Hartford, Conn. - Freshman midfielder Chris Knacke (Lynbrook, N.Y.) had five goals and an assist to lead the visiting Wesleyan University Cardinals to a 13-12 win over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s lacrosse action this afternoon. Trinity drops to 2-8 overall and 2-4 in the NESCAC, while Wesley improves to 8-4 overall and 3-3 in the league.
Trinity led 7-3 at halftime, but the Cardinals came back to score five goals in the third quarter. With :30 to go in the third quarter, sophomore midfielder Will Peace (Chestertown, Md.) and senior midfielder John O’Brien (West Hartford, CT) scored two quick goals to give the Bantams back the lead at 9-8.
The Cardinals scored five unanswered goals to take a 13-10 lead with two minutes left in the game, and a pair of Trinity goals still left the Bantams one point short as time expired. Wesleyan freshman goalie Matt Wheeler (Darien, Conn.) made 9 saves, while Bantam senior Eric Wilson (West Hartford, Conn.) had 10 stops in net.

GOALS
^{W- Chris Knacke 5, Mark Schindler 2, Sam Fleischner 2, Andrew Rotando 1, Dave Fine 1, Ian Applegate 1, Jeff Jorve 1
TC- Ravi Pillay 3, Will Peace 2, David Huoppi 2, John Thach 1, Sandy Leighton 1, Jame Skiff 1, John O’Brien 1, Alex Wescott 1.}

ASSISTS
W- Chris Walsh 5, Ian Applegate 1, Chirs Knacke 1, Chris Meade 1
TC- Sandy Leighton 1, James Skiff 1, David Chapman 1, Will Seifert 1, Ravi Pillay 1

GOALIE SAVES
W- Matt Wheeler - 9
TC- Eric Wilson - 10

SHOTS
W- 34, TC- 26