PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Wittenberg men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 on Tuesday with a 14-9 win at Chatham.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (2-0 overall), Chatham (2-2 overall)
• Venue: UPMC Graham Field - Pittsburgh, Pa.

Stat Leaders

• Sophomore Dillon McKeigue (Olmsted Township, Ohio/St. Edward's) led Wittenberg with five goals.
• Junior Connor Matthews (Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) added four goals.
• Junior Zach Busby (Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg) and sophomore Kyle Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) each tallied two goals and one assist for three points apiece.
• Senior Kody Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored one goal.
• Junior Nathan Brown (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) posted two assists to go with one from senior Holton Boehmer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton).
• Freshman Charlie Frederick (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls) tallied a team-best 10 ground balls.
• Sophomore Chase Singleton (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) played all 60 minutes in goal for Wittenberg and recorded 10 saves to improve to 2-0 on the season.
• Jacob Lubawy tallied a team-high five points on one goal and four assists for Chatham.

The Game

• Chatham scored the first goal of the game, but Busby answered for Wittenberg to tie the score with 7:29 left in the first quarter.
• Chatham retook the lead with a goal with 5:21 left in the opening quarter, but the Tigers scored seven straight goals going into the second quarter for an 8-2 edge with 4:17 left in the second period. Matthews scored three goals in that stretch to go with one each from Kody and Kyle Gould, McKeigue and Busby.
• Wittenberg led 9-3 at halftime.
• Chatham outscored Wittenberg 3-1 in the third quarter, and the Tigers took a 10-6 lead into the fourth.
• The Tigers opened the fourth-quarter scoring with back-to-back goals from McKeigue for a 12-6 lead with 10:35 left in the game.
• The teams alternated goals over the final 8:10 with Chatham capping the scoring with a goal with 2:03 left for the 14-9 final score.
• Wittenberg out-shot Chatham by a 54-36 margin and won 14 of 26 faceoffs.
• Chatham finished with a 34-30 edge in ground balls.
• Wittenberg forced 17 Chatham turnovers.

Quote - Head coach Jay Owen

• "We came out fast again, which was awesome. They ended up playing some zone, so we had to make some adjustments, and it took us a bit to find our rhythm again. We had another very good day at the faceoff X."

Records & Milestones

• This marked the first all-time meeting between Wittenberg and Chatham.
• Eleventh-year head coach Jay Owen is now 67-72 all-time at Wittenberg.
• Kody Gould has 73 career points on 57 goals and 16 assists.
• Brown has 57 career points on 30 goals and 27 assists.
• McKeigue has 55 career points on 36 goals and 19 assists.
• Singleton has a 6-4 career record in goal with 104 saves.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Friday to face Emmanuel (Mass.) at the U.S. Lacrosse Complex in Sparks, Md., at 1 p.m.