MONTEVALLO, Ala. - Montevallo men's lacrosse fell to 3-3 on the season after dropping a home meeting with Belmont Abbey, 8-7, on Saturday afternoon. 

Alex Egorshin opened the game with his first save of the day at the 13:06 mark before Belmont Abbey opened the game's scoring at the 11:50 mark. Egorshin tallied another pair of saves before BAC stretched the lead to 2-0 with 7:47 left in the first. Montevallo fired a total of five shots back-to-back with all five missing mark before the Crusaders ended the first quarter with a pair of goals to take a 4-0 lead into the second. 

Belmont Abbey scored early in the second to extend its lead to five before the falcons fired a pair of shots on goal from William Angus and Aidan Collery but each was turned aside. With 9:20, Michael Howkins finally put the Falcons on the board with a man-up goal before Cameron Diehl made the score 5-2 on an unassisted effort. Collery found his first goal of the game with 4:33 on the clock. Matthew Boas and Caden Chalut scored back-to-back goals for the Falcons to send the game to the half in a 5-5 tie.   

Out of the half, the two keepers tallied a total of 10 saves with Egorshin posting six of those to keep the score at 5-5 through the first 10 minutes of the second half. Belmont Abbey would score a pair of unanswered goals in the final 3:28 of the third to head into the fourth with a 7-5 lead over Montevallo. 

With 13:55 left, BAC took advantage of a Montevallo penalty to take a three-goal lead in the fourth. Egorshin kept the Crusaders off the board with another three saves before Lucas Mullen brought the Falcons within two with an unassisted goal at the 6:34 mark. Just a few seconds later, Mullen made the score 8-7 with another goal. The Falcons fired a total of five shots in the final six minutes but couldn't find the back of the net and fell 8-7.

GAME INFORMATION

Score: Montevallo 7 | Belmont Abbey 8

Records: Montevallo 3-3 | Belmont Abbey 1-1

Location: Lacrosse Stadium | Montevallo, Ala.

GAME NOTES

• Montevallo fired a total of 50 shots on Saturday while 22 of those shots were on goal while Belmont Abbey fired 34 shots with 25 on goal. 

• The Falcons picked up a total of 33 ground balls on the day while the Crusaders added 25 ground balls. 

• Montevallo posted a 12-for-19 mark in faceoffs on the day while adding a total of 12 caused turnovers.

• Lucas Mullen led Montevallo's attack with four points on two goals and two assists while picking up five ground balls. 

• In the goal, Alex Egorshin tallied 17 saves on 34 shots faced for a .680 save percentage. 

UP NEXT: Montevallo continues its four-game homestand on Saturday, Feb. 28 against No. 8 Anderson at 11 a.m.