Ryan Taylor scored the winning goal with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter as Brevard College rallied for a 10-9 win over Tusculum College in a South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse match Saturday afternoon.

Andrew Bonnie scored five goals and added an assist for the Tornados (3-4, 1-1 SAC), who overcame deficits of 4-1 and 7-5 to defeat the Pioneers (4-2, 0-2 SAC), who came from behind twice in the fourth quarter to tie the game but could not get the equalizer after Taylor's tally.

Darrin Wilson and David Fernandes scored two goals each for the Pioneers, with single goals coming from Brad Sage, Ben Boyd, Mitch Chapman, Kellen Asmundson and Jack Timerson. Matthew Dropuljic and Al Blackman each had two goals for the Tornados, who were outshot 29-26 by the Pioneers and committed 16 turnovers to just seven by Tusculum.

The score was tied 7-7 after three quarters, but Dropuljic scored with 9:26 left to give the Tornados an 8-7 lead. Boyd responded for Tusculum with 5:34 left to square the score at 8-8, but Dropuljic tallied again with 3:24 remaining to restore the Tornados' one-goal lead.

The Pioneers tied the game with 2:37 to go on the second goal of the game from Fernandes, but the Tornados won the ensuing faceoff and worked the ball until Taylor scored the go-ahead goal with 1:43 on the clock. Tusculum got possession on the next faceoff, but a wide shot with 51 seconds left and a turnover with 27 seconds to go sealed the victory for Brevard.

Tusculum jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Timerson and Wilson in the first 8 1/2 minutes, but Bonnie scored his first goal of the day to make it a 2-1 game heading to the second quarter. Sage scored at 36 seconds and Asmundson at 1:16 of the second quarter to push the Pioneers on top 4-1, but Bonnie responded with three straight goals to send the game to halftime tied 4-4.

Tusculum outshot Brevard 20-12 in the first half and had a 19-11 advantage in ground balls. The Pioneers also won six out of 10 faceoffs in the half and killed off the only man-up opportunity for either team.

In the third quarter, Wilson and Blackman exchanged goals to keep the score tied at 5-5 with 8:13 to go in the quarter. Fernandes gave the Pioneers a 6-5 lead with 7:42 on the clock and Chapman tallied with the man advantage to extend the Tusculum margin to 7-5 with 3:59 left in the quarter. However, Blackman and Bonnie responded with goals to knot the game at 7-7 heading to the final period.

Tusculum finished the game with 29 ground balls, including six from Jake Smith and four each from Alexander Kleinberg and Steven Raimondi. Smith also had two caused turnovers along with Tyler Schafer, while Timerson and Wilson shared the team lead with six shots at the Brevard goal. John Perrucci finished with 12 saves in goal for the Pioneers.

Brevard goalie Andrew Reilly also had a team-high five ground balls to go along with his 1l saves, while Kodi Roberts had four ground balls and went 8-for-15 at the faceoff dot. overall, the Tornados won 13 of the 23 faceoffs in the game, including four of six in the decisive fourth quarter.

Tusculum went 1-for-3 with the extra man, while the Pioneer penalty killers were perfect on four man-down opportunities. Both teams were nearly perfect on clears, with Brevard going 21-for-22 and Tusculum 20-for-22.

The Pioneers will be on the road Tuesday at 1 p.m. in a non-conference game at 5th-ranked Limestone.