HARTFORD, Conn. - The visiting Western Connecticut State University Wolves suffered a 10-4 setback against the Trinity College Bantams in men's lacrosse action this evening on Jessee/Miller Field, dropping WestConn to 3-4 after a 3-0 start to the season.  The Wolves will look to right the ship next week when they face the Clarkson University Knights in Davenport, Florida on Monday, March 17 at 11 a.m.  Trinity evens its season mark at 2-2.

The home team jumped out a to a 3-0 lead before graduate Liam Ford (New Fairfield, Conn.) got the Wolves on the board with 7:26 left in the first quarter.  Davis Burleson scored two goals in a row for the Bantams, however, and WestConn could get no closer than a three-goal deficit the rest of the way.  Senior attackman Julian Duque (Mastic, N.Y.) scored the lone Wolves goal of the two middle quarters with 4:40 remaining in the first half.  Duque scored again in the fourth frame to give him two goals in the game, while junior Tristan McMahon (Farmingville, N.Y.) added the fourth WestConn tally from senior Matt Sweeney (Rocky Point, N.Y.) with 1:02 left to play. 

The Wolves got off 42 shots to 48 for Trinity, committed 11 turnovers while forcing 15, graduate Jonathan Russack-Baker (Groton, Conn.) won 10 of the game's 18 faceoffs, and outscooped the Bantams, 27-23, on ground balls.  WestConn did not score on six extra-man opportunities.  Sophomore goalie Connor Atwater (Cheshire, Conn.) made 12 saves and Jordan Opdahl stopped 13 for Trinity.  Russack-Baker finished with a team-high five ground balls, junior James Gitzinger (West Islip, N.Y.)) notched four ground balls and a caused turnover and classmate Charles Guidera (Redding, Conn.) added two ground balls and two caused turnovers for the Wolves.