MOUNT VERNON - The Cornell men's lacrosse fell to Augustana College, 16-3, Wednesday night in the midweek matchup as the Rams fell behind after a hot start by the Vikings.

The Rams (1-3) were in a six-goal deficit in the first half to the Vikings (2-1) before a goal by Rory MacLean at 4:15 in the second quarter finally put the Rams on the board. MacLean's was the first collegiate goal of his career.

They went down 7-1 after a half of play after another goal was given up. The Vikings would score nine more goals in the second half as the Rams were unable to overcome this deficit.

The Rams' second goal came in the fourth after a Vikings' defender accidentally scored their own goal. Luke Baldwin scored the last goal of the game and for the Rams, his fourth goal of the year, with less than two minutes left in the game.

Baldwin had a great defensive effort as well finishing with three ground balls. Thomas Cook finished with six ground balls to lead the team and seven saves.

Ben Schwartz had two ground balls and two caused turnovers, Zach Arnold had two caused turnovers, with Torii Greiskalns had three caused turnovers to lead everyone.

Coming up - The Rams' next game is at home against Concordia (Wis.), Saturday for a noon start.