The Salem Spartans (Salem, VA) lacrosse nudged the visiting Loveland Tigers (Loveland, OH), 9-8 in Saturday's non-league outing.

The Spartans now own a 10-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Cave Spring for a River Ridge outing on Monday, May 4. Salem will face a Knights squad coming off a 14-2 league loss to Glass (Lynchburg, VA). The Knights record now stands at 3-4.

With the loss, Loveland falls to 12-3 on the year. The Tigers host Lebanon (Lebanon, OH) to face the Warriors in a Region 4 outing on Tuesday, May 5. The Warriors go into the outing with a record of 6-9. Lebanon won 15-3 in their recent non-league outing against Wyoming (Cincinnati, OH)