Greensboro, NC (03/24/04) -- Nick Harness (Worthington, OH/Worthington), Matt Perry (Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug) and Brian Leppert (Worthington, OH/Worthington) each scored three goals to lead visiting Greensboro to a 14-8 men's lacrosse win over crosstown rival Guilford Wednesday afternoon. Perry added four assists for the Pride, which improves to 3-4. Guilford drops to 3-3 with its second straight setback.

Greensboro broke open a 4-2 game in the second quarter by scoring the first six goals of the period. Six different players tallied during the spurt, which helped the guests take an 11-3 halftime lead. Harness scored all of his goals in the first half.

Guilford's Ed Massello (Roanoke, VA/Roanoke Catholic) and Matt Wagner (Mill Valley, CA/Marin Catholic) tallied back-to-back goals to start the third quarter, which pulled the Quakers to within 11-5. The Pride successfully killed off a 30-second offside penalty on Harness and got scores from Perry and Leppert 47 seconds apart to regain an eight-goal advantage headed into the fourth quarter.

The Quakers scored the game's last two goals in the final 3:12 against backup goalie William Sepich (Ellicott City, MD/Mt. Hebron). He replaced starter Corey Reina (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph's) with 3:43 left in the contest after Reina stood tall with 10 saves and picked up a game-high eight ground balls. Senior defenseman Jon Sparks (Wilmington, NC/Cape Fear Academy) had six pickups for Greensboro. Sophomore Nick DeFelice (Owings, MD/Calvert) helped the Pride win all but seven faceoffs by claiming 12 of his 16 draws. He finished with seven ground balls.

Massello and Wagner each scored three times for Guilford. Josh Miller (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) had two assists. Aaron Skiles (Weirton, WV/Shattuck-St. Mary's (MN)) went the distance in goal for Guilford and recorded 14 saves and eight ground balls.