COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.- A late rally by the Eastern University men's lacrosse squad fell just short as they dropped a 7-6 decision at Ursinus College (4-1). Chris Farrar scored three goals to lead the Eastern attack.

Ursinus struck early in the first period on an unassisted goal from Jeff Ocampo. The Bears added a second goal in the 12th minute of action and picked up a third with only a second remaining in the opening period. 

Ursinus took a 4-0 lead early in the second period before Farrar scored a man-up goal on a Zac Ivy pass  to give the Eastern attack some life. Ursinus held a 16-7 edge in shots in the first half. The host Bears dominated the ground ball game in the first period before things evened out in the second.

Mike Bloom scored for the hosts midway through the third period, but Ivy scored less than two minutes later to pull the Eagles to within three goals at 5-2. The third period ended much like the first as the Bears converted a long clearing attempt into a goal with less than ten seconds on the clock.

"To give up two goals like that really hurt," said Head Coach Brandon Childs, "We knew what we needed to do there and we didn't get it done. Those goals really cost us in a game like that." The Eagles did get a lift near the close of the third period as Dan Hoffstetter saw his first action of the year. The junior midfielder made things happen as soon as he stepped on the field and drew the praise of his coach for being ready to go.

"We broke up the midfield lines to get something to happen," Childs said, "and Hoffstetter was really good. He hit the pipe on a shot and was creating all kinds of chances." The Eagles would take advantage of one of those chances early in the fourth as Matt Soldano came off a Hoffstetter screen and scored his second of the year. Ursinus made it 7-3 with twelve minutes to play on a Tom Adelsberger goal.

Farrar scored his second of the day on an Andy Jameson pass, but were unable to take advantage of their second man-up chance of the afternoon and the Eagles went to the final two minutes down three. Ron Johnson scored his first of the year with 1:18 on the clock and Farrar scored from Will Johnson with 33 seconds to play, but the Bears won the final face-off of the afternoon and held on for the win.

The Eagles (1-2) return to the friendly confines of Olson Field for a 1:00 pm game next Saturday against Goucher College.

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