Alex Dantzler scored four times during a run of seven unanswered goals that boosted Catawba College to a 15-8 win over Tusculum College in a South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse match Saturday night at Shuford Stadium.

Dantzler finished with five goals for the Indians (5-4, 3-1 SAC), who outshot the Pioneers (4-5, 0-4 SAC) by a 47-28 margin and won 18 of the 26 faceoffs in the contest. Davis Hughes had two goals and three assists and Tyler Ulrich and Adam Hebert scored twice each for Catawba in the win.

Mitch Chapman led the Pioneers with three goals, Ben Boyd scored twice and Alexander Kleinberg, Darrin Wilson and Jack Timerson had single goals for Tusculum, which led 2-1 midway through the first quarter before Catawba scored seven in a row over a span of nearly 26 minutes to take an 8-2 lead in the third quarter.

Tusculum opened the scoring just over three minutes into the first half on a goal by Timerson, but Catawba's Steven Ridolfo tied the contest on a man-up goal with 9:38 left in the opening quarter. Kleinberg tallied just 16 seconds later to put the Pioneers back on top 2-1, but it would be their last goal for 26 1/2 minutes as the Indians scored four straight goals to go up 5-2 after one quarter.

The Indians scored both goals of the second quarter as Dantzler and Zach LaFavre scored to extend the Catawba lead to 7-2 at halftime. Dantzler made it 8-2 just under four minutes into the third quarter before Chapman scored his first of the game with 6:51 left in the third to end the Pioneer drought. Ty Sellers and Boyd exchanged goals in the latter stages of the third quarter to make it a 9-4 Catawba lead entering the final period.

The fourth quarter saw the teams combine for 10 goals, including four in a stretch of 1:04 early in the period that left the Indians with a 12-5 lead. Trailing 13-5 with just under seven minutes left, the Pioneers scored three of the next four goals with Wilson, Boyd and Chapman tallying in a span of 5 1/2 minutes. Hughes closed the scoring for Catawba with a man-up goal with seven seconds left.

Chapman, Kleinberg and Tyler Schafer each finished with four ground balls for the Pioneers, with Schafer joining Jake Smith as the team leader with two caused turnovers. Ulrich had four ground balls to lead the Indians, while Daniel Rew (6-for-8), Daniel Couhenhour (4-for-5) and Ulrich (3-for-4) all had strong performances on faceoffs.

Catawba finished 2-for-6 with the man advantage while Tusculum was 1-for-3 on extra-man opportunities. The Pioneers finished the match with 17 turnovers to 15 by the Indians, and Tusculum was 20-for-23 on clears while Catawba finished 18-for-22 as a team.

Eddie Schoenig got the start in goal for Tusculum and had five saves, with John Perrucci finishing with three stops in the fourth quarter. Pete Wesselman started in goal for Catawba and had five first-half saves before giving way to Ryan Applegate, who had three saves in the second half.

The Pioneers will return home Thursday night to take on Mars Hill in a SAC game starting at 7 p.m. at Pioneer Field.