VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton men's lacrosse team's four-game winning streak came to an end Saturday after the Bearcats (6-6, 4-2 America East) were defeated by Bryant (8-4, 4-2 America East) 17-11 Saturday at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
 
Liam Ferris and Matthew Keegan each provided a hat trick for Binghamton, but it wasn't enough as the Bearcats lost their first game since March 16. Aidan Goltz led the Bulldogs with six goals, while Kevin Groeninger added five.
 
The Bearcats pulled ahead 3-2 by the first media timeout thanks to goals by Jack Mellen, Keegan and Ferris. Bryant, however, would pick up three unanswered goals from Dawson Rielly, Goltz and Timmy Hackett in the final 61 seconds to take a 5-3 lead into the second quarter.
 
From there, the Bearcats would spend the rest of the day trying to catch up to the Bulldogs. The teams would trade goals in the first 10 minutes of the second. Binghamton's goals during that span came from Gage Adams and Ethan Insinga, while Bryant's goals were courtesy of Goltz and Jack Lonsinger. The Bulldogs would then pick up two more tallies at the end of the half from Groeninger and Johnny Hackett to enter halftime up 9-5.
 
Binghamton would only get one goal in the third quarter, which was scored by Ferris at 5:07. Meanwhile, Goltz scored all four of Bryant's goals in the quarter to extend its lead to 13-6 entering the fourth. Ferris and Keegan would each secure their hat trick in the final quarter, with Keegan scoring twice in the period and Ferris once. Mellen and Ross Chazanow would each also score a goal in the quarter, but Bryant would add another four goals that quarter to win the game.
 
Other Notes

• Binghamton would tie its season high with nine caused turnovers in the game. Christian Hanko led all players with a career-high three. The Bearcats also caused nine turnovers against Jacksonville on Feb. 10 and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on April 13.
• Mellen set a new career high with two goals against the Bulldogs. After not scoring a goal in his first eight collegiate games this season, the freshman has now scored a least a goal in each of his last four contests.
• Aaron Tebo tied his career high with four ground balls on Saturday. Joining him for the team lead for the game is Chazanow, who also collected four while winning 12 faceoffs.
• This is the second game this season in which the Bearcats did not serve a penalty. The other game was on March 16 against Merrimack. Before that, the last time the Bearcats did not serve a penalty in a game was on April 8, 2017 against Hartford.
• After the game, the Bearcats honored 12 members of its senior class as part of Senior Day. Binghamton recognized Anthony Todaro, Chazanow, Sonny Imburgia, Rob Kreush, Tebo, Ethan Insinga, Declan Ferris, Anthony Carroll, Dylan Yacavone, Trey Sofield and Nicky LaBanca for their accomplishments on and off the field.

 
Up Next
Binghamton will wrap up its regular season with a game at UAlbany on Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. The Bearcats will look to clinch a spot in the America East Conference tournament.