(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College men's lacrosse team cruised past the La Roche University Redhawks Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium, 15-3. The Quakers took a 7-0 lead at halftime and didn't take their foot off the gas pedal in the win. Eight different Quakers scored a goal in the game, while six Quakers dished out an assist. Wilmington improves to 3-3 this season and head to North Carolina for their spring break trip, first playing at Warren Wilson College on March 9th.
Brock Fugate got the scoring started for Wilmington just over three minutes into the game on an unassisted strike. Tyler Cunningham would follow with a goal to make it 2-0 off an assist from Fugate. The Quakers scored two more times in the quarter on man-up opportunities.
The second quarter saw three goals from three different Quakers in Kegan Campbell, Cody Everly, and Nick Roca. The Quakers had another man-up goal in the quarter and held a 7-0 lead at the break.
After the Quakers had three men in the penalty box and two with un-releasable penalties, the Redhawks got on the board with two goals to put some pressure on Wilmington at 7-2. The Quakers got back in the swing of things though with two goals to end the third period with a 9-2 lead. The fourth quarter saw six goals from the Quakers en route to their 15-3 victory.
Notables
- Cody Everly and Brock Fugate led the Quakers with five points in the game (2 goals, 3 assists each). Everly ended his week with 12 points over two games (7 goals, 5 assists).
- Also scoring multiple goals for Wilmington were Nick Roca (3), Kegan Campbell (2), Austin Young (2), and Tyler Cunningham (2). This was Roca and Campbell's fourth multi-goal game of the season, Young's third, and Cunningham's first.
- Young also had two assists in the game and a game-high nine ground balls.
- Colin McLaughlin had a game-high five caused turnovers.
- Peyton Thompson made nine saves.
- The Quakers grabbed 50 ground balls, had 28 successful clears, caused 13 turnovers, won 13 face offs, and were 5-5 on man up opportunities.
What's Up Next
The Quakers head to North Carolina for spring break, with their first game coming on Saturday, March 9th at Warren Wilson College at 3:00 P.M.
