Emmitsburg, Md. (February 24, 2015)--Mount St. Mary's saw its fourth-quarter rally come up just short in an 11-10 loss to visiting Delaware at Waldron Family Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.  Sophomore Spencer Smith (Scottsdale, Ariz.) paced the Mount with a career-high four goals in the game.

The Mount (1-1) started the game off strong, taking a 4-1 first-quarter lead.  Bubba Johnson (Wyoming, Del.) scored a pair of goals in the first 3:05 to give the Mount a 2-0 advantage.  Smith added his first goal of the game to make it a three-goal lead before Delaware's Tom Holland got the Blue Hens (2-2) on the scoreboard.

Robert Jones (Riva, Md.) converted a pass from Johnson to push the Mount lead to 4-1 with 1:37 left in the opening quarter, but Delaware's Jackson Finigan scored 16 seconds later to make it 4-2 after one quarter of play.

The Blue Hens scored all three goals in the second quarter to take a 5-4 lead at the half.  Holland started the scoring with his second goal of the game before a pair of extra-man goals gave Delaware a 5-4 lead.

Delaware's Paul Major opened the second half scoring before the Mount countered when Ryan Lamon (Severna Park, Md.) converted a Mike Moynihan (West Islip, N.Y.) pass to make the score 6-5.

The Blue Hens then rattled off the next four goals to take its biggest lead of the game, 10-5, with 6:41 left in the third quarter.  Trupert Ortlieb had a pair of goals in the run while Matt Matsko and Brian Kormondy added goals.

Mount St. Mary's got back into the game with Smith scoring the final two goals of the third quarter to cut the deficit to 10-7.  Smith made a nifty move from behind the cage for the first goal, and he then scored off a Moynihan pass for his third goal of the contest.

Delaware's Zach Runberg scored an extra-man goal 17 seconds into the fourth quarter before the Mount rallied.  Evan Gormley (Mentor, Ohio) ripped a shot past Delaware goalkeeper Brett Anton to cut the deficit to 11-8 with 12:32 left in the game.

Smith's fourth goal of the contest made it a two-goal game, and Lamon cut it to 11-10 with his second goal of the game with 5:17 left.

After a Delaware turnover, the Mount had a pair of chances to even the score, but Moynihan shot high, and Anton saved a shot from Jones with 3:09 remaining.

The Blue Hens worked the clock, but turned the ball over with 1:28 remaining on a shot clock violation, giving the Mount a chance to tie.

Gormley shot high with 50 seconds left with the Mount retaining possession.  The Blue Hens were then called for a penalty with eight seconds on the clock, but the Mount was unable to get a game-tying shot off in the closing seconds.

Smith led the Mount offense with four goals while Johnson added a career-high four points on two goals and two assists.  Lamon (2g) and Moynihan (2a) added multiple-point efforts in the game.

Holland led Delaware with three goals while Kormondy and Runberg each had a goal and two assists in the win.

The Mountaineers held a 40-21 advantage in shots in the game while Delaware had a narrow 28-25 edge in ground balls.  The Mount committed just eight turnovers in the contest.

Frankie McCarthy (Ridley, Pa.) made four saves in goal for the Mount in his first start of the season.  Anton had 10 saves for Delaware in the win. 

Mike Celmer (Toms River, N.J.) won 6-of-15 face-offs for the Mountaineers with Nick Haley  (Ferndale, Md.) winning 3-of-9 in the game.  Matt Olbrich took all 24 face-offs for Delaware, winning 15.

The Mount is back in action on Friday, February 27, when No. 15 Towson visits Waldron Family Stadium for a 2:00 p.m. matchup.