AMHERST, Mass. -- Matthew Sheinberg scored four times Wednesday afternoon -- three times in the decisive third quarter, to help rally the 14th-ranked Amherst College men's lacrosse team to a 14-11 victory over 15th-ranked Swarthmore on Pratt Field at Lehrmann Stadium. 

Amherst won its third straight and improved to 3-1 overall. The Mammoths will host Colby College Saturday at 1 p.m. The Garnet suffered their first loss of the season, falling to 4-1. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* After allowing the visiting Garnet seven goals in the second quarter, the Mammoths trailed 9-7 at halftime. However, in a stunning turnaround, Amherst goaltender Mitch Likins and his defensive teammates would allow only two goals for the entirety of the second half. 

* The first 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter was scoreless, but Bob Gross got things rolling for the Mammoths with 9:35 remaining in the period when he took a pass from Alex Vlacich and fired a shot past Swarthmore goalie Drew Tyson to bring Amherst within one at 9-8. 

* Only 33 seconds later, Amherst had tied the game at 9-all when Sheinberg received a pass from Steve Crawford II and slipped a shot by Tyson. On the ensuing face-off, Nicholas Kopp won the face-off, raced down the field and scored for a 10-9 lead. That came just five seconds after Sheinberg's tying goal. 

* Following a four-minute period of missed shots, saves and turnovers, Sheinberg scored back-to-back goals 17 seconds apart -- the second coming off a Vlacich assist -- to increase the Mammoths' lead to 12-9. 

* The Garnet cut its deficit to 12-11 with 12:18 left in the contest, but the Mammoths' defense put the clamps on for the final 12:18 while the offense produced goals from Vlacich and Alex Giacobbe, to account for the three-goal win. Neither team would score over the final 7:33 of the game. 



BY THE NUMBERS:

*  Amherst had 32 shots on goal to Swarthmore's 25. Likins finished with 14 saves, four coming in the second half. Tyson had 17 saves for the Garnet. 

* The Mammoths won 18 of the 28 face-offs taken. Kopp won 18 of the 26 he took for Amherst. 

* The Mammoths gathered 44 ground balls to Swarthmore's 28. Kopp led the way with 12, while Sheinberg had four and Brendan Reilly, Thompson Lau and Jacob Bruno three each. 

* Lau had a team-leading five caused turnovers and Jacob Bruno created three. 

* Gross, Reilly and Giacobbe had two goals each.