OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Trailing 11-6 with just over six minutes remaining in the third, Stevenson University rallied to down No. 13 Stevens Institute of Technology 13-12 on a goal by sophomore Ethan Christensen in double overtime in non-conference men's lacrosse Tuesday night at Mustang Stadium.

The Mustangs (4-5) won their fourth straight game, with two of those wins coming over nationally-ranked foes.  It marked the first double overtime game for Stevenson since a 7-6 double-overtime victory over Widener in the 2016 season.  The Mustangs are 1-1 in overtime games this season and 6-3 in their last nine dating back to 2013.

The Ducks (9-2) saw a six-game win streak snapped.

After a scoreless first overtime session, Stevenson sophomore Justin Burnette won his 26^th faceoff of the evening to start the second extra frame, with junior Gray McKee picking up the ground ball in a scrum on the Mustang end of the field.  McKee got the ball out to Christensen at midfield, who was able to race unchecked down the middle of the field, firing a strike past Stevens goalie Carson White to set off the celebration.

Stevenson had the best chance in the first sudden-victory overtime, as the Mustangs went two men up with 49 seconds to go on a pair of 30-second push calls.  A shot was pushed wide right and the Ducks won the race to the end line, but were unable to get a shot off before time expired.

Stevenson, which trailed 9-4 at halftime and 11-6 with 6:15 left in the third, scored the final three goals of regulation.  Junior JT Thelen scored back-to-back goals at 4:37 and 3:40, with the second a man-up tally, to pull the Mustangs within one.

Burnette won the next faceoff and the Mustangs went up a man at the 2:50 mark on a Stevens slash, but turned the ball over.  The Ducks held the ball until just about a minute left after the timer went on, and a shot by Ryan Kelly was saved by Stevenson goalie Sam Ross.  With 19 seconds left, senior Kyle Karsian scored his fourth goal of the game to tie things, with classmate Harrison Faecher assisting.  The Mustangs won the faceoff but were unable to get a shot off before time expired.

Two goals in the first 1:10 of the fourth pulled Stevenson within two, 11-9.  Faecher scored at the 14:03 mark, then after the Ducks were whistled for their third faceoff violation on the ensuing faceoff, a man-up goal by senior Karsian at 13:50 made it a two-goal game.  Stevens responded 39 seconds later with a John Boutriera goal as the hosts reclaimed a three-goal lead. 

The Mustangs cut a five-goal Stevens halftime lead to three with goals by McKee and Thelen to pull within 9-6.  The Ducks responded with a pair of goals of their own to go back up by five, 11-6, at the 6:15 mark, before Chris Hammerquist scored with 5:01 left in the third for Stevenson.  The Mustangs trailed 11-7 heading into the fourth quarter.

Stevenson took just 34 seconds to get on the board as Karsian scored to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.  The Ducks rattled off four straight goals to go up 4-1 at the 2:58 mark on a Brendan Monteleone tally.  Sophomore Collin Tucker scored with 1:27 left in the opening frame to make it 4-2 after one.

Stevens outscored the Mustangs 5-2 in the second quarter.  Leading 7-4, the Ducks scored twice in the final five minutes of the frame to take a 9-4 lead to the locker room.

Stevenson held a 52-40 shot advantage, including 30-14 in the second half and overtime.  Burnette finished 26-29 on faceoff attempts and picked up 13 ground balls, as he has now won 56-61 (91.8%) over the last three games while corralling 34 ground balls.  As a team, Stevenson picked up 41 ground balls to Stevens' 26.  Ross had 17 saves for the Mustangs, while White turned aside 13 shots.

Karsian totaled four goals, an assist, and five ground balls, while Thelen finished with three goals and an assist and three ground balls.  Christensen recorded a goal and four assists, while McKee added two goals and picked up four ground balls.  Faecher notched a goal, two assists and three ground balls, with Tucker and Hammerquist each scoring once.  Sophomore Andrew Kosco had two caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls on the evening.

Stevens was led by four goals by Tommy Dawson.

Stevenson closes out its non-conference schedule Friday night when it travels to Lynchburg for a 7:00 contest.