In just their second game of the season, the Concordia-Chicago Cougars took on the Adrian College Bulldogs, looking to pick up their first win of the year. After falling behind early, the Cougars powered through a strong second quarter to make it a two-point game. Though keeping the momentum going into the third, Adrian eventually halted CUC's offense and pulled away with the 14-9 victory. Inside the Box Score: Brett Krueger led the way for CUC, scoring three goals. Dylan Mordhorst had another solid outing as well, as the rookie tallied three points off two goals and one assist. Boston Dumas and Erik Allstatt led the team with two assists apiece today, while each also recorded one goal. Netminder Jack Liskey stopped 18 shots, as the Bulldogs took 50 shots through the 60-minute match. CUC out scored the Bulldogs in just one quarter, as the Cougars scored five goals to just two for Adrian during the second frame. Adrian went 4-of-5 on extra-man opportunities. How it Happened: Concordia-Chicago jumped out offensively against the Bulldogs, as Gabriel Balcaen found the back of the net just 25 seconds into the game. Despite taking an early lead however, CUC's ball movement slowed down while the Bulldogs rattled off six straight goals, to take a 6-1 lead after the first frame. After the short drought, the Cougars responded and opened up the second quarter on back-to-back goals from Krueger. Krueger's surge cut the CUC deficit to three, but Adrian came back with two more goals to take a 8-3 advantage. With 10 minutes to go in the half, Allstatt capitalized on a man-up opportunity and scored CUC's fourth goal of the game. From there, Concordia-Chicago found the back of the net twice more to cut Adrian's lead to just two by halftime. Heading into the final 30 minutes of play, the Cougars were trailing just 8-6. Adrian scored the first goal of the second half, but not long before Dumas and Mordhorst combined for two-straight goals to pull within one goal of the Bulldogs. The 9-8 score was as close as the game would get for the rest of the day, as Adrian closed out the last 25 minutes of play on a 5-1 scoring run. Up Next: The Cougars will have a 10-day break before returning to play on Saturday, March 14 at Cornell College. Face off is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will kick off Midwest Lacrosse Conference play.