ALAMOSA, Colo. (April 19^th, 2016)—On Senior Day, the Adams State University Grizzlies men's lacrosse team faced off against the Colorado State University-Pueblo ThunderWolves in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) match up. The Grizzlies ended up defeating their RMAC foe 10-4.

Before the game was started, Grizzly seniors Seth Stowell and Drew Kerigan were honored for their time at Adams State.

Late into the first quarter of play, the Grizzlies' Reece Sullivan scored off of a man-up opportunity to put Adams State up 1-0. This would be the lone goal for the quarter.

The start of the second saw Stowell score his first of the game, off of an assist by Collin Cranfield, to put the Grizzlies up 2-0.
However, the ThunderWolves would cut the lead in half, with their goal just a minute after Stowell's.

With 7:29 left before half time, Nik Clinton (assist Taylor Wiggins) would once again bring Adams State to a two-goal lead. The Grizzlies would enter halftime up 3-1.

Kerigan would also net his first goal of the game, when he found the back of CSU-P's net at the 13:12 mark of the third. Kerigan's goal would extend the Grizzlies' lead to 4-1, before he would then net his second goal less than a second later. His second goal came off of an assist by Cranfield, to give Adams State a 5-1 lead.

Sullivan would net his second of the game, off of an assist by Emmitt MacFarlane to extend the lead to 6-1.
However, the ThunderWolves got two goals back from the Grizzlies, when they once again cut the lead in half at 6-3 heading into the last quarter of play.

Stowell got his final hat trick on the ASU Lacrosse field, as he gained a goal back for Adams State, off of an assist by Sullivan.
CSU-P counteracted that goal with one of their own, to bring the score to 7-4.
With 7:43 left to play, Clinton, off of an assist by Kage Janes, would give the Grizzlies a four-goal lead to put them up 8-4, before he would assist Stowell's fourth goal of the game.

MacFarlane would go unassisted to net the last goal of the game.

Connor Johnson would face twenty-three shots, where he would make nineteen saves on the day. He currently leads the RMAC and ranks fifth nationally, averaging 14.5 saves a game. Johnson's save percentage of .582 is ranked second in the conference and sixth in the nation, respectively.  

Joe Quatrochi would lead the Grizzlies in edging out the ThunderWolves with nine face-off wins.

After the victory, Head Coach Jason Levesque said "After a sloppy start I thought we had a great response in the second half led by seniors Seth Stowell, Drew Kerigan.  They both played a big part in leading the charge on the field today.  Our third senior, Richard Morrison was also an integral part in today's win from the sideline and has been almost like another coach for us since his injury very early in the season."

He went on to say, ""Overall, great win for the guys, great team win and certainly nice to send out the seniors with a key conference win in their last ever home game.  However, we still have to improve in many areas of the game and need to be much more consistent, play a full 60 minutes.  We need to be much better this weekend facing the top two teams in the RMAC."

Adams State takes their last three games of the regular season on the road, beginning with the RMAC-leading Westminster College Griffins on April 22^nd. The game is slated to begin at 2:00 pm.