The Marquette Golden Eagles (3-2) were the guests at Vidas Field on the campus of Drexel University on a cold Saturday afternoon.
A heavyweight DI tilt saw Drexel grind out a hard-fought 13-11 victory.
Ryan Genord (5g,1a) had the hero hat in this one when he broke an 11-11 tie with just 4:42 showing on the clock.
Colin Mailman delivered a pair of unassisted tallies just :29 apart to put the home team in lead,2-0
Marquette recovered from the hit and waged a four-goal run that was generated by Chris Kirschner (3g,1a) who converted a pretty pass from Jake Stedman followed by an unassisted marker from Luke Anderson just 1:33 later.
Marquette continued the deluge with Stegman assisting on FOGO, Thomas Washington (2g) and Stegman again, helping out on a Max Kruszewski (1g) net bender.
Genord laid a pretty pass that Reid Bowering (2g) deposited behind Marquette netminder, John Hulsman to get it a 3-2 affair.
Stegman (2g,5a) decided to become the goal scorer and ended the first 15:00 with The Golden Eagles, feeling their mojo, 5-3.
Despite the fact that Marquette controlled play and the ball, Drexel would dominate the score sheet with Genord, Bowering, Genord and Jack Mulcahy (1g,1a) all hitting rope to close the half with the Dragons snorting fire, 7-5.
As stagnant as the Golden Eagles offense was in the second, they made the adjustments and fired home a man-up goal from Holden Patterson (1g) at 14:35 that was added to by Kirschner just fifty seconds later and things were even 7-7.
From there, the battle ensued. Matthew Varian (3a) sent a cross turf pass that Aidan Koll (1g,1a) cashed in.
Stegman knotted it up once again before Devon Cowan(1g,1a)) boosted the visitors to a one-goal edge at 9-8.
Genord was playing the hot hand to take things to the final quarter with yet another tied game, 9-9.
Washington forced a turnover that he buried behind Drexel netminder, Ross Blumenthal and The Golden Eagles seized a 10-9 advantage.
It took just 1:50 for the Mailman to deliver again. Mulcahy hit Mailman who fired a rocket for his hat trick and his 12th of the season.
Washington won the ensuing faceoff that Kirschner converted for the eighth tie of the game.
Less than a minute later, Genord seized the center stage with a bad angle shot that found its way in.
Drexel went into a clock eating mode before Nick Fox (1g) put the dagger in the heart of Marquette to finish the 13-11 victory.
Kevin has followed and promoted the game of lacrosse since May 19, 1974.
The same day the Philadelphia Flyers won the Cup, the Philadelphia Wings were introduced to Neibauer and Philadelphia.
Kevin has covered many sports, including baseball, football, basketball, and.. lacrosse. A former licensed football referee and baseball umpire, Kevin brings a unique insight to his game coverage.
A published writer in JustHockey Magazine, Kevin covered the American Hockey League as well as a monthly story on a pugilist where Kevin used the pen name, The Rink Rat. Neibauer turned his attentions to lacrosse for a few years and does his part, whether podcasting or writing to grow the game. Kevin branched out to his roots and currently provides insight for all Philadelphia teams for Edge of Philly as well as his full-time duties with LaxPhilly.
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