Tigers Dominate After Spring Break Trip
Perhaps all the Tiger men's lacrosse team needed was some home cooking. Returning home for the first time since the season opener nearly three weeks earlier, the Tigers pounded Oberlin 15-0 on Saturday to move to 1-3 overall on the 2002 season and even their NCAC mark at 1-1.
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Perhaps all the Tiger men's lacrosse team needed was some home cooking. Returning home for the first time since the season opener nearly three weeks earlier, the Tigers pounded Oberlin 15-0 on Saturday to move to 1-3 overall on the 2002 season and even their NCAC mark at 1-1.
Wittenberg was in complete command from the outset. Offensively, theTigers got three goals apiece from juniorDan Patterson (St. Louis, Mo./DeSmet Jesuit) and seniorAlex Nichols (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney),two goals each from senior Nate Reed (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller),freshmanCory Essig (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) and junior Spencer Dunning (Terrace Park, Ohio/Mariemont), and single tallies each from freshman Trevor Carlson (Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington),sophomore Hans Rydquist (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) and senior Justin Bitner (Lansing, Mich./Waverly).
Defensively, the Tigers allowed very little as three different goaltenders played, making just one save each.
The blowout win came on the heels of a series of tough losses for the Tigers, including a pair on a Spring Break trip to Virginia. After taking preseason NCAC favorite and sixth-ranked Denison to the wire in a season-opening loss on March 2, Wittenberg traveled to Randolph-Macon and lost a late lead and then were beaten 14-6 by Virginia Wesleyan, in part thanks to a seven-goal outburst in the third quarter by the host team.
No rest for the weary, however, as the Tigers head back to the road for a non-conference game at Denison on Tuesday before getting a week to regroup.