WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Catholic University men's lacrosse team outscored Hampden-Sydney 4-1 in the fourth quarter, but came up one goal short in a 13-12 loss Saturday at Audi Field in the Capitol Classic.

Six of the last seven meetings between the Cardinals (4-3) and Tigers have been decided by two goals or less, including three by just one goal.

For the second-straight game, senior Cameron Dunn led Catholic in scoring, totaling three goals and one assist. He netted a hat-trick in each of his last three games, totaling 11 of his 16 goals this season against Christopher Newport, Illinois Wesleyan and Hampden-Sydney.

The Tigers (4-3) scored back-to-back goals just 10 seconds apart in the third quarter to take their largest lead of the game, 12-8, wth 7:10 remaining.

The score remained the same through three before the Cardinals began their comeback. Senior Sean Baudo and junior Connor Pierce scored back-to-back to start the fourth before Bobby Claggett scored his third for Hampden-Sydney to stop the run.

Trailing 13-10 with under five minutes to play, junior Danny Fitzgibbons picked up his first career goal with 4:40 left before senior Joey Rockovich scored two minutes later to pull Catholic back within one for the first time since midway through the second quarter.

After losing the ensuing faceoff, the Tigers forced a turnover and looked to increase its lead. However, the Cardinals returned the favor, forcing Hampden-Sydney into its fifth shot clock violation to regain possession and give themselves a chance to tie the game for the third time.

Catholic was only able to get off one shot in the final minute with Dunn's game-tying attempt going wide and Hampden-Sydney gaining possession.

Rockovich finished with two goals and one assist while Baudo, seniors Nick Fanelli and Grady Kuhn each had one goal and one assist.

Senior Mike McShea won 15-fo-26 faceoffs and had 13 ground balls while senior Tynan Hillery and junior Jackson Powers each had two caused turnovers. Junior Nic Pezone finished with nine saves.

Will Perry had 15 saves for the Tigers while Jack Fechter had four caused trnovers.

The Cardinals open Landmark Conference play next Saturday, March 26 when they host Susquehanna at Carlini Field beginning at 1 p.m.