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GRANVILLE, Ohio - Stevenson University men's lacrosse junior Geoff Hebert (Lutherville/Dulaney) tied his career-high with 12 saves as the No. 4-ranked Mustangs snapped No. 11 Denison's 11-game winning streak with a 12-9 loss Saturday afternoon at Deeds Field-Piper Stadium.

Stevenson (15-1) finishes the regular season with a school record 15 wins and anticipates its first ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship when the selections for the 22-team field are announced on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the loss also snapped a 16-game home winning streak for the Big Red (12-2) that dated back to an 8-5 loss to Widener on May 9, 2007 in the first round of the NCAA championship.

Junior Steve Kazimer (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) totaled a season-high six points for the Mustangs, one shy of his career-high, as he finished with three goals and three assists.

Sophomore Jimmy Dailey (Westminster/Winter Mills) had two goals and two assists while senior Chris Baldwin (Baltimore/Calvert Hall) had a goal and three assists. Junior Nic Bevacqua (Boonton Township, N.J./Mountain Lakes) finished with two goals and one assist.

Stevenson scored seven of the game's first nine goals to take a 7-2 halftime lead, led by two goals and two assists from Kazimer. Hebert finished the first half with seven saves.

Led by two goals and one assist from Dan Maude, Denison cut the deficit to two following Maude's third goal with 12:57 remaining in the fourth quarter. He finished the game with four points while Brady Burton added four goals.

Junior Richie Ford (Baltimore/Towson) scored just 34 seconds later to push the lead to three before Burton scored on the extra-man advantage only 36 seconds later to cut the lead to 10-8.

However, Bevacqua and Kazimer would score back-to-back goals over the next three minutes to increase the lead to four while the Stevenson defense, led by two saves from Hebert, held the Big Red scoreless until Burton scored his third man-up goal of the game with just 49 seconds remaining.

Denison attempted its comeback by outshooting the Mustangs 12-4 in the fourth and holding an 11-6 edge in ground balls. Its also scored two of its three goals with the extra-man advantage.

The selection show for the 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship will be live on CBS College Sports beginning at 10:00 p.m., Sunday night. CBS College Sports is available on Comcast Cable channel 274. To make sure you get CBS College Sports, please call your local cable provider.