LATROBE, Pa. – The Franciscan men's lacrosse team dropped 22-3 decision to St. Vincent Wednesday afternoon in Presidents' Athletic Conference action.
 
St. Vincent jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter before sophomore Gavin Brown got the Barons on the board. Just as time was expiring in a 30-second penalty for Franciscan, the Barons completed a successful clear and Gavin buried his third goal of the year still a man-down to cut the lead to 5-1 with 4:12 to go.
 
The Bearcats rattled off three more goals in the first and held a 4-0 advantage in the second quarter to take a 12-1 lead into halftime.
 
Junior Jonathan Lee won the opening faceoff of the third quarter and senior Dan McCartney got the ball in his stick. The senior finished off his 27^th goal of the year to cut the lead to 12-2 with 14:48 left in the third.
 
St. Vincent closed out the quarter with a 7-0 run to push its lead to 19-2.
 
The Bearcats opened the fourth with a goal 2:50 into action before McCartney scored his second of the game to cut the lead to 20-3 with 11:48 to go. St. Vincent finished out the game with a pair of goals to seal the 22-3 win.
 
Sophomore goalie Grant McKeown made 22 saves in the game to set his career high.
 
Franciscan returns to action next Wednesday when the Barons travel to Westminster for a 4:00 pm PAC contest.