Philadelphia, Pa. (April 16, 2008)--Saint Joseph's scored four times in the third quarter to edge Mount St. Mary's, 4-3, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's lacrosse matchup on Wednesday night. Mount freshman T.C. DiBartolo made 12 saves in the loss.

The Mount (1-9, 1-4 MAAC) scored twice in the first quarter to take the early lead. Geery Grant scored 5:33 into the first quarter to give the Mount a 1-0 lead. Senior Joe Derwent's goal with five seconds left in the quarter made it a 2-0 margin. The Mount was able to maintain that lead into the half.

The Hawks (3-9, 3-3 MAAC), however, came out flying in the third quarter to take control. Saint Joseph's outshot the Mount, 14-0, in the decisive quarter, scoring four times to grab a 4-2 lead. Andrew Mandela finally got Saint Joseph's on the scoreboard with 9:18 left in the third quarter. Scott Cullinan then scored on an Alex Lopes feed just 1:14 later to knot the score at 2-2. Lopes found Mandela who beat DiBartolo with a shot with 4:34 left in the quarter to give the Hawks their first lead of the game. Sean Evans rounded out the scoring in the quarter with a goal with 2:16 left.

The Mount's Dan Mohr connected for his team-leading 16th goal with 8:56 left in the game to cut the deficit to 4-3, but Saint Joseph's was able to hold off the Mount the rest of the way to earn the one-goal victory.

Saint Joseph's outshot the Mount, 32-23, in the game and held a slight 23-22 advantage in ground balls. DiBartolo made 12 saves in the loss while Hotaling turned away 13 shots in the victory.

The Mount returns to action on Saturday with a 1 pm game at Marist.