ALAMOSA, Colo. (April 3^rd, 2016)—In just their second home game of the season, the Adams State University Grizzlies men's lacrosse team played host to the Notre Dame de Namur University Argonauts, where the Grizzlies were on the right side of a 12-5 victory.

Daniel Krieble got things started when Adams State was afforded a man-up opportunity, and gave the Grizzlies an early 1-0 lead. Krieble's goal was also off of an assist by Seth Stowell. Shortly after, Reece Sullivan found the back of the Argonauts' net to put Adams State up 2-0, off of an assist by Taylor Wiggins.

With just 58 seconds left in the first quarter, Collin Cranfield added one more on to the Grizzlies' score, and with just eight seconds remaining, Adams State would give themselves a 3-0 lead heading into the second quarter.

Just under a minute into the second, Emmitt MacFarlane (assist Cranfield) netted his first goal of the contest to give the Grizzlies a 4-0 lead. However, the unanswered run would be broken by Notre Dame at the 12:13 mark of the quarter.

Just as quickly as the Grizzlies had taken a 4-0 lead, the Argonauts started to surge back with three unanswered goals of their own, to put themselves down 4-3 going into half time.

The third quarter of play saw the Argonauts tie the score up at 4-4, before Cranfield, off of an assist by MacFarlane, would get the lead back for the Grizzlies. With 4:47 left in the third, Stowell netted his first goal of the contest to give Adams State a two-goal cushion.

With 2:50 left in the third, the Grizzlies capitalized off of an own goal by Notre Dame, to open their lead up to 8-5, before Stowell (off of an assist by Nik Clinton) scored his second goal of the game to go up 9-5 over the Argonauts.
Morgan Osbourne, off of an assist by Sullivan, would get the last goal of the quarter, and give Adams State a 10-5 lead heading into the fourth, and final stanza of play.

Clinton would get the fourth quarter started with his goal, off of an assist by Garrett Chitwood, just over a minute into play.
The Argonauts would close the gap with their goal at the 13:25 mark, but Stowell would get it back with his goal off of an assist by Drew Kerigan, with just 5:04 left on the clock.

Sullivan, and Osbourne would score the final two goals of the game to bring the Grizzlies to their victory.

"I'm pleased with the way our team responded in the second half after some sloppy play in the first half.  For a young group like ours to collect themselves, put the first behind us and come out strong in the second half is a good step forward." Said Head Coach Jason Levesque after the game.

 "We've still got a very steep mountain to climb with a crucial weekend and a daunting RMAC schedule ahead.  We need to better.  It's a process, things take time.  We can learn from today, be happy about a win and move forward into the next game."

Out of the Grizzlies' 37 shots, 23 were on net. Adams State goaltender, Connor Johnson, continued with his stellar season by facing 12 saves on the day. The Grizzlies also went 23-23 on clears.

Adams State is at home again on April 8^th, when they host the Westminster College Griffins for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) match up. Play is set to begin at 4:00 pm.