SAINT LEO, Fla. – Montevallo men's lacrosse dropped to 1-2 to start the season after falling to No. 19 Saint Leo, 24-10, on Sunday afternoon.
 
Alex Egorshin tallied his first save of the afternoon at the 13:26 mark of the first quarter before Saint Leo took a 1-0 lead at the 12:04 mark. John Morris tied the game at 1-1 off an assist from Matthew Boas with 7:13 left in the first. The Lions closed the first quarter on a 4-0 run to hold a 5-1 lead heading into the second.
 
SLU stretched its lead to 6-1 to open the second quarter before Matthew Boas scored his first goal of the day with the assist credited to Aidan Collery at the 14:08 mark. Saint Leo then scored three unanswered goals to extend its advantage to 9-2 before Boas added a second goal to trim the deficit down to six. Saint Leo scored four more goals over the next four minutes before Samuel Martin took advantage of a man-up chance for his first goal of the day at the 4:23 mark. Lucas Mullen added a second man-up goal for the Falcons in the final minute of the first half to send the game to the break with Montevallo trailing 14-6.
 
After a pair of SLU goals to open the second half, Caden Chalut and Mullen scored back-to-back goals for the Falcons to bring the score to 16-8 with 10:06 left in the third. The Lion added another pair of goals ahead of Michael Howkins' first goal of the day with to make the score 18-9 heading into the fourth.
 
Saint Leo scored a pair of unanswered goals to open the fourth before Samuel Martin scored the 10^th goal of the day for Montevallo at the 4:01 mark. Saint Leo closed the game on a 3-0 run to take a 24-10 win over Montevallo.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 10 | Saint Leo 24
Records: Montevallo 1-2 | Saint Leo 2-0
Location: University Turf | Saint Leo, Fla.
 
GAME NOTES

• The Falcons fired a total of 46 shots with 25 on goal while Saint Leo took 52 shots with 39 on goal.
• Montevallo posted a 24-for-28 mark on clears while Saint Leo posted a 23-for-29 mark.
• Saint Leo picked up 50 ground balls to Montevallo's 33 while adding 13 caused turnovers to 11 from Montevallo.
• Matthew Boas tallied four points on two goals and two assists while adding three gound balls and a caused turnover.
• Michael Howkins, Lucas Mullen and Samuel Martin each scored a pair of goals.

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo closes its four-game road trip against No. 17 North Greenville on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. CT.