BALTIMORE, Md. -- Mount St. Mary's defeated Providence College, 8-7, on Wednesday, March 3 in men's lacrosse action at Baltimore, Md. The Friars scored five unanswered goals in the final 25 minutes of the game, but could not overcome a six-goal deficit as PC dropped its Metro Atlantic Atletic Conference opener.

Mount St. Mary's led 5-2 after 30 minutes of play. Ken Leahy provided all the offense for the Friars in the first half, scoring both of PC's goals.

Trevor Harvey scored his third goal of the game and Mount St. Mary's eighth tally with 9:42 remaining in the third quarter to increase Mount's lead to 8-2. After Harvey's third goal, the Friars offense went to work as PC tallied five goals, including two more by Leahy, to cut Mount's lead to 8-7. However, PC could not get the game-tying goal and lost its second game of the season.

With the win Mount St. Mary's raised its record to 1-0 and 1-0 in MAAC action while Providence fell to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in league play.

The Friars will return to action on March 9 against cross-town rival Brown at Brown University at 3:00 p.m.

at BALTIMORE, Md.

Providence (0-2) 2 0 3 2 - 7

Mount St. Mary's (1-0) 3 2 3 0 - 8

Providence goals: Ken Leahy 4, Jim Dooley, Craig Schwalb, Matt Pymm

Providence assists: Craig Schwalb, Ken Leahy, Matt Pymm, Jeff Merklinger

Mount St. Mary's goals: Trevor Harvey 3, Steve English 2, Doug Thompson, Brian Cox, Nick DeFelice

Mount St. Mary's assists: Nick DeFelice, Trevor Harvey, Steve Ricker, Doug Thompson, Phil Rossetti

Saves: Providence; Rob Chambers (8) 35:18, Brian McCarthy (13) 24:42: Mount St. Mary's; Sean Elder 13.