SARATOGA SPRINGS - Senior All-American midfielder Mike Perlow scored a season-high five goals, but it wasn't enough as the Skidmore College men's lacrosse team lost 13-11 to Williams College in a non-league contest, Tuesday night at Wachenheim Field.
The Thoroughbreds are 2-6 and return to Liberty League action on Saturday at 1 p.m. at home against Vassar. The Ephs improve to 2-3.
Williams took a 5-1 lead with 13:53 to play in the second quarter. Then Skidmore got on track, scoring five of the game's next six goals over the rest of the quarter and into the third, to tie it 6-6. Perlow and J.P. Sullivan each scored twice in the run, while Bryan Connolly tallied the tying goal at 10:55 of the third.
The Ephs scored the next three goals to take a 9-6 lead and then extending the lead to four, 13-9 with 6:26 to play in the fourth. Sullivan and Kevin Mulvey scored late goals for the Thoroughbreds for the 13-11 final.
Perlow's five goals gives him 22 for the season. Sullivan finished with three goals. Jon Hoeg had a pair of assists and Sam Christiansen had six groundballs and four caused turnovers. Matt Diaco had 10 saves in goal for the Thoroughbreds.
Evan Dedominicis and Conor Roddy had three goals each for Williams. David Lee won 20 of 26 faceoffs and had 10 ground balls. Dan Whittam had 12 saves for the Ephs, including 10 in the first half.
