CAMBRIDGE, MA- The Wheaton College men's lacrosse team moved into sole possession of second place in the Pilgrim League thanks to Wednesday night's 9-7 come-from-behind victory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Roberts Field.

The Lyons, who matched the program's fourth-longest winning streak at five games, improved to 5-6 overall and 5-1 in league play, while the Engineers fell into a third-place tie with Babson College.  Slipping to 7-6 and 4-2, MIT had its five-game winning stretch come to a halt.

Wheaton needed to overcome four deficits to earn the victory, including responding from being down 4-2 entering the second quarter and 6-5 nearly four minutes into the third.  Sophomore Ben Cederberg (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury), who led the Lyons with three goals and an assist, had a hand in erasing all four disadvantages.  Cederberg's goal at 9:58 of the second off a pass from junior Warren Garceau (Guilford, CT/Canterbury School) knotted things at four, while his third-quarter tally after a feed from freshman Mike Harrington (Sturbridge, MA/Bancroft School) made the score 6-6 at 9:00.

Wheaton fell behind from the onset, trailing 1-0 two minutes into the first before Cederberg assisted sophomore Chris Landers (Manchester, MA/Proctor Academy) at the 10:39 mark for the first of five ties.  After the hosts went back on top, the Lyons again responded, this time with senior defenseman Marco Barbone (Newton, MA/Newton North) recording his first point of the season on a feed to Cederberg with 7:04 to play in the opening quarter.

MIT tacked on a pair of goals in the final 4:10 of the first before Wheaton answered with all three of the second period's tallies.  Junior Drew Schaffer (New Haven, CT/Loomis Chaffee School) scored at 10:04 to bring the Lyons within one, while Garceau won the ensuing face-off before dishing to Cederberg for the tying marker just six seconds later.  Senior Jeff Gomer (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) provided Wheaton with its first advantage at the 3:14 mark.

The Blue and White's lead proved to be short-lived, however, as the Engineers scored twice in 56 seconds to take a 6-5 edge 3:53 into the third period.  The visitors took control from there, rattling off four straight goals while holding MIT scoreless for over 24 minutes.  Gomer's unassisted tally with 2:07 remaining in the third put the Lyons in front for good, as Wheaton carried a 7-6 edge into the fourth.

In the final frame, neither team scored for the first 11:29 until sophomore Duncan Smith (Centerport, NY/Harborfields) picked up the game-winner at 3:31.  Schaffer's second goal of the game just 43 seconds later provided extra insurance, as the Engineers tallied at 1:47 to complete the scoring.

Junior goalie Schuyler Horn (New Hartford, CT/Kingswood-Oxford School) improved to 5-4 behind six saves, while MIT junior Garth Grove (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) had 12 stops.

Wheaton concludes its regular season on Saturday at Babson, where a Blue and White victory secures it a home playoff game as the second seed in next week's league tournament.  Game time is slated for 1:00 p.m.