WILKES BARRE, Pa. – The Neumann University men's lacrosse team hit the road for its third consecutive game away from home, dropping a non-conference game at Wilkes University by a score of 16-12 on a cold Monday afternoon.

The Knights received balanced scoring on the afternoon, with six different players tallying goals in the loss. Chase Fraser was fantastic in the game for Neumann, recording six goals and a whopping 15 ground-balls, while also winning 13 of 14 face-offs. Adam Fagan also registered a pair of goals while Sergio Plesati, Ryan Lee, Tylar Schlimme and Xavier Glanzel each had one apiece. Brendan Risley made his fifth straight start in goal, making 12 saves.

Neumann came out strong to start the contest, recording three of the game's first four goals to jump out to a 3-1 lead midway through the first quarter. Glanzel opened the scoring two and a half minutes into the game, followed by a pair of Fagan goals separated by just a minute and five seconds. The lead would not last long though, as Wilkes retaliated with three unanswered goals in the latter half of the frame to take a 4-3 lead. The back and forth game would continue as time ticked down in the quarter. The Knights would knot the game up with just 11 seconds left to go in the period, as Schlimme found the back of the net to send the game to the second quarter tied at 4-4.

The second stanza would be a bit more of a stalemate, with both teams struggling to find offense. Wilkes would notch the quarter's only goal midway through the period to take a 5-4 lead into the half.

Neumann wasted no time knotting the game back up in the third quarter, as Plesati scored to tie the game up at 5-5 just thirty seconds into the period. From there, Wilkes began to pull away. The Colonels would register eight goals in the quarter to head to the final frame with a 13-9 lead. Fraser did his best to keep the Knights in the game, scoring two of his team high five goals in the period, but the Knights would head to the final 15 minutes of play trailing by four.

Wilkes would continue to pull away in the final quarter, scoring the first three goals of the period to further widen their lead. Neumann made the game interesting late with three more goals from Fraser, but it was not enough as Wilkes walked away with the 16-12 win

Neumann (1-4) returns home this Saturday, March 18^th for a non-conference matchup with Moravian College. Game-time is scheduled for 2:00 PM.