CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Washington College Men's Lacrosse survived a late game comeback from visiting Skidmore to secure its fifth win of the season 8-6. Ben Dickinson recorded his 100th career point on an unassisted goal in the third quarter that gave the Shoremen a 5-3 lead. The Shoremen are now 5-2 on the season, while the Thoroughbreds drop to 2-3.

Washington College (5-2) 8 Skidmore (2-3) 6 

How It Happened:

• Skidmore got on the board first off a goal with 11:03 remaining in the opening quarter. The Shoremen responded with an unassisted goal from Cam Carrigan with 6:37 left and 47 seconds later, a Nate Winters score featuring an assist from Grant Matthews to take a 2-1 lead after one. 
• The Thoroughbreds struck first in the second quarter to tie the contest at 2-2 with 11:52 remaining in the half. Reeve Hargrave would break the tie with just over two minutes to go before Skidmore tied the game at 3-3 with 1:31 left before the break. 
• To start the third quarter, the Shoremen scored two unanswered goals from Carrigan and Dickinson to extend the Shoremen's lead 5-3 with 5:27 to go in the third. Dickinson's goal gave him 100 career points.
• The visitors scored the next two goals in 56 seconds to tie the game at 5-5 with 3:28 left in the third. Carrigan and Dickinson scored the next two goals to put the Shoremen back in front 7-5 with 1:06 remaining in the stanza. 
• A man-up goal from Skidmore cut the Shoremen lead to 7-6 with 4:14 left. Tom Merritt scored the next goal after scooping up a ground ball and bringing it to the back of the net with 2:57 to go. The Shoremen held on to win 8-6. 

For The Shoremen: (5-2)

• Scoring: Cam Carrigan (3 goals), Ben Dickinson (2 goals), Nate Winters (1 goal, 1 assist). 
• In Goal: Colin Gray (60:00 minutes played, 13 saves).
• The Shoremen had 35 shots, 27 ground balls and went 26-for-29 in clears.

•  Colin Gray named player of the game on the broadcast. 

Up Next:

• The Shoremen return home on Saturday, March 15 for a non-conference matchup versus Chatham at 12 pm.