HICKORY, N.C. – The No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Lacrosse Team scored the game's final three goals to hand No. 13 Belmont Abbey a 14-11 loss in the Bears home opener. Toron Eccleston scored a team-high four goals on four shots to lead LR. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 14, Belmont Abbey 11
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (2-0), Belmont Abbey (0-2)
Location: Moretz Stadium

STATS OF THE GAME:
• Belmont Abbey jumped out to a 4-1 advantage and led 8-6 at the break 
• Lenoir-Rhyne took an 11-10 lead into the fourth quarter before Belmont Abbey evened the game one minute in
• Liam McGrath, Myles Moffat and Eric Dickinson scored the final three goals of the game to earn the victory
• Bryce Reece had three goals and two assists and Moffat added a pair of goals and two assists
• Zach Bodeau went 14-of-22 in faceoffs, including winning all five in the fourth quarter, and led LR with eight ground balls
• Connor Stanley had a team-high three caused turnovers and added four ground balls
• Noah Johnson added 15 saves in the victory

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
• This was Johnson's 14th game with 10 or more saves. Ryan Crompton is the all-time leader in LR history with 32 such games but Johnson is in second place
• This is Lenoir-Rhyne's 19th all-time when with the game tied or LR trailing in the fourth quarter
• LR improves to 48-12 all-time as a ranked team
• LR is 93-58 all-time and 51-27 at Moretz Stadium

UP NEXT:  The Bears will travel to Coker in the South Atlantic Conference opener on Saturday at 6 p.m.