defensively, the Abbey won the ground ball battle 43-42 and caused 19 turnovers as Tristan Keas had four caused turnovers, while Gardner, Tom Ottman and Damon DeLuca each finished with three. Keas and Dave DiLuigi both had six ground balls, and DiLuigi won nine face offs in 11 tries.

Tony Kikola made 14 saves in the net and had three ground balls.