DELAWARE, Ohio - Among the distinctive qualities of the 2015 Albion College men's lacrosse team was the diversity of its offensive production.

Zach Hubbell carried the load Saturday, scoring four times in the second half, as Albion's rally from a 7-3 first-half deficit came up a goal short in a 12-11 loss to third-ranked Ohio Wesleyan University in a NCAA Division III Championship second round contest.

"Ohio Wesleyan locked down on Tim Urso and Alexander Dziewit," Albion Head Coach said of the Battling Bishops' plan to cover the Briton pair who combined for 105 goals this season.

"With Tim and Wazzy doing their job, it freed up Zach and he stepped up. Zach has honed his weapons to become the premier scorer going forward."

Hubbell scored twice in the first 90 seconds of the third quarter as Albion trimmed the deficit to 7-6. He scored two more goals in the fourth quarter - the second coming with 3:44 left as Albion forged a tie at 11.

Albion had an extra-man opportunity after the tying goal, but Sam Gioseffi picked up the ground ball for Ohio Wesleyan on the face-off. The Battling Bishops killed the penalty and Kyle Foster produced the game-winner with 1:59 left.

Trent Schulte picked up the ground ball for Ohio Wesleyan on the next face-off and the Battling Bishops took as much time off the clock as they could before being forced to shoot. Briton goalkeeper Kyle Formanczyk made the save and delivered a long pass in Hubbell's direction in hopes of creating a transition scoring opportunity. The Britons were unable to make the connection and finished the best season in program history with a 13-6 record.

"We did everything right," DeCola said of the sequence after Ohio Wesleyan called timeout with 1:03 remaining. "We got the stop and we almost got the ball to Zach in transition."

Albion won the first three face-offs of the game and Dziewit, Cameron Braun and Urso scored as the Britons seized the early 3-0 lead.

Ohio Wesleyan, which boasts the fifth-highest scoring offense in Division III, erased Albion's lead in 4 1/2 minutes. Trent Schulte and Luke Leyden picked up the ground balls after face-offs and took the ball in for scores. Marcus Dietz scored the equalizer 12 seconds after his teammate scooped up a ground ball after a shot by Albion's Joel Hedemark.

The Battling Bishops gained a 7-3 lead midway through the second quarter on goals by Brendan Bouchard, Derek Todd, John Umbach and Edwin Foster.

Albion got a goal back from first-year midfielder Harrison Palmer to make the score 7-4 at halftime and the Britons went back to the game plan.

"Six of their seven first-half goals were in transition," DeCola said. "We were confident in getting stops in the half field. The seven-goal run proved to be too big to overcome.

"We played our best game of the year, by far," DeCola added. "We made mistakes, but we came back, either with a save or a score. I'm extremely proud. We were this close to putting away the No. 3 team in the nation for good."

Dziewit scored his second goal of the contest in the third quarter, giving him 51, the second-most in a season at Albion. Brandon Lebioda and Hedemark also produced second-half goals.

Urso's first-quarter goal was his 54th of the season and he finished his career with 137, most ever at Albion.

Formanczyk stopped 60 percent of the shots her faced, making 18 saves, improving his school-record totals to 203 for the season and 585 for his careeer.

Joe Braley, Matt Spinney, and Joe Silvestri joined Dziewit, Formanczyk, Hedemark and Urso in completing their collegiate career knowing they led Albion to its first-ever Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship in men's lacrosse and the Britons were among the last 16 teams standing in the Division III Championship.

"When I came out of the graduation ceremony (organized for the men's lacrosse seniors by President Mauri Ditzler) last night, I knew we had a good chance of winning," DeCola said.

"They knew their college was proud of them. They knew this was their chance and they played with Albion pride.

"Our achievements this season are a credit to all the work the seniors put in," DeCola added. "This will be an extremely difficult group to replace."