DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) – The Delaware Valley University men's lacrosse team used an all-around effort to win its home opener over non-conference foe Albright College, 12-7, on Saturday afternoon.

The Aggies improved to 2-1 overall while the Lions dropped to 1-4.

Albright held a 2-1 lead after two and half minutes of play, before DelVal executed two offensive plays that resulted in George Evanick setting up Brett Ziegler, and Daniel Aulisi finding Chris Marren to put the Aggies on top, 3-2, after one.

The two teams were scoreless through 11 minutes of the second quarter until Aulisi maneuvered through the defense for his first of the day to double the DelVal lead. The Lions got one back, but Marren answered with a half-time buzzer beater to regain the two-goal lead and make it 5-3 at the break.

The Aggies came out hot in the second half as they put together a 4-0 run over the first 7:20 of the third quarter. Albright got two back thanks to a pair of goals from Jay Shifflet with assists from Ryan Haughtaling to make it a 9-5 game heading into the fourth.

Early in the final stanza, Aulisi beat the keeper for his fourth of the day, and then setup teammates Jack Sprinkle and George Evanick to extend the advantage to 12-5 and put the game out of reach. The Lions tacked on two goals in the final 67 seconds of regulation for the 12-7 final.

Junior keeper Jim Murphy led DelVal to victory with 12 saves in 45 minutes of play, as Ryley Savering closed the win with three saves in the fourth quarter. Aulisi continued his hot play with four goals and three assists for seven points as five Aggies recorded multi-point games. Evanick and Ziegler finished with three points apiece, and Marren and Sprinkle had two goals apiece. Frederick Offenburger was 13-for-23 at the faceoff x with seven ground balls, and Sean Mylod led the defense with two caused turnovers and six ground balls.

The Aggies will head back on the road for their next contest at Hood on Saturday, March 11 at 12 p.m.