Men's Lacrosse: Bison fall to Wolverines

GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Bethany College men's lacrosse team traveled to Grove City College for a PAC contest on Don Lyle Field Wednesday evening. The Wolverines cruised to a 19-5 victory over the Bison.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Grove City 19, Bethany 5

Records: Grove City (8-8, 7-0 PAC), Bethany (5-9, 0-7 PAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Grove City struck first finding the back of the net at the 13:17 mark. Bethany's Clay Yingling answered less than a minute later, to knot the game at 1-1. The Wolverines would regain the lead and score the next eight goals.
• Bethany's Raymond Rogers scored on a man-up opportunity followed by a Yingling goal. The Wolverines would tack on two more goals to take an 11-3 lead heading into the half.
• Grove City extended their lead 13-3 in the third.
• Raymond Rogers scored his second goal of the game to open the fourth period.
• Maurice Plummer added another Bison goal with 8:50 left in the game.
• The Wolverines would score the last five goals.

BISON TOP PERFORMERS

• Clay Yingling and Raymond Rogers led the Bison with two goals each.
• Yingling had one assist.
• Maurice Plummer added one goal while Cameron Melita had one assist.
• Andrew Smith had 18 saves.

STATS OF THE GAME

• Grove City held the shot advantage over Bethany, 66-15.
• The Wolverines won 23-of-28 face-offs.

UP NEXT

The Bison will return to the turf on Saturday, Apr. 29 when they travel to Greenville, Pa. for their final PAC contest of the season against the Thiel College Tomcats beginning at 3 pm.