Charlotte, N.C. - Despite a hard fought battle, the Newberry Men's Lacrosse team fell to the No. 12 Queens Royals, 16-12, in Charlotte, N.C. Newberry has now lost two in a row and fall to 2-2 (0-1 SAC). With the win, Queens (QU) improves to 4-0 (1-0 SAC) on the season.

RECAP

Newberry found themselves in an early, 2-0, hole five minutes into Saturday's contest. Junior Brock Strong (Ontario, Canada) opened up scoring for the Wolves at the 9:56 mark in the first, followed by a goal from Junior Caleb Forga (Belleville, Mich.) to even the score at two just a minute later. 

Junior Curtis Bukta (Ontario, Canada) scored his first of three goals on the day to put the Wolves up, 3-2, midway through the first, but the Queens would go on to score three unanswered goals to head into the second quarter with a 5-3 advantage.

The Royals scored another goal at the top of the second before Sophomore Mac Ryan (Lake Villa, Ill) tallied two straight goals a minute apart to cut the deficit back to one, 6-5. Both teams traded goals for a well balanced second quarter to send both squads into the halftime break notched at, 9-9.

Queens opened the second half with a goal which was answered by Bukta's second goal of the day to even the score back at 10. Junior Scott Reed (Ontario, Canada) gave the Wolves an 11-10 lead at the 5:04 mark in the third but the Royals responded less than a minute later with a goal to tie it at 11. 

QU outscored the Wolves, 5-1 in the fourth quarter to go on to secure the 16-12 victory at home. 

Mac Ryan (3), Scott Reed (3), Curtis Bukta (3), Caleb Forga (1), Baker Westmoreland (1), Brock Strong (1) all recorded goals on the day for the Wolves. 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Newberry Men's Lacrosse team continues their two-game road swing as they head to Mount Olive, N.C. to take on the 17th ranked Mount Olive Trojans on Tuesday (Mar. 8) at 7 p.m.