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This past Saturday men’s lacrosse played Ohio-Wesleyan at Edith Robb Dixon field.
The Cavaliers came into the game ranked No. 8 in the country while the Bishops were ranked No. 9.The game started off with the Cavs capitalizing on the other team taking it 6-1 in the first half.
The men’s lacrosse team came out on top with the win 12-5 on March 12th and the Cavs lead the whole game. Freshman Jordan Krug had four goals while junior Evan Downey scored two goals along with freshmen Matt LoParo and Sean Wagner.
Sophomore Ben Junior and senior Ethan Heisman added one goal each.
“I feel like the coaches really prepared us well this week for the game,” Sean Wagner, midfielder, said.“It feels great to be ranked top 10 in the nation because all our hard work is paying off.”
The blue and white dominated in just about all aspects of the game and seemed to be in control from the opening whistle. Senior Chris Schneekloth, went 12-20, 60 percent at the face-off X which was key in helping the Cavs posses the ball and control the tempo of the game.
The Cavs defense shut down a high octane Bishops offense, holding them to a season low five goals. The Cavs also caused 23 turnovers, and winning the group ball battle 34-21. Matt Ward was a standout defensively in his first game back from injury, the senior forced a Cabrini record seven turnovers.
“It feels good to get back out on the field… Our defense has been clicking lately and we all feel very comfortable playing together as a unit,” Ward said.
Ground ball play also proved to be important. Senior Brian Kittredge scooped a career-high seven ground balls. While Downey, Heisman, Tyler Morrell, Steve Halko all contributed in that aspect securing three a piece.
As usual goalie Tyler Morrell was a huge presence in the net. He recorded nine saves on the day, boasting his save percentage on the year to over 61 percent.
Men’s lacrosse is now 5-0 as they continue on with their 2016 season.
“We had to be the hungrier team and we came out and had a lot of energy,”Matt LoParo, attacker, said.“Next game we have to clean up a few mistakes and capitalize on more opportunities.”
The newly ranked No. 5 Cavaliers will be playing two games back to back starting with No. 19 Stevenson on Friday, March 18 and No. 3 RIT on Saturday, March 19.
