Ravens Cruise Past Cougars

The Anderson University men's lacrosse team (2-1) cruises past Concordia University of Chicago (0-2) by a score of 17-3 on Saturday in River Forest, Ill.

COACH JACOB ASHTON'S COMMENTS

• A few mistakes early led to a slow start but we rallied to go up 4-2 and never gave the lead back. 
• In the second half, we started to put some pieces together, transition offense came alive and multiple guys started to find the back of the net. 
• Robert Okougbo had a strong second half and Abram Zimmerman contributed at the face off X and put four in 
• Will Harriman led with 6 points and put together some nice plays. 
• Defensively, we shut them out in second half and Spencer Pruden had a strong showing. 
• Justin Bemis's return was solid and Lars Kiefer scored his first college goal. 
• It was a good team win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After going down 2-0, two minutes and 36 seconds into the game, the Ravens scored 17 of the final 18 goals of the game
• Anderson cleared 11-of-12 (91.6 percent), while Concordia cleared just 8-of-14 (57.1 percent)
• The Ravens won 17-of-24 (70.8 percent) faceoffs
• The Ravens outshot the Cougars 62-32, including 32-14 in the second half
• Anderson dominated the ground ball game coming up with 40, compared to Concordia's 17

RECORD BOOK UPDATES

• Kenny Bentley – .833 Faceoff Win % (15-18) - 5th Highest
• Spencer Pruden – 3 Goals Allowed - T-4th Fewest
• Spencer Pruden – .833 Save % (15-18) - T-4th Highest

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Abram Zimmerman – 4 Goals, 12 Shots, 2 Ground balls
• Robert Okougbo – 3 Goals, 10 Shots, 2 Ground balls, 1 Caused Turnovers
• Will Harriman – 3 Goals, 3 Assists, 13 Shots, 1 Ground ball
• Kenny Bentley – 2 Goals, 1 Assist, 83.3 FO% (15-18), 7 Shots, 10 Ground balls
• Rick Kaufman – 2 Goals, 2 Assists, 7 Shots, 3 Ground balls
• Dallas Hermanson – 1 Goal, 1 Shot, 4 Ground balls, 5 Caused Turnovers
• Lars Kiefer – 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 7 Shots, 1 Caused Turnover
• Jordan Garcia – 1 Goal, 5 Shots, 2 Ground balls
• Bryce Johnson – 4 Ground balls, 1 Caused Turnover
• Mason Bratcher – 4 Ground balls, 1 Caused Turnover
• Justin Bemis – 3 Ground balls, 2 Caused Turnovers
• Gabe Yingst – 2 Ground balls
• Spencer Pruden – Win (2-1), 15 Saves, 3 Goals Against, 3 Ground balls

UP NEXT

The Ravens are taking on Heidelberg University (1-1) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Macholtz Stadium.