Bennett scores four goals to lead Men's Lacrosse to a 25-0 road victory at Wilmington

WILMINGTON — Senior Caleb Bennett (Stokesdale, N.C./Linganore) scored a four-goal hat trick and had two assists to lead the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to a 25-0 road win against Wilmington in an Ohio Athletic Conference contest on a warm Wednesday evening. 

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (13-4 Overall, 8-1 OAC), Wilmington (4-13 Overall, 0-9 OAC).
• Venue: Williams Stadium - Wilmington, Ohio. 

The Game 

• Junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) scored a three-goal hat trick and had an assist in the game. 
• Sophomore Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich) had a three-goal hat trick and two assists in the contest.
• Sophomore Jack Chaney (Westerville/South) scored one goal and three assists in the contest.
• The Orange and Black opened the game hot with 9-0 in the first period, with seven different Polar Bears scoring.
• Willits found the net to open the second period at 12:46 and extend the lead to 10-0.
• After the Willits goal, ONU scored six unanswered goals, making it 16-0 heading into halftime.
• Senior Alex Reimer (Lancaster, N.Y.) scored the opening goal of the second half, extending the lead to 17-0.
• The Polar Bears went on a 5-0 run after Reimer's goal to make it 21-0 in Northern's favor going into the fourth period.
• Sophomore Dylan Freyer (Griswold, Conn.) had a team-high two caused turnovers to lead Northern's defense. 
• Four goalies combined for three saves to help the Polar Bears shut out the Quakers.
• 17 different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest. 
• ONU out-shot WC 60-9 and had the ground ball advantage 48-20.

Notables

• This was the third shutout in program history and the second against Wilmington.
• ONU has earned the No. 2 seed in the OAC Tournament.
• Willits now holds the single-season record for goals in a season with 47 and is tied for fourth in the OAC. 
• He also leads the team in points with 59 and is fourth in the OAC. 
• Bennett leads the team in assists this season with 26 and is third in the OAC.
• Sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 26.
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 6 of 8 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 558 for his career.
• He also has the career ground balls record with 257.
• Willits is tied for fourth all-time in ONU history with 89 career goals.
• Lich has the freshman single-season record in saves with 110.
• Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with an 8-1 record.
• Bennett ranks fourth all-time in ONU history with 48 career assists.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 105-52 record, a winning percentage of .668.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action at home for the semifinals of the OAC Tournament on Wednesday at 7 pm, the opponent is TBD.