PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Frostburg State men's lacrosse team came back with four fourth quarter goals to beat the Chestnut Hill Griffins 10-8 Saturday evening. Graduate Paul Ruppert led the Bobcats with two goals and one assist while graduate Jack Marks recorded 17 saves in the win.   
 
The Bobcat victory moves FSU to 3-0 on the season while Chestnut Hill falls to 2-2.  
 
The hosts opened the game scoring the first goal at the 10:33 mark. The Griffins scored a minute later to take a 2-0 lead. Chestnut Hill scored their third unanswered goal of the game on an extra man opportunity with 5:39 left in the quarter. The Bobcats went a man up after a Chestnut Hill penalty before sophomore Bubba Love got FSU on the board to make it 3-1 with 4:30 left in the quarter.
 
After two goals from the Griffins to open the second quarter, junior Joey Boros netted a goal with an assist from Love to make it 5-2 with three minutes left in the half. First-year Austin Sipes threw in an around-the-world goal in front of the crease off an assist from junior Jake Bowman to make it 5-3 going into halftime.  
 
The Bobcats started the second half on the defensive end after a penalty that was carried over from the first half. The defense stood tall stopping the Griffins offense and getting the ball eventually leading to a goal from senior Jason Clinton to put the Bobcats down 5-4. The hosts put in another goal to go back up by two before junior Connor Tollus scored for FSU to make it 6-5. A stop from graduate goalkeeper Jack Marks led to a Bobcat goal 40 seconds later with sophomore Ty Oehlerking netting his first of the game to tie it at 6-6 with 5:37 left in the third.
  
Chestnut Hill scored two minutes into the fourth quarter to take a 7-6 lead before sophomore Tanner Donaldson tied the game back up at 7-7. A goal from graduate Paul Ruppert off an assist by Bowman gave FSU an 8-7 lead with 7:45 left in the game. The goal for Ruppert was his 100^th of his career, ranking him third in program history. 
 
A Griffins goal tied the game at 8-8 with five minutes remaining. Junior Sam Natvig came up with a crucial faceoff win before senior Nick Gallagher scooped up the ground ball, allowing Ruppert to net his second of the night giving FSU a 9-8 lead with 4:35 left to play. Marks, having a stellar night between the pipes, came up with a save to lead to a goal from Donaldson assisted by Ruppert to earn the Bobcats the win 10-8.   
 
Senior Dante York led the defense with three ground balls and one caused turnover while graduate Garrett Colvin earned two ground balls with one caused turnover for FSU.  
 
Frostburg returns to Bobcat Stadium on Wednesday, March 24 as they host the Alderson Broaddus Battlers. Game time is set for 4:00 pm. For more information go to www.frostburgsports.com.