Lewisburg, Pa. (March 8, 2008)--#15 Bucknell bolted to an early lead en route to a 14-6 victory over Mount St. Mary's in men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. Geery Grant paced the Mount with a career-high three goals in the contest. Joe Mele and Tim Brandau paced Bucknell with five goals each in the game.

Mele scored the first of his five goals to put the Bison (3-1) on the scoreboard first. Tim Brandau then connected for back-to-back scores for a 3-0 lead with 6:17 left in the opening quarer. Mele, Doug Buckley and Brandau each added scores for a 6-0 Bison lead after one quarter of play.

Grant got the Mount on the board with his first score of the game 1:13 into the second quarter, but Bucknell answered with the next three scores for a 9-1 lead at the half. Bucknell outshot the Mount 27-10 in the first half and held a 21-6 advantage in ground balls in the opening 30 minutes.

Grant converted a Mark Stapor pass 2:05 into the second half to make the score 9-2, but Bucknell sealed the victory by scoring the next five goals of the game for a commanding 14-2 advantage. Brandau scored twice during the five-goal run. Brendan Flanagan broke the streak with his first goal at the Mount with 14 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Mount closed out the game by scoring all three goals in the fourth quarter. Grant completed his hat trick on another Stapor pass and freshman Dan Mohr chipped in a pair of goals to make the final score 14-6.

Bucknell finished the game with a 47-to-27 shot advantage and a 38-to-17 margin in ground balls.

Mount goalkeeper T.C. DiBartolo made 12 saves in 42:21 of action while Kyle Overs did not allow a goal and made four saves in 17:39 for the Mount. Bucknell starting goalkeeper Nick Sciubba made three saves and allowed two goals in 40:01 to earn the victory.

The Mount returns to action on Tuesday, March 11, when #3 Virginia visits Waldron Family Stadium on campus.