Medford, Mass. - The Trinity College men's lacrosse team fell, 22-9, to the No. 2-ranked Tufts University Jumbos on Saturday afternoon in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) battle at Bello Field in Medford, Massachusetts. The loss drops the Bantams to 2-4 overall and 0-4 in the league while Tufts remains flawless with a 7-0 record. 

Tufts senior Lucas Johnson (Syracuse, N.Y.) scored three times to lead Tufts, while junior Andrew Seiter (Ridgewood, N.J.), freshman Nick Shanks (Laguna Beach, Calif.), sophomore Nick Katz (Manhattan, N.Y.), senior co-captain Tucker Mathers (Boxford, Mass.), junior Nico Pollack (Arlington, Va.), senior Zach Richman (Woodmere, N.Y.) and sophomore Ben Connelly (Winnetka, Ill.) all tallied twice for the Jumbos.

Trinity sophomore Teddy Myers (Washington, D.C.) led the Bantams with three points on two goals and an assist. Junior Jack Stallman (Barrington, R.I.) scored twice for Trinity, while freshman Garrett Hansen (Franklin, Mass.) finished with a goal and an assist.

The Jumbos built a 5-0 lead just 4:17 into the game as Katz had back-to-back goals capping that run. Trinity prevented an early run-away as Myers scored, assisted by Max Herman (San Francisco, Calif.) at 6:07 of the first making it 5-1. A face-off win by sophomore Scott Morgan (Grand Rapids, Mich.) led to a Stallman goal just 32 seconds later, then the Bantams closed to within 5-3 on a Myers strike at 1:10 of the first.

Tufts shut out Trinity in the second quarter while adding six goals. Sophomore Danny Murphy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) assisted on four straight goals during the period, while Richman scored twice. The quarter also included a long-stick goal by Mathers and the first career goal by Shanks as Tufts took an 11-3 lead into halftime.

In all, the Jumbos would pour in 11 straight goals capped by a man-up tally from Seiter at 8:48 of the third quarter giving Tufts a 16-3 advantage. The Jumbos would finish the game five for five on extra-man opportunities. 

The Bantams scored back-to-back goals by Jack Sharrio (Marblehead, Mass.) and Hansen in the middle of the fourth, and then did it again with Jack Walsh (Needham, Mass.) and Morty Fearey (Duxbury, Mass.) scoring 18 seconds apart late in the quarter. 

Both teams played four goalies, with Tufts' Ben Shmerler (Towson, Md.) earning the win with four saves in 30 minutes. Trinity's junior Woody Hamilton (Williamstown, Mass.) took the loss, stopping six shots in the first half. Bantam goalies combined for 16 saves while Tufts' had nine.

Trinity returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to Babson for a 4 p.m. matchup.