Men's Lacrosse: Bison Edge Terriers

Hiram, Ohio – The Bethany College men's lacrosse team traveled to Hiram College for a non-conference match early Wednesday evening.  

THE BASICS

Final Score: Bethany 9, Hiram 7   

Records: Bethany (2-1, 0-0); Hiram (1-1, 0-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bethany and Hiram were neck-and-neck in the first period of play with the Bison taking a 3-2 advantage. Clay Yingling and Joshua Allegra both scored for the Bison in the first period of play. Allegra scored twice giving the Bison the advantage.
• In the second, Hiram knotted the game at 3-3 and held the Bison scoreless in the second period.
• The third period went back and forth between the Terriers and Bison. Tyler Britton, Joshua Allegra and Clay Yingling all scored for the Bison.
• Heading into the final period of play, Bethany and Hiram were tied 6-6.
• Bethany's Clay Yingling scored with 9:20 to go and 7:49 to go to give Bethany the lead. Hiram attempted to come back but the Bison held on for their second win of the season.

BISON TOP PERFORMERS

• Clay Yingling led the Bison with four goals. He had one assist and three groundballs on the night.
• Joshua Allegra had a hat-trick, scoring three goals.
• Tyler Britton and Aarin Burton both scored a goal each
• Bethany had assists from Clay Yingling and Raymond Rogers.
• Defensively, Dillion Davenport scooped up seven groundballs, while David Heldt caused three turnovers.
• Andrew Smith made 16 saves.

STATS OF THE GAME

• Bethany took 44 shots and were successful on 22-of-26 clear attempts.

UP NEXT

The Bison return to action on Saturday, March 5 when they host Anderson (IN) at 1 pm on Don Ault Field at Bison Stadium.