BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Keene State men's lacrosse team rallied from a six-goal deficit in the first quarter to stun eighth-ranked Bowdoin, 13-12, on Ryan Field on Tuesday evening.

The Owls improve to 7-3 this season after handing Bowdoin (9-2) its first loss since March 5, snapping the Polar Bears' nine-game winning streak.

Game Highlights

• The Polar Bears seemed in command in the early going, sprinting to a 7-1 lead after one quarter of play.
• Brett Kujala and Peter Reuter sparked the run with two goals each while defenseman Billy Valle and faceoff specialist Sam Carlin also added unlikely scores to give the hosts the early edge
• Keene fought its way back into the contest with a 3-1 run in the second quarter, getting goals from Bryan Rotatori, Tyler McKelvie and Tyler Reilly to close the gap to 8-4 at the break
• The Owls dominated the third quarter, scoring five unanswered goals in the first 10:04 to take a 9-8 lead
• Five different players scored in the run before Bowdoin was able to tie the game at nine on a score from Shawn Daly
• Keene replied with a pair of goals before the end of the period from Hunter Arnold and Rotatori to take an 11-9 lead in the final frame
• Bowdoin closed to within a single goal on three occasions in the fourth quarter, only to see Keene answer twice with goals to push the lead back to two
• Kujala trimmed the Keene lead to 13-12 with 2:19 to go and Bowdoin had one more chance to knot the score, but a shot by Daniel Buckman with under a minute to play was saved by Mat Howe to preserve the win for the visitors

By The Numbers

• McKelvie sparked the Keene attack with two goals and three assists while Rotatori had a team-high four goals and one helper. Reilly also had three goals for the Owls while Arnold had two goals and two assists
• Bowdoin was paced by four goals from Kujala and a goal and two assists from Shawn Daly
• Peter Mumford made 13 saves for Bowdoin while Howe stopped seven for Keene State
• Defensively, Keene's Timothy Hanlon and Thomas Jenoski had four caused turnovers apiece in the victory
• Bowdoin's Parker Sessions had one caused turnover and three ground balls
• The Owls held a 50-31 edge in shots thanks in great part to 23 turnovers by the Polar Bears

Up Next

• Bowdoin returns to NESCAC play on Saturday when they travel to Wesleyan (1:00 p.m.)
• Keene State will return to Maine for a Little East match-up at Southern Maine on Saturday (1:00 p.m.)