Men's Lacrosse grinds out 14-4 victory over Wabash (Ind.)
March 1, 2025
ADA — Senior Caleb Bennett (Stokesdale, N.C./Linganore) scored four goals and the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team turned in an outstanding defensive performance in a 14-4 non-conference victory over Wabash (Ind.) on chilly Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (3-2 Overall), Wabash (3-1 Overall).
- Venue: Dial-Roberson Stadium - Ada, Ohio.
The Game
- Bennett led a list of seven goal scorers for ONU on the day.
- Northern slowly pulled away, as its defense limited the Little Giants to just one goal in each of the four quarters.
- The Polar Bears scored three times in the first and second quarters and four times each in the third and fourth periods.
- Junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West), sophomore Mitchell Luck (Linden, Mich.) and freshman Cooper Mulligan (Middletown/Bishop Fenwick) each added two goals.
- Luck also had a team-high 4 ground balls.
- Senior Robert Brunner (Cincinnati/Indian Hill) and freshman Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y. /Macedon) each had 3 saves in goal for the Polar Bears.
- Ohio Northern out-shot Wabash 48-29 and had the ground ball advantage 35-26.
Notables
- Seven different Polar Bears scored goals in the game.
- Bennett and Willits lead the team in goals this season with 11 each.
- Luck leads the team with 17 points and 8 assists to go with 9 goals.
- Sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 14 and in ground balls with 21.
- Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 7 of 12 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 462 for his career.
- He also has the career ground balls record with 212.
- Willits ranks 10th all-time in ONU history with 53 career goals.
- Bennett ranks ninth all-time in ONU history with 27 career assists.
- This is the first meeting for the Polar Bears against the Little Giants.
- Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 95-50 record, a winning percentage of .655.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on March 10 against Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) in Nashville, Tenn.
