GREENSBORO, N.C. – A late deficit was looked square in the face and then overcome by the Otterbein men's lacrosse team in a wild Wednesday clash at Guilford, as the Cardinals trailed 12-9 early in the fourth quarter before a four-goal run punctuated the day at Appenzeller Field.

The tightly-contested affair across the entire day ended with Otterbein standing on top 13-12, getting the Cards back to even on the season and finishing perfect on its spring trip.

NOTABLE STRETCHES:

• Guilford scored first but Otterbein responded with three-straight goals to make its visiting presence known. Both sides then rotated scores across a high-scoring frame, with the Cards leading 5-4 at the second-quarter turn.
   
• The Quakers got the better of play/results in the second and a good chunk of the third, keeping Otterbein scoreless for a 20-minute stretch of game time to build a 10-7 advantage.
   
• Freshman Jack Regruth netted a pair of goals bridging into the fourth quarter, helping the team stay within striking distance yet still trailing (12-9) with a dozen minutes left.
   
• A final rally was strung together from there in crunch time, beginning with Carson Rainone scoring a pair of unassisted goals within 50 seconds of each other. Dom Dean then converted the equalizer by himself with 5:11 on the clock.
   
• Possessions were traded before Otterbein ended up with the ball again. Dean found Zach Mulligan for what would be the game-winning goal at the 2:47 mark, erupting the Cardinal sideline and faithful in attendance.
   
• Otterbein's defense came up big in the waning moments, forcing a pair of turnovers and then getting a huge save from goalie Luke Farthing with just five seconds to go.

BOX SCORE LOOK:

• Otterbein rattled off 64 shots in nearly doubling up in total attempts, but the home side stayed close behind a whopping 25 saves from goalie Darrius Saffavi-Abbassi in the cage.
   
• Mulligan and Rainone churned out hat tricks while Regruth and Aidan Moore also delivered multi-score outings.
   
• The Cardinals had chances via penalties but finished 0 for 6 on extra-man sequences.
   
• Otterbein was a near perfect 18 of 19 on clears.
   
• Guilford won 16 of 27 faceoffs and received a six-point day (3G, 3A) from sophomore attackman Gavin Brown.

UP NEXT:

The group will take a full week off in returning to classes before hosting Trine next Wednesday (3/16) for its home opener at Memorial Stadium. Initial faceoff will go off at 7 p.m.