St. Mary's City, Md. – Senior captain Matt Tarrant (Mount Airy, Md./Urbana) scored four times in leading the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team to their second consecutive victory. The Seahawks posted a 15-7 non-conference win over visiting Oberlin College on Tuesday afternoon.

Tarrant was one of nine Seahawks to find the back of the cage today. Sophomore midfielder Greg Louzan (Ellicott City, Md./St. Paul's School) finished with three points on two goals and an assist while sophomore attackman Brendan Steele (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) and senior midfielder Timothy Perugini (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) each chipped in two goals.

The first period was even as both teams scored three goals apiece. Oberlin (3-5) owned a 2-1 lead at 8:49 and then a 3-2 advantage at 2:13 behind a man-up goal by junior midfielder Matthew Fox (Garden City, N.Y./Chaminade). Senior captain Will Lerch (Lothian, Md./Calverton) evened up the score with seven second left in the quarter off a fee from junior midfielder Matt Carney (Alexandria, Va./Potomac).

It was all St. Mary's (2-4) in the second quarter, outscoring the Yeoman, 8-0. Tarrant notched a hat trick while Perugini picked up both of his goals in this stanza. The Seahawks carried an 11-3 advantage into halftime following their dominant second period.

Tarrant led all scorers at intermission with three goals while Steele and Perugini each had a pair. Three different players scored for Oberlin while junior attackman Nick Lobley (Port Washington, N.Y./Portledge School) paced the Yeomen with a goal and an assist.

St. Mary's netted the first two goals of the third period before Lobley struck again with 55 seconds left, sending the Seahawks into the final 15 minutes with a 13-4 advantage. Oberlin outscored the hosts, 3-2, in the fourth quarter, including a pair of Lobley.

The Seahawks outshot Oberlin, 53-26, while posting a 44-34 lead in ground balls as Simon picked up four loose balls. The Yeoman edged St. Mary's in face-offs, 14-of-26, as sophomore midfielder Kinori Rosnow (Kirkland, Wash./Overlake), who is ranked third in Division III in face-off win percentage, took all 26 attempts.

Junior Joe Casey (Annapolis, Md./Mount Saint Joseph) tallied nine saves for the Seahawks while junior Miles Brooke (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) and senior Erickson Andrews (Oberlin, Ohio/Oberlin) split time in goal and combined for 16 stops in Oberlin's fourth loss in a row.

St. Mary's looks to stretch its win streak to three on Saturday, March 28th when the Seahawks travel to Dover, Delaware to take on Wesley College in a Capital Athletic Conference tilt at 2:00 p.m. 

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