FROSTBURG, Md. – The Frostburg State men's lacrosse team posted a big win Saturday afternoon defeating the Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks by a final score of 11-10 on senior day. The Bobcats were led by graduate Paul Ruppert with five goals and four ground balls.
 
The win moves the Bobcats to 6-2 on the season while the Redhawks fall to 6-4.
 
Ruppert got the scoring going for Frostburg netting the first goal of the game at the 13:38 mark. The Redhawks answered with back-to-back goals to take the lead 2-1. The Bobcats tied it the game at 2-2 with a goal from junior Matt Ward off an assist from sophomore Bubba Love. After Roberts Wesleyan took the lead at 3-2, Ruppert tied the game with a goal two minutes later tying the game at 3-3.
 
Frostburg shut out the visitors in the second frame, scoring three goals of their own to take the lead at 6-3 going into halftime. Ruppert netted a man-up goal off an assist from junior Jake Bowman at the 10-minute mark. At 7:34, sophomore Ty Oehlerking netted his first goal of the game off an assist from sophomore Justin Hulse to make it 5-3. With one second remaining in the half, Ward scored his second of the day of an assist from Love, taking a 6-3 lead into halftime.
 
The Redhawks came out of halftime scoring three goals to tie the game at 6-6. Ruppert put the Bobcats back on top after senior Sam Natvig won the faceoff and brought the ball down on a fast break, connecting with Ruppert to take the lead at 7-6.  Ruppert the netted his fourth goal of the game before Love scored to put Frostburg up 9-6 at the 7:00 mark in the third. Roberts Wesleyan made things interesting with a goal late in the third quarter to cut the FSU lead to two at 9-7.
 
Love scored a goal three minutes into the fourth quarter to increase the Frostburg lead to three at 10-7. The Redhawks scored back-to-back goals to cut their deficit to one at 10-9. With three minutes left in the fourth, Frostburg went on a man-up opportunity and capitalized with a goal from Ward to take a 11-9 lead. Roberts Wesleyan scored with 1:39 left to play. The Bobcats came up with a big defensive stand to win the game 11-10.
 
Graduate goalkeeper Jack Marks picked up 11 saves in the win for the Bobcats while Natvig went 10-20 at the faceoff dot. The Bobcats were 100% on clears in the game going 18/18. Senior Colson Gregory led the defense with two caused turnovers and one groundball while senior Dante York recorded one caused turnover and three groundballs on the day.
 
The Bobcats return to action on Wednesday, April 28, as they travel to Mercy to take on the Mavericks. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. For more information go to www.frostburgsports.com.