Little Giants Fend Off Ravens

Wabash College (1-0) fended off the Anderson University men's lacrosse team (0-1) with a 10-8 victory during the season opener on Wednesday at Macholtz Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Johnathan Havener netted two goals in a defensive first quarter. The Ravens led 2-1 after the first quarter.
• Caleb Spencer and Havener scored consecutive goals to give Anderson a 4-1 lead with 12 minutes, 33 seconds remaining in the half.
• Wabash cut away at the lead, but the Ravens led 5-4 at halftime. Michael Ertel gave Anderson its fifth goal with 9:51 left in the second quarter.
• The Little Giants gained their first lead when Tanner Simmons scored with 5:32 left in the third quarter.
• Clayton Emery evened the score at 6-all with 2:45 left in the third quarter.
• The Little Giants started to pull away as they scored four consecutive goals, including two from Anthony Nguyen. Wabash held a 10-6 advantage with 5:05 to go.
• Josh Rhodes and Ertel each scored goals to cut the deficit in half, but the Ravens ran out of time.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Anderson put 16-of-39 (41.0 percent) shots on target while Wabash put 20-of-31 (64.5 percent) shots on frame.
• Wabash cleared 19-of-25 (76 percent) while Anderson finished 11-of-18 (61.1 percent) clears.
• The Ravens held a 38-26 advantage in ground balls.
• Anderson powered to 88.9 percent (16-of-18) faceoff win rate with the help of freshman Kenny Bentley
• Kenny Bentley – 16-of-18 (88.9 percent) faceoff wins, 8 ground balls
• Cole Whatley – 8 ground balls
• Bryce Johnson – 4 caused turnovers
• Johnathan Havener – 3 goals
• Mason Bratcher – 1 assist, 5 ground balls
• Blake Seifert – 5 ground balls
• Michael Ertel – 2 goals
• Josh Rhodes – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Caleb Spencer – 1 goal
• Clayton Emery – 1 goal
• Justin Bemis – 1 assist
• Eric Fisher – 10 saves on 20 shots (.500 save percentage)

UP NEXT

The Ravens take on Muskingum University (0-0) on Saturday at 2 p.m. in New Concord, Ohio.