GAMBIER, Ohio (Mar. 27, 2004)� Trailing by four goals in the fourth quarter, the Kenyon College lacrosse team staged a remarkable rally that ended in a 12-11 win over the St. Vincent College Bearcats. Sophomore Sean O�Neill (Darnestown, MD/Bullis) capped off the rally by scoring the game-winning goal with just 16 seconds left in the Saturday afternoon contest.

Facing an 11-7 deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lords pulled one goal closer when Luke Larson (Mercer Island, WA/Seattle Academy) scored on an unassisted play. Less than one minute later, Larson gathered in a pass from O�Neill and fired in another goal, pulling the Lords within two goals with just over ten minutes to play.

Meanwhile, a St. Vincent team that scored 11 goals in the first three quarters was being overpowered and shut down by the Kenyon defense. At the back of the Lords� defense was goalkeeper Dave Neiman (Glencoe, IL/New Trier), who played a fantastic game and chalked up 17 saves.

With about five minutes left in the contest, Jason McCaw (Cincinnati, OH/Indian Hill) netted another Kenyon goal on an assist from Sean Wheeler (Darien, CT/Brunswick School). From that point on, O�Neill took control of the game as he scored the game-tying goal at the 2:22 mark and then recorded the game-winner in the final seconds.

O�Neill finished with three goals and four assists for the Lords, who improved their record to 3-3. McCaw and Walker each added three goals, while Wheeler and Ross Zachary (Greenwich, CT/Scarsdale) had two assists apiece. 

The Bearcats, who fell to 5-2 with the loss, controlled most of the three first quarters, although the Lords helped out with 13 penalties and 14 penalty minutes. The Bearcats wound up scoring on five extra-man advantages, but did not score at all during Kenyon�s four minutes of penalty time in the fourth quarter.

Ian Poole and Vince Chiodo each scored three goals for the Bearcats, while goalkeeper Peter DeSantis faced 23 Kenyon shots and made seven saves.

The Lords can now rest for a week before they host Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, April 3. That NCAC game has a 1:00 pm start time.