ALMA, Mich. - The Calvin men's lacrosse team fell at Alma 22-12 Tuesday evening at Balhke Field.

The Knights (5-10 overall, 0-6 MIAA) gave the Scots (11-4 overall, 5-1 MIAA) a strong challenge for one half before fading over the final quarter-and-a-half of play.

Calvin led 5-3 after the first quarter and trailed 11-7 at halftime. Calvin trailed just 12-9 five minutes into the third quarter before the Scots went on a 7-1 scoring run to take a 19-10 lead heading into the final quarter of play.

The lead proved to be too much for Calvin to overcome as Alma claimed the win and guaranted itself the No. 2 seed for the upcoming MIAA Tournament.

Alma outshot Calvin 54-32 including 16-4 in the third quarter when the Scots pulled away.

Sophomore Nate Ray (Northville/Northville HS) and freshman Michael Winkler (La Quinta, Ca./Palm Desert HS) both had three goals and an assist.  

Juniors Joel Schaefer (Clarksville, Md./Annapolis Area Christian HS) and Chris Griffin (Hartland/Hartland HS) each tallied two goals and two assists. Freshman Jonathan Miller (Boise, Id./Ambrose School) had a goal and an assist. Freshman Max Foster (Bloomfield Hills/Brother Rice HS) also tallied a goal.

Sophomore Austin Roden (Delaware, Oh./Delaware Christian HS) came up with a team-high six ground balls. Winkler and sophomore Ethan Brown (Falmouth, Me./Falmouth HS) had five ground balls apiece.

Freshman goalie Tristan Parece (Kelowna, BC/Kelowna Secondary School) had 12 saves.

Calvin will close out its season on Saturday, hosting Kalamazoo College at 10 a.m. at Zuidema Field.