LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's lacrosse team opened the season at home with a win over Northland.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 21, Northland 12

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine did not trail in the contest
• Anthony Leahy opened the scoring just over a minute into the contest, driving home a feed from Mateo Salceda
• After Northland tied the game following the ensuing faceoff, back-to-back goals from Jacob Cunningham and Leahy helped Benedictine gain the advantage for good
• Benedictine held a 6-2 lead after the opening 15 minutes of play
• Northland struck first in the second quarter before Joe Spahn opened a run of four consecutive goals to enable Benedictine to take a 10-3 edge
• Benedictine held a 10-5 lead at halftime
• A busy third quarter saw Benedictine score seven times, including a late stretch of three goals from Matt Moreland, Nic Perkins and a man-up goal from Mike Cislak to give Benedictine a 17-9 lead
• The fourth quarter slowed down as Benedictine gave extended playing time to others on the roster, but the team always led by at least seven goals
• The contest marked the debut of a new rule set for 2019 in NCAA Lacrosse, instituting a shot clock to speed up the pace of play
• The win marked the first in the career of interim head coach Chris Button, who took over the team shortly after practice opened

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine held a 57-32 advantage in shots, a 48-33 margin in groundballs, and won 20 faceoffs
• Benedictine was successful on 16-of-20 clears
• Evan Kilbane played over 50 minutes in net and made eight saves
• Salceda won 14 faceoffs and picked up eight groundballs
• The offense was led by Perkins, who scored seven goals and added an assist
• Scott Ransom tallied a goals and six assists to go with five groundballs
• Moreland scored three times with Leahy adding two goals and four assists

UP NEXT
Benedictine (1-0) travels to Alma College in Michigan on Saturday.