Willits, Luck have hat tricks, lead Men's Lacrosse to 17-5 victory at Allegheny (Pa.)

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall), Allegheny (Pa.) (0-1 Overall)
• Venue: Saxon Stadium - Erie, Pennsylvania.

The Game

• Junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) earned his sixth career hat trick and finished with 5 points on 4 goals and 1 assist. 
• Sophomore Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich.) also had his sixth career hat trick with 5 points on 3 goals and 2 assists. 
• The Polar Bears got off to a hot start scoring the first 4 goals of the game with senior Caleb Bennett (Stokesdale, N.C./Linganore) scoring the 4th goal at 1:01 of the first quarter.
• Bennett would finish the game with 1 goal and 3 assists. 
• ONU would score the last goal of the half to take a 6-2 lead. 
• Senior Ian Roy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) would score back-to-back goals to open up the 2nd half to give ONU an 8-2 lead.
• Allegheny would answer with two straight goals before the Polar Bears would take a 10-4 lead heading into the 4th.
• The Polar Bears would start the 4th by going on a 5-0 run to stretch the lead out to 15-4.
• Allegheny was led by JP Rakis with 2 goals and 1 assist. 
• ONU had 4 different goalies combine for 9 saves to help the Polar Bears get the win. 
• Ohio Northern out-shot Allegheny 53-23 and had the ground ball advantage 53-35.

Notables

• Ten different Polar Bears had goals in the game. 
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 11 of 16 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 450 for his career.
• He also has the career ground balls record with 207.
• The Polar Bears are 2-0 in the series against the Gators.
• The game was played at Mercyhurst University's home field.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 94-49 record and has a winning percentage of .657.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on the road against Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday at 5 pm.