St. Louis – The Maryville men's lacrosse team pushed No. 8 Indianapolis to the waning minutes before its rally fell short 14-10. The Saints trailed 12-10 and were pressing the Greyhounds to get the ball back but UIndy iced the game with two goals in the final 66 seconds of the contest.
 
Indianapolis Recap
Tyler Wenck grabbed a ground ball and sprinted down the field to fire in the opening goal of the contest. UIndy reeled off five straight until Reid Usrey used a rising shot to the upper corner to bring the Saints to 5-2. The Greyhounds led 7-2 but the Saints roared back with four straight goals. Connor Eskridge started the run with a score at the 1:47 mark in the second, and Clayton Cerett tallied in the final minute before half as the Saints were only down 7-4 at the break.
 
Reid Usrey opened the scoring in the third, and Aidan Koenig's goal chopped UIndy's lead to just 7-6 with 4:27 left in the third. Ethan Olson and Eskridge sandwiched scores around one from the Greyhounds. Wenck tallied to bring the Saints to 11-9 with nine minutes left. UIndy went back up 12-9 but Cerett scored his second to draw Maryville to 12-10 at the 1:45 mark. However, with the Saints double teaming the ball to try and gain possession, UIndy tacked on a goal to seal the win with one minute left.
 
Statistical Leaders:
Goals: four players - 2
Assists: Zach Baker - 2
Points: Connor Eskridge - 3
Ground Balls: Tim McCarthy - 6
Caused Turnovers: Tim McCarthy - 2
Saves: Jaxon Snyder - 6
 
Records
Maryville: 9-4, 2-3 GLVC
Indianapolis: 12-1, 5-1 GLVC
 
What's Next?
The Saints close out the regular season with a 3 p.m. contest at Lewis Saturday, April 23. Maryville is battling the Flyers for a top-four finish and a berth into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament.