WATERVILLE, Maine -- Whit McCarthy (Darien, Conn.) had a part in five of Colby College's seven goals and the Mules' defense kept Wheaton College off the scoreboard in the fourth quarter in a 7-6 non-conference victory Tuesday night at Bill Alfond Field.

Colby improves to 3-1 heading into Saturday's 1:00 p.m. home game with Trinity College. Wheaton falls to 0-3 and also will play Trinity in its next game on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in Hartford, Conn.

McCarthy is up to 12 goals and five assists on the season after helping the Mules to a 7-3 lead with 10:33 to play in the third quarter. However, the Mules could not manage a goal the rest of the way and the Lyons scored three goals in a span of 2:24 of the third quarter to get back in the game and only trail 7-6 heading into the final 15 minutes.

Colby's defense, led by captains Jason Forino (Sudbury, Mass.) and James Brady (East Walpole, Mass.), kept the fourth quarter scoreless as the Mules hung on for the victory. Forino had four groundballs and Brady added two in front of goaltender Alex Farmer (Madison, Conn.), who had nine stops.

The Mules scored first in the contest just 54 seconds into the game on an unassisted goal by Stew Brown (Wilton, Conn.). The Lyons went ahead 2-1 when Billy McNamara (Mansfield, Mass.) tallied with 9:14 to play in the first quarter and Drew Schaffer (New Haven, Conn.) added a goal with 8:21 to play.

Colby tied the game at 2-2 on an unassisted goal by Caddy Brooks (Darien, Conn.) with 7:58 to play and then went ahead for good in the first quarter when McCarthy got the first of his four goals off a pass from Brooks with 5:51 to play. The Mules finished a 4-0 scoring run with goals from Mark Squicciarino (Titusville, N.J.) with 10:02 to intermission off a pass from McCarthy and then Brooks set up McCarthy with another goal with 6:12 to play.

Wheaton stopped the scoring run when Chris Landers (Manchester, Mass.) scored with 4:43 to halftime off an assist from Tim Horan (Cheshire, Conn.). McCarthy, though, scored his third goal with 1:05 to play for a 6-3 lead at the break.

McCarthy got what turned out to be the key seventh goal from teammate Patrick Briody (Hopewell, N.J.) with 10:33 left in the third quarter.

Wheaton got the three goals starting with 5:53 left in the third quarter on a goal by Schaffer. Warren Garceau (Guilford, Conn.) made it 7-5 with an unassisted goal with 4:13 to play and then McNamara cut the lead to one goal off a pass from Bobby Barry (Duxbury, Mass.) with 3:29 left in the third.

Schuyler Horn (New Hartford, Conn.) stopped 13 shots in goal for Wheaton, while Craig Bunker (Topsfield, Mass.) won 10 face-offs and had eight groundballs for Colby.

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WATERVILLE, ME- The Wheaton College men's lacrosse team held Colby College to only one second-half goal but suffered its second straight one-goal setback with a 7-6 loss at Alfond Field on Tuesday evening. The Lyons slipped to 0-3, while the Mules are now 3-1.

Wheaton, which stuck with a team it lost to by an 11-2 count last year, nearly held Colby to its first scoreless second half since April 24, 2005. The Lyons allowed the hosts their only goal after halftime at the 10:33 mark of the third quarter to fall behind by a 7-3 count before tallying three times in a matter of 4:24 late in the period.

Juniors Drew Schaffer (New Haven, CT/Loomis Chaffee School) and Warren Garceau (Guilford, CT/Canterbury School) scored at 5:53 and 4:13, respectively, before freshman Billy McNamara (Mansfield, MA/Northfield Mount Hermon School) made it 7-6 with 3:29 left in the third. However, neither team scored over the final 18:28 of regulation.

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