CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Lawrence University men's lacrosse team mounted a late comeback Saturday but fell short in a 10-8 setback to Illinois Tech in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Stuart Field.
    Lawrence trailed 10-3 midway through the fourth quarter, but the Vikings exploded for five goals in the final 4:27.
    Finn Anderson scored off a pass from Iori Yamada with 4:27 left to trim the lead to 10-4. Eamon Tegenfeldt-Pfohman added a goal with 2:08 remaining to cut the lead to 10-5.
    The Vikings had an extra-man opportunity and Emmett Eischens cashed in with a goal off a pass from Camden Waters with 1:25 left. Robbie Spielmann followed with another goal off a pass from Brody Herr with just 47 ticks remaining to trim the lead to 10-8. Herr added another goal with 26 seconds left to cut the margin to two, but that's as close as the Vikings would get.
    Spielmann led the way for Lawrence w(3-6, 1-3 NACC) ith three goals on six shots, and Herr added a pair of goals. 
    Goalkeeper Gavin Reiter made 14 saves and tied for the team lead with Cody Brekke with eight ground balls. 
    Illinois Tech (5-4, 4-0) had a 41-34 edge in shots, and Lawrence had a 35-29 edge in ground balls.