OWINGS MILLS, Md. - No. 19 Lynchburg rallied from an 8-4 deficit early in the third quarter to move past No. 20 Stevenson 11-9 in non-conference men's lacrosse in the first round of the Mustang Classic Friday night.

• Kevin Rogers scored a minute into the game to give the Hornets (4-3) an early lead.
• Stevenson's (1-4) Seth Thornton won the ensuing faceoff and found Will Smith eight seconds later to tie the game 1-1.
• Freshman Cam Leydig scored with 22 seconds remaining in the frame to give the hosts a 2-1 lead after 15 minutes.
  Lynchburg held a slight 15-13 lead in shots in the first frame, while Stevenson won all four faceoffs in the period.

• Moments after a big save by Sam Ross, Lynchburg scored to tie the game 2-2 with 9:12 left before halftime.
• At the 8:00 mark, Gray McKee intercepted a Hornet clear attempt and found JT Thelen down low as the Mustangs reclaimed the lead.
• After a timeout, Leydig extended the lead to 4-2 with 5:41 remaining.  He then added his third goal of the game 2:04 later to increase the lead to three.
• Thelen found the upper left corner with 2:38 left in the half for his second goal of the night.
• Lynchburg responded nine seconds later after winning the faceoff.
• The Hornets pulled within 6-4 with 10 seconds left and that remained the halftime score.

• After a great individual effort, a leaping shot by Gray McKee 1:05 into the half put the Mustangs up 7-4.
• At the 12:03 mark, Smith found Lewis Anania for his second goal of the season to give the Mustangs a four-goal advantage.
• Lynchburg pulled within 8-5 with 2:06 left in the period on an Evan Lombardo tally.
• Stevenson carried the three-goal advantage into the fourth.

• Lynchburg cut the lead to 8-6 1:37 into the quarter on a Colin Dean goal.
• Lombardo struck again at 8:32, then Dean tied the contest 8-8 at the 4:41 mark.
• Stevenson reclaimed the lead, 9-8, with 3:40 left as Ethan Christensen scored his first goal of the game.
• Rivington Lambert registered his first goal of the season at 2:10 to knot the game 9-9.
• After the Hornets won the faceoff, Trammel Robinson gave Lynchburg its first lead since 1-0 with 1:32 left.
• The guests closed out the scoring with an empty net goal with 23 seconds on the clock.

• Lynchburg outshot Stevenson 44-40.
• The Mustangs won 18-of-24 faceoffs and picked up 41 ground balls to Lynchburg's 28.
• Five total penalties were called in the game for a total of 3:00, including four on the Hornets.
• Leydig finished with a career-high three goals, while Thelen notched a pair of scores.
• McKee registered a goal and an assist.
• Thornton was 18-24 at the X and picked up nine ground balls.
• Jimmy Case had three caused turnovers and four ground balls, while Al Falco finished with two caused turnovers and four ground ball pickups.
• Tyler Sullivan also had a pair of caused turnovers.
• Ross finished with 11 saves for the Mustangs, while Patrick Cornelius has 10 for Lynchburg.

• Stevenson returns to action in the Mustang Classic Saturday, hosting fifth-ranked York in a 8:30 contest at Mustang Stadium.