WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Hood College men's lacrosse team matched its season-high with eight goals but the Blazers came up short against the host Catholic University Cardinals Thursday afternoon, falling 11-8 in a Capital Athletic Conference game.

Hood falls to 0-9 on the season, 0-4 in the CAC, while the Cardinals even their record at 4-4 and improve to 2-3 in the conference.

Blake Rust and Anderson got the Blazers on the board early to put Hood up 2-0 midway through the first quarter. But three different Cardinals found the back of the net as Catholic closed the quarter owning a 3-2 advantage. After Mike DiGiesi made it 4-2 at the start of the second quarter, Jeff Balinsky ripped one past Cardinal keeper Greg Kavazanjian to cut the deficit to 4-3 at the 11:06 mark.

Later in the period trailing 5-3, Sofiane Lazar netted his fifth goal of the season off a pass from Ben Lukacs to make it 5-4. The Blazers then cashed in on an extra-man opportunity when Will Oconis assisted on Anderson's second goal of the afternoon to knot the game at 5-5. But Catholic's Mike Groh netted his third tally of the game just before the half to give the home team a 6-5 edge at the break.

Catholic scored three unanswered goals to start the second half and assume a 9-5 lead with 7:52 to play in the period. The Blazers and Cardinals traded goals the rest of the way as Hood's last score came at the 5:21 mark of the fourth quarter.

Anderson netted his second hat trick of the season with three goals, while Lazar and Rust added two apiece. Oconis notched a school record with four assists and Sam Hofmann recorded 20 saves in goal for the Blazers.

Hood return to action Saturday at CAC rival Marymount University. Face-off is set for 3 p.m. in Arlington, Va.