The Providence College men's lacrosse team lost to the Brown University Bears, 9-7, on Tuesday, April 16 on Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium. The Friars fall to 6-7 overall and conclude non-conference play with a 4-6 mark. 1st Quarter: Brown racked up the first five shots of the game, but Tate Boyce (Matthews, N.C.) saved all three that came on frame. The Bears broke the stalemate six minutes in, as Reed Moshyedi ripped one past Boyce for his first-career goal. Providence responded with goals just five seconds apart. Matt Grillo (Setauket, N.Y.) scored from Brendan Kearns (Wantagh, N.Y.) and then Kearns posted a tally of his own. Colin Keating (Ridgewood, N.J.) won the face-off and picked up his first-career point by assisting Kearns. Brown scored with 1:44 remaining in the quarter to tie the game at 2-2. 2nd Quarter: Similar to the first quarter, neither team was able to score through the opening minutes. Phil Goss made four saves for the Bears through the first seven minutes. Jack Kniffin converted on the Bears' first man-up chance of the game, putting Brown ahead 3-2 with 7:39 left on the clock. Brown tacked on two more goals in the quarter to head to the locker room with a 5-2 lead. 3rd Quarter: Ryan Nawrocki (Smithtown, N.Y.) opened the second-half scoring with a nifty goal 49 seconds in. Nawrocki then assisted Nick Hatzipetrakos' 35th goal of the season to bring the Friars within one (5-4). Ryan Aughavin became the sixth Bear to score in the game, as he pushed the lead back to two with 9:58 remaining. Kevin McCordic (Medfield, Mass.) ripped a man-up goal past Goss, but Brown scored off the ensuing face-off to regain a two-goal lead. Neither team scored over the final 5:54 of the quarter. 4th Quarter: Evan McGreen (Narragansett, R.I.) scored another man-up goal for the Friars 16 seconds into the quarter. Kniffin scored back-to-back goals to push the Bears' lead to 9-6 with 5:29 remaining. Grillo notched his second goal of the game with 59 seconds remaining, but Brown was able to win the ensuing face-off and close out the game. Game Notes: The Friars are now 0-2 in Ocean State Cup games this year. Providence fell to Bryant, 11-8, earlier this season (Feb. 16). Providence had six different goal scorers in the game. Matt Grillo has scored at least one goal in 12 of the team's 13 games this season. He recorded his eighth-career multi-goal game with two tallies. Brendan Kearns led the offense with three points on one goal and two assists. It was his eighth game of the season with three or more points. Kevin McCordic has now scored five goals this season. Three of them, including tonight's, have come in man-up situations. Colin Keating went 10-for-18 (.556) at the 'X' and took all of Providence's face-offs in the game. Providence scored just two goals in the first half. The only other time the Friars were held to two goals in a half this season was the second half against BU (Feb. 3). Goalkeeping: PC – Tate Boyce – 9 saves, 9 goals against, 60:00 minutes Brown – Phil Goss – 17 saves, 7 goals against, 60:00 minutes Face-offs: PC: 10-18 Brown: 8-18 Extra-Man Opportunities: PC: 2-5 Brown: 1-4 Groundballs: PC: 34 Brown: 34 - GO FRIARS! -