SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (April 22^nd, 2016)—The Adams State University Grizzlies dropped a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) match up earlier Friday, as they traveled to Westminster College to take on the league-leading Griffins. Adams State fell 17-7.

The first quarter saw Westminster draw first blood with their goal two minutes into the quarter. Nik Clinton would net the Grizzlies' first goal off of an assist by Taylor Wiggins to tie the game up 1-1.

At the 7:17 mark, the Griffins would take a 2-1 lead over the Grizzlies, but Seth Stowell would once again tie it up. Stowell's goal came off of a man-up opportunity.

The end of the first quarter would see Westminster go on a 3-goal run to give themselves a 5-2 lead heading into the second quarter.

The Griffins would go up 6-2 to start the second quarter, but Drew Kerigan (assist Collin Cranfield) would cut Westminster's lead in half.

The Griffins would then add two more to their lead to go up 8-3 over Adams State, but Stowell would net his second of the game off of an assist by Wiggins at the 9:19 mark of the quarter.

Again, Westminster would tack on three more goal to give themselves an 11-4 lead over the Grizzlies heading into halftime.

To start the third quarter, the Griffins added two more goals on to their lead, before Reece Sullivan off of an assist by Tanner Ammell, would cut the lead to 13-5.

Two minutes later, Cranfield scored his first of the contest, to decrease Westminster's lead to 13-6. This would be the final scoring play before the final stanza of play.

The fourth quarter saw the Griffins add three more on to their lead to go up 16-6 on the Grizzlies before Stowell completed the hat trick off of an assist by Clinton.

However, it wouldn't be enough as Westminster scored the final goal of the game to end the contest.

Connor Johnson ended the day with seventeen saves to continue on his stellar season in the Grizzly net. Johnson ranks fifth nationally with his average of 14.5 saves a game.  He also faced thirty-four of the Griffins' forty-eight shots.

The Grizzlies edged Westminster in clears, as they went 19-23 on the day.

After the game, Head Coach Jason Levesque had this to say, ""We came out with a decent start, created some chances, but just couldn't capitalize.  I think as they game progressed, we lost ourselves a bit with some missed plays, forced plays, and some sloppy play in general.  I give Westminster full credit today, they came out strong, are well coached and have a deep and talented team.  For us, we need to be tougher, plain and simple, both physically and mentally."

Levesque also went on to add, "We really need to have a short memory and put this one behind us as things don't get any easier with another talented opponent in Colorado Mesa on Sunday.  That need to be tougher both physically and mentally couldn't be any more truer than it is now with the Mesa game being our third in six days.  We need to be tougher, no excuses.  We'll look to regroup tomorrow and be ready for Sunday."

Adams State travels to Grand Junction on April 24^th to take on the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks. The game is set to begin at 1:00 pm, and live stats and video will be made available to fans by visiting  www.asugrizzlies.com