HARTFORD, Conn. - The Bates men's lacrosse team scored four unanswered goals in less than three minutes during the third quarter Saturday afternoon as the Bobcats downed Trinity College, 11-9 in NESCAC action.

Bates (3-2, 1-2 NESCAC) was led again by junior Jack Allard (Ridgewood, N.J.), who scored a career-high six goals -- at least one in every quarter -- and has 10 in the last two games. Sophomore Kyle Weber (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) kicked in a pair of scores, and the Bobcats harassed Trinity into 31 turnovers (1-4, 0-3 NESCAC).

The Bantams jumped out to the early 2-0 lead with tallies from Ryan DeSimone and Matthew Hauck. Bates senior Conor Henrie (Lexington, Mass.) put the Bobcats on the board at the 8:05 mark in the first, after scooping up the ground ball from a senior Jack Strain (Montclair, N.J.) shot attempt. Allard knotted things up at 2-2 when he scored on a feed from Weber with 3:41 remaining in the first.

The Bobcats took their first lead of the game when junior Charlie Hildebrand (Berwyn, Pa.) did it all by causing a turnover, picking up the ground ball, and finding the back of the net to stake the Bobcats to the 3-2 advantage. Trinity answered with a goal from James O'Connell 22 seconds later to even things at 3-3.

The two teams exchanged the lead three times over the remaining 12 minutes of the second quarter and took a 6-6 tie into the intermission.

After Trinity went ahead to open the third quarter, Weber scored his two goals in a span of 31 seconds to give Bates a lead they would never relinquish. Sophomore Andrew Melvin (Medfield, Mass.) tallied 54 seconds later on a pass from senior Steven Hild (West Hartford, Conn.) to extend Bates' lead to 9-7. Allard topped off the flurry of Bobcat goals, scoring off of a forced turnover and ground ball by sophomore Fred Ulbrick (Fairfield, Conn.) to give his team the 10-7 lead.

The Bantams closed to within two in the waning moments of the third quarter, but Allard responded early in the fourth quarter with his sixth and final tally of the day on an assist from senior Connor Cerniglia (Annapolis, Md.).