BOCA RATON, Fla. – Facing its second NCAA Division II opponent of the week, the MIT men's lacrosse team fell to Lynn University, 16-9, on Wednesday night. Freshman Graham Davis (Crofton, Md.) led the way for the Engineers (5-2) with three goals, one assist, and three groundballs.

Freshman Mitch Turley (Westfield, Ind.) and junior Luke Verdi (Middletown, Mid.) both posted two goals and three groundballs while junior Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) added one goal and one assist. Freshman David Klee (East Greenbush, N.Y.) generated three caused turnovers followed by two from classmate Christian Jamison (Huntington, N.Y.). Junior goalie Eric Bartell (San Diego, Calif.) rounded out the Cardinal and Gray with 10 saves and 10 groundballs.

Orrson found Davis for the first goal of the game after 1:19 elapsed. The slight edge would hold until midway through the quarter when Lynn rattled off six unanswered goals resulting in a 6-1 advantage at the 9:30 mark of the second stanza. MIT responded with three goals in a span of three minutes to enter halftime trailing 6-4. An unassisted strike by Turley ended the visitors' scoring drought with 6:04 on the clock while junior Jonah Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) cut their deficit in half. Davis, who earned the assist on the Hessels goal, capped the spurt courtesy of a solo effort with 3:21 to go before the intermission.

The Fighting Knights put the game out of reach as they registered five straight goals during the first six minutes of the third quarter. Back-to-back goals by Verdi late in the frame moved the score to 11-6 but Lynn add another goal with 46 ticks left.

The hosts carried the momentum into the fourth quarter as they put together a 4-1 spurt that increased their advantage to 16-7 with 5:09 remaining in regulation. The Engineers wrapped up the scoring with another strike by Davis and a man-up tally from Turley.

In its return to the northeast, MIT will kick off NEWMAC play with a home game against the first-year squad from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Saturday, March 28.