Luck leads Men's Lacrosse to a 18-4 victory at Hendrix (Ark.) in spring break finale

CONWAY, Ark. — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team ended the spring break trip with an 18-4 win over Hendrix (Ark.) on Friday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-3 Overall), Hendrix (2-6 Overall).
• Venue: Young-Wise Stadium - Conway, Ark.
• There was a 42-minute lighting delay between the first and second periods of the game.

The Game

• Sophomore Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich.) finished the game with six points on four goals and two assists. 
• Freshman Cooper Mulligan (Middletown/Bishop Fenwick) and sophomore Jack Chaney (Westerville/South) finished with two goals each in the game.
• Senior Alex Reimer (Lancaster N.Y.) and junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) both finished with two goals as well.
• Senior Caleb Bennett (Stokesdale, N.C./Linganore) finished the game with four points on one goal and three assists. 
• The Orange and Black started the game fast by going on a 3-0 run to open the first period.
• Mulligan would score back-to-back goals to open the second period to extend the Polar Bear lead to 5-1.
• The Warriors scored a goal with 3:10 left in the second period to make it 6-2 heading into halftime. 
• Ohio Northern opened the second half with a 4-0 run to extend the lead to 10-2.
• The Polar Bears would lead 12-3 heading into the fourth period. 
• ONU started off the fourth period hot, going on a 4-0 run to push the lead to 16-3.
• Ten different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest.
• Hendrix was led by Bennett Davidson, Austin Williams, and Matthew Parsons, who all scored goals.
• Freshman Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y./Macedon) and senior Robert Brunner (Cincinnati/Indian Hill) combined for six saves to help get the win. 
• ONU out-shot HC 58-17 and had the ground balls advantage 37-17.

Notables

• Willits leads the team in goals this season with 18.
• Luck leads the team with 27 points and 11 assists to go with 16 goals.
• Sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 16 and in ground balls with 28.
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 3 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 475 for his career.
• He also has the career ground balls record with 217.
• Willits ranks fifth all-time in ONU history with 60 career goals.
• This was the first meeting between these two schools. 
• Bennett ranks ninth all-time in ONU history with 30 career assists.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 97-51 record, a winning percentage of .655.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on the road to begin OAC play at Mount Union on March 22nd.