ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- The Elizabethtown College men's lacrosse team dropped their non-conference matchup with Lancaster County rival Franklin & Marshall on Saturday at Wolf Field. The Diplomats defeated the Blue Jays, 9-6.

F&M kept the Jays quiet in the first half, only allowing one goal through the first 30 minutes. Landon Scully set up Finn Kristan with 30 seconds left in the half as Elizabethtown trailed 5-1.

Etown outscored the Diplomats 2-1 in the third with Tristan Coleman involved in both goals. First, he assisted on Jay Rodriguez's goal before scoring one of his two in the game to cut their deficit in half to 6-3 with 15 minutes remaining to play.

Each time scored three times in the fourth, with Franklin & Marshall getting their goals first to go ahead 9-3. Elizabethtown put home three in the final three minutes, but that was not enough.

Coleman, Kristan, and Jake Woodworth all scored a goal each. Hunter Russell assisted on Kristan's second of the day.

The Blue Jays will host Widener on Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m.