Box Score PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville men's lacrosse team scored four unanswered goals in the latter stages of the fourth quarter, but the late surge wasn't enough as the team fell to the Arcadia Knights on GoValiants.com Field by the score of 10-6 on Wednesday evening.
 
In the game, sophomores Cory Balog (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) and Tom Tarczali (Stratford, Conn./Saint Joseph) led the way with two goals each while classmate Ray Zimlin (Graniteville, N.Y./Wyoming Seminary) finished the game with 13 saves in his first career start.
 
Arcadia built up an early 3-0 lead, despite an evenly matched period that saw shots and ground balls even on the score sheet through the first 15 minutes of play. With just two seconds remaining, Manhattanville picked up its first goal of the game in highlight reel fashion as senior Will Sahakian (Natick, Mass./Rivers School) threw the ball from behind the cage to a leaping Balog, who netted his first of the game to make the score 3-1 heading to the second quarter.
 
After nearly 11 minutes of scoreless action with time ticking towards halftime, Arcadia picked up one more goal with 4:13 left in the period. Three minutes later, Tarczali got on the board with his 10th goal of the season on an individual effort to send the game to halftime with Manhattanville trailing 4-2.
 
The third quarter was controlled by the Knights as the team held an 11-5 edge in shots, and also won all four face-offs of the period while converting on one of two man-up opportunities. Three more Arcadia goals went up on the scoreboard in the third period as the Knights took a 7-2 lead heading into the final period of regulation.
 
The Valiants yielded the first two goals of the period to take a 9-2 lead, but then Manhattanville began to make an offensive surge in attempts to get back into the game.
 
Senior Bill Motherway (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) got the ball rolling just 14 seconds after the latest Arcadia goal to make the game 9-3. Several minutes later, Tarczali found the back of the net for his second goal of the game to trim the deficit to five. The next two goals came on extra-man opportunities as Balog also picked up his second of the game, while senior Justin Figueroa (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) hit his fifth of the season to pull Manhattanville back within three. Sahakian had both assists on the man-up tallies.
 
Austin Morris of Arcadia iced the game with one final goal with just over a minute and a half left in the contest to send his team to its first-ever Freedom Conference victory with the final score showing 10-6.
 
In goal, Zimlin made double-figures in saves for the second straight game as he stopped 13 shots sent his way while allowing all 10 Arcadia tallies. Zimlin also had two ground balls and turned the ball over once during his stay in the net. On the other end of the field, Cory Sonderschafer earned the victory after stopping 11 shots while also picking up two loose balls turned the ball over once as well.
 
Manhattanville will be on the road for its next game, when it travels to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. to take on King's on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Last season the Valiants defeated the Monarchs in overtime in the season finale at home in 2012. Arcadia will also be in action on Saturday afternoon, when it takes on Centenary College in non-conference action beginning at 12 p.m.