Loudonville, N.Y. (April 18, 2009)—Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference leader Siena rallied to down Mount St. Mary's, 9-6, in men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. Mount St. Mary's goalkeeper T.C. DiBartolo (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) tied a career high with 21 saves in the loss.

The Mount (3-8, 3-3 MAAC) had an outstanding first half, taking a 4-2 lead at the intermission. Freshman Cody Lehrer (Baltimore, Md./Dulaney) opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game with an assist going to freshman Eric Ososki (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin). Siena's Bryan Neufeld answered 37 seconds later, but the Mount's Christian Kellett (Audubon, Pa./Malvern Prep) scored with 21 seconds left in the first quarter to give the Mount a 2-1 advantage.

Siena's Kenny Mazzone tied the game early in the second quarter, but the Mount scored the next two goals for a 4-2 halftime lead. Freshman Anthony Golden (Timonium, Md./Loyola Blakefield) converted a Kellett pass with 7:48 left in the half to give the Mount the lead. Lehrer made it a two-goal advantage with nine seconds left in the half with the assist going to freshman Ryan Shewell (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield).

DiBartolo made 13 saves in the opening half as the Mount led by two despite being outshot by the Saints 22-to-12.

Siena's Charly Rogener's goal five minutes into the third quarter cut the Mount's lead to one, but Kellett answered with an extra-man goal for the Mount for a 5-3 lead with 8:53 left in the third.

The Saints (8-5, 6-0 MAAC), however, rattled off the next six goals of the game to earn the victory. Jordan Loftus and Shaun Dunn scored two minutes apart in the third to send the game tied at 5-5 into the final quarter.

Siena broke the game open with four more goals for a 9-5 lead. Brendan Murphy's extra-man goal 1:41 into the final quarter put the Saints up for good. Chris Zarins and Neufeld scored less than a minute apart and Dunn's goal with 7:32 left in the game gave Siena the four-goal margin.

The Mount's Jim O'Shea (Rockville Center, N.Y./Chaminade) closed out the scoring with 4:15 left in the contest.

Kellett tallied two goals and an assist in the loss while Lehrer finished with two goals. Defender Russell Moncure (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) picked up a team-high four ground balls. DiBartolo allowed nine goals with his 21 saves in the game.

Loftus had a three-point game (1g, 2a) to pace Siena while Neufeld and Dunn added two goals each. Brent Herbst made seven saves to earn the win in goal. Siena clinched a spot in the MAAC Tournament with the victory.

The Mount returns to action on Wednesday, April 22, with a 4:00 p.m. game at VMI.