ROME, Ga. – The Rhodes men's lacrosse team fell to Berry College on Friday in Southern Athletic Association play, 10-6.
 
The Lynx fall to 7-4 on the year and 1-2 in league play, while the Vikings improve to 6-4 on the season and 1-1 in the SAA.
 
Rhodes got things started with a pair of goals to open play, with a Jason Lee score at the 12:50 mark and a Mike Knudsen goal with 7:04 to play in the quarter. The Vikings netted a single goal in the period for a 2-1 Lynx lead.
 
The second period was all Berry, with five straight goals. The Lynx headed into the break trailing 6-2.
 
In the third period, Ryan Fennelly broke his scoring silence, netting a goal off a Steven Young pass to pull within three at 6-3. The Vikings had an answer, but Knudsen netted another Rhodes goal, to make the count 7-4. Berry netted one more goal to close the period, with the Lynx taking an 8-4 deficit into the final period.
 
Austin Bridgforth scored the first goal of the fourth period, pulling within 8-5. The Vikings were able to net two more goals, making the final goal from the Lynx ' Matthew Jones with 17 seconds to play not enough, as Rhodes fell 10-6.
 
Rhodes and the Vikings were neck-and-neck in the shots on goal category with 16 a piece. The Lynx went 18-24 in clear attempts on the night, and picked up 20 ground balls in the contest.
 
Thomas Matthews stood tall in the goal for 60 minutes of play, grabbing six saves in just his fourth loss of the season.
 
Rhodes will be back in action on March 28 when they look to bounce back against non-conference Shorter University.