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LOWELL, Mass. - The UMass Lowell Men's Lacrosse team earned its first win of the season with a 12-9 victory against Jacksonville University on Saturday afternoon at Cushing Field Complex.

The River Hawks are now 1-4 overall on the season, while Jacksonville falls to 2-3 overall. The victory marked the program's first home win in the River Hawks' Division I era.

Jacksonville got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Shawn Ewert with 10:24 left in the first quarter. Junior midfielder Sam Klingsporn (Aloha, Ore.) got the River Hawks on the board less than a minute later to tie the game at 1-1 for his team-leading 10^th goal of the season. Freshman Blaine McMahon (New Milford, Conn.) gave UMass Lowell a 2-1 lead with seven minutes left in the first quarter with his third goal of the season. The score was knotted at 3-3 at the end of the opening quarter after goals by JU's Fernando Milanes (4:41) and UML's Keenan Koswin (4:03).

Freshman attackman Austin Lane (Aurora, Ont.) gave the River Hawks a 4-3 lead just 30 seconds into the second quarter with his second tally of the season and then added another goal just three minutes later to give the River Hawks a 5-3 advantage. Sophomore Sean Tyrrell (Calgary, Alta.) added his second goal of the year at 6:23, while Koswin added his second of the day just a minute later. Cody Ford capped the scoring in the second quarter with a goal at 3:06 for Jacksonville. UMass Lowell held a 7-4 lead at the half with a 18-16 lead in shots against the Dolphins.

UMass Lowell's Matthew Balter opened the scoring in the third quarter at 11:35 for his third of the season, while Jacksonville responded with a tally by Mitchell Parker (11:35) to make it 8-5. Eric Robbins extended the River Hawks lead to 9-5 with 8:51 left in the third for his first career goal.

Parker scored his third goal of the game for the Dolphins to cut UMass Lowell's lead to 9-6 (8:44). The River Hawks struck back quickly with Lane's third goal of the day less than a minute later to extend the UMass Lowell lead to 10-6. Parker scored his fourth goal of the day for JU at the 6:35 mark. Balter scored his second of the game at 5:09 and the Jacksonville struck back with 2:50 left on a goal by Cody Ford. Robbins added his second of the day for the River Hawks with just 20 seconds left. Parker capped the scoring for his fifth of the game.

UML's Klingsporn and JU's Parker each notched a game-high nine shots. UMass Lowell outshot Jacksonville, 46-30 for the game, including a 18-2 advantage in the third quarter.

Freshman goalkeeper Grant Lardieri (Ada, Mich.) made nine saves for the River Hawks in his first career victory, while Jacksonville's Ben Gleichenhaus stopped 14 shots in the losing effort.

The River Hawks return to action on Saturday, March 12^th hosting Manhattan College. Game time from Cushing Field Complex is 1 p.m.