The Wilmington College Fightin' Quakers men's lacrosse team fell to Trine Saturday, 18-8, in their home opener in non-conference action at Williams Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED

•       Trine came out strong in the first period scoring four goals on only seven shots.  Wilmington was able to add two goals in the first by senior Chris Hein (McKinney, TX/McKinney) and by freshman Andrew Miller (Plain City, OH/ Jonathan Alder High School).
•       In the second period Trine was able to score five additional goals adding to the lead and by a score of 9-4 at halftime.  Wilmington was able to score two goals in the second period coming from Miller and freshman Connor Judge (Dublin, OH/ Scioto).
•       Only down five at the half Wilmington was mounting a comeback but struggled to put any shots in the back of the net.  While outshooting Trine on the day 36-34, Wilmington could not capitalize with adding goals to their total.
•       The top performers of the evening for Wilmington were Miller with three goals on three shots, Judge with three goals on three shots and Hein with two goals and an assist on three shots. 
•       Tanner Diment (Midland, MI/Midland) totaled 13 ground balls while defensively five players each totaled one caused turnover a piece. 

COACH'S QUOTES
•       "Connor Judge played great today, and hopefully moving forward will be a key contributor to our upcoming games," said Wilmington head coach Bryan Habick. 
•       "Trine came out and played a tough one and put us in positions where we struggled to be successful today. We are excited to get back to practice this week with a good opponent coming in on Saturday that we need to be prepared for," said Habick.

WHAT'S NEXT
Wilmington (2-2) returns to action 12:00 p.m. Saturday, hosting SUNY-Geneseo in non-conference action.