Lourdes had its five-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday evening as the Gray Wolves dropped a 10-7 decision to seventh-ranked Aquinas in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the Aquinas Athletic Field in Grand Rapids, Mich.
 
The Gray Wolves outshot the Saints 47-37 on the day, including 28-14 after halftime, but Aquinas netminder Clayton Boerigter made 24 saves between the posts.
 
Nick Johnson (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.) put Lourdes on the scoreboard with 4:07 left in the first half on the man-up, as the two sides ended the first period tied at one.  Aquinas (4-3, 1-0 WHAC) scored the first three goals of the second quarter before Brock Meomartino (Cumberland, R.I./Cumberland H.S.) found the back of the cage to make it a 4-2 game at halftime.
 
The Saints scored five of the first six goals in the second half to build a 9-3 lead, with Meomartino accounting for the Gray Wolves' lone goal of the third before Lourdes tried to make a late fourth quarter comeback.  Jake Busta (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad H.S>) started the comeback attempt with his goal with 9:40 remaining.
 
Trailing 10-4, Tomasz Simeunovic (Whitby, Ont./The Hill Academy) started the late run with a goal with 6:16 to play while Caden Louthan (Dripping Springs, Texas/Dripping Springs H.S.) and Busta followed with goals in the next three minutes.  The Gray Wolves would not be able to cut into the deficit any further over the final 3:30.
 
Noah Loth (Fort Worth, Texas/Aledo H.S.) won 13-of-20 faceoffs for Lourdes while Jack Durham (Zeeland, Mich./East H.S.) had a team-high eight ground balls.  Jack Bichsel (Westerville, Ohio/North H.S.) made nine saves in net for the Gray Wolves.
 
Lourdes (5-1, 0-1) returns home to Wildcat Stadium on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves entertain Michigan-Dearborn.  The opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m.