MT. VERNON, Iowa - The Benedictine University men's lacrosse team never trailed in breaking a seven-game losing streak at Cornell College in Midwest Lacrosse Conference action.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 12, Cornell 6
THE DETAILS
• Corbin Gett opened the scoring with an unassisted man-up tally for his 40th of the year with 12:5 remaining in the first
• Benedictine scored the first three goals of the game and led 5-1 at the end of the first thanks to a man-up goal from
Nick Wood set up by
Randy Patrick with three minutes left
• David Blanco provided an assist to Wood in the final seconds of the first half to put Benedictine ahead 9-3 at the break
• Each team scored three times in the second half to account for the final
STAT LEADERS
• Cornell held a 35-30 advantage in shots and a 40-21 edge in groundballs
• Benedictine won just four faceoffs but scored three times in man-up situations
• Sammie Sanko finished with 13 saves in goal
• Gett scored five times, added an assist and picked up five groundballs
• Five individuals scored in the game
• Blanco scored twice and notched a pair of assists
UP NEXT
Benedictine (3-9, 2-4 MLC) hosts Concordia Chicago on Wednesday
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