The Hartford men's lacrosse team held off a furious Binghamton comeback bid to defeat the Bearcats, 8-7, Saturday morning at Bearcats Sports Complex. Senior Tyler Corpora, sophomore Anthony Sericolo and freshman Ethan Landymore scored two goals apiece to pace the Hawks (1-5), who improve to 1-5 in the America East. Ryan McBeth scored each of his game-best three goals in the second half, a stretch that saw Binghamton (3-3, 3-3 AE) shut out the Hawks and pull within one inside the final minute. HARTFORD 8, BINGHAMTON 7 After a scorching start resulted in a 4-0 lead midway through the first stanza, Hartford tacked on three more unanswered tallies to push ahead, 7-1, with 2:22 left in the quarter. Behind a 6-of-10 performance at the X, the Hawks, who forced six Bearcats' turnovers during that opening stretch, took a 7-2 lead into the second quarter. With each side limited to one goal apiece in the second quarter to provide the halftime margin of 8-3, momentum shifted in favor of the Bearcats after the break. McBeth, who provided the only goal of the third quarter, continued his scoring run in the final quarter. Single-handedly trimming Hartford's lead down to two with a pair of scores at the 9:23 and 8:14 marks, he helped pull Binghamton within one after assisting on a Justin Roderka goal with 43 seconds left. The Bearcats would win the ensuing faceoff, but after regaining possession on a Roderka shot that went high of the target, graduate student Ryan Lovell forced a key turnover in the closing seconds to secure the win for Hartford. INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES Sophomore James McCoy added one goal and an assist for two points Junior Chris Ladyga was solid at the X, going 12-of-19 for the Hawks with four ground balls Junior Chris Campbell, who forced three Bearcats' turnovers, registered a game-high seven ground balls Causing a pair of turnovers, sophomore Zach Buffington joined Campbell with seven ground balls The Hawks held a 38-29 advantage in shots Binghamton committed 25 miscues, 14 of which forced turnovers by Hartford Junior Cam Logan finished with 14 saves between the pipes His counterpart, Teddy Dolan, kept the Bearcats in the game with 16 stops, eight of which came in a second-half shutout of Hartford NEXT ON TAP Hartford begins a two-game homestand when it hosts NJIT in an America East clash on Saturday, April 17. The first-ever meeting between the Hawks and Highlanders is set for an 11 a.m. opening faceoff from Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium.