GREENSBORO, N.C.—The Greensboro College men's lacrosse team dropped their 2018 season home opener to the Marlins of Virginia Wesleyan University, 13-8.
 
The Pride opened up the game on a goal scored by Davis Miller within the first four minutes.
 
The Marlins then answered back with the equalizer goal eight minutes later, but Michael Sehlhorst put Greensboro back on top to take a 2-1 lead. By the end of the first quarter, the Marlins tacked on two more goals to take a 3-2.
 
Virginia Wesleyan's offense kept their pace and scored three more goals before Miller fed Andrew Klementz for the Pride's third goal of the game.
 
Less than two minutes later, Greensboro continued to eat away at the deficit.
 
Spencer Kontoulas found the back of the Marlins' net off a Kyle Dahlin assist right before senior Ryan Cole came up big with a blocked shot.
 
With Cole's blocked shot, the Pride was able to gain possession of the ball and Austin Bane found Victor Mehrtens to cut Virginia Wesleyan's lead to 6-5.  
 
Virginia Wesleyan put up three more goals before Cole scored Greensboro's last goal of the first half before going into the break trailing 10-6.
 
The Marlins offense then ignited in the second half and Greensboro was unable to recover, despite putting up two late goals.
 
"The guys played hard today and it showed in the stat line," Head Coach Mike Foderaro said. "Unfortunately, the score didn't reflect the effort we gave. Patrick Bell, our face-off man, did a great job giving us opportunities by winning the draws.
 
"I thought the Virginia Wesleyan goalie played a great game and they capitalized when they had opportunities."
 
Patrick Bell tallied a game-high 12 ground balls, while Davis Miller had a team-high seven points, a game-high three assists and one goal. Victor Mehrtens also recorded a game-high three caused turnovers for Greensboro.
 
The Pride will return to Pride Field Wednesday as they host their cross-town rival, Guilford College, at 3 p.m. For more information on Greensboro College men's lacrosse, continue to follow www.greensborocollegesports.com.