GAFFNEY, S.C. – The sixth-seeded UIndy men's lacrosse team nearly knocked off No. 3 Limestone in Wednesday's NCAA First Round battle, falling by a score of 16-13 after the Saints rattled off three straight late goals to pull away. The game was tied on 10 occasions and featured seven lead changes.

UIndy finishes the campaign with an 11-6 record after earning its fifth consecutive NCAA berth. Last season as the No. 6 seed, the Hounds shocked third-seeded Wingate on the road to advance to the national quarterfinals against Limestone.
 
Limestone has now ended UIndy's season back-to-back springs in postseason action and improves to 6-1 all-time against the Greyhounds.
 
Triston Schaffer led the Hounds with four points, finishing with his sixth hat trick of the season. His third score with under five minutes left knotted the game at 13 apiece before the Saints stormed away with the victory.
 

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Owain Braddock and Nick Randgaard each finished with three points, scoring two goals apiece.

The Greyhound defense forced 22 turnovers, the fourth-most the Saints have coughed up this spring. Dougie Crawford was credited with a game-high three caused turnovers, while scooping up two ground balls. UIndy also held Limestone to more than two goals under its season average, which tops all of Division II.
 
Crawford finishes third in all-time CTO with 68.
 

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Senior FOGO Caleb Parker capped his career with an impressive 21-for-32 effort at the dot, securing nine scoops in the process. Parker ranks second all-time in career faceoff percentage with a .554 clip. Jack Sullivan, who set a program record for more ground balls by a non-FOGO earlier this season, finished with seven on Wednesday.
 
The Greyhounds are now 3-5 all-time in their five NCAA tournament appearances.