LOWELL, Mass. – The UMass Lowell Men's Lacrosse team fell to Providence College, 14-4 on Tuesday night in non-conference play at Cushing Field Complex.

UMass Lowell falls to 3-5 overall, while Providence improves to 4-4 overall on the season.

"It was a hard fought game, they're a really good team," said UMass Lowell Head Coach Ed Stephenson. "In the first half, we struggled a little bit, we had some real nice looks, we opened with three high percentage opportunities and I don't think we shot the ball great today. Our face-off was outstanding again, freshman Liam McDonough doing a terrific job game in and game out for is. He's been a superstar for us."

Sophomore attackman Jake Lining (Rochester, Mich.) scored his 11^th goal of the year with the man advantage to make it a 13-4 game in favor of Providence just two minutes into the fourth quarter to cap off the scoring for UMass Lowell.

Harry Horrill (Hyde Park, Mass.) and Will Russo (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) added their 15^th and eighth goals, respectively, for the River Hawks in the third stanza.
The River Hawks trailed PC at halftime, 10-1.

The Friars scored the first three goals of the game, but senior midfielder Cory Highfield (Georgetown, Ont.) got the River Hawks on the board for this team-leading 14^th goal of the season with five minutes to go in the opening quarter.

Freshman face-off midfielder Liam McDonough (Groton, Mass.) won 14-of-21 face-offs and amassed nine ground balls for the River Hawks in the losing effort. Dan Cozzi (Reading, Mass.) finished the night with three assists, while Russo registered eight shots.

Senior goalie Grant Lardieri (Ada, Mich.) stopped five shots in the first half in the start, while freshman Matt Murakami (Long Grove, Ill.) played the second half in relief, posting four saves. PC's Tate Boyce registered seven saves in his fourth victory of the season.

The River Hawks return to action on the road on Saturday, March 23^rd at St. John's. Game time is 1 p.m. from DaSilva Memorial Field, the game can be seen live on ESPN3.