LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's lacrosse team will head into a two-week layoff on a winning note after scoring a home conference victory over Northwestern-St. Paul on Saturday afternoon.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 23, Northwestern-St. Paul 14

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine wasted little time in setting the tone for the game, scoring the first five goals
• Mike Cislak opened the scoring by netting his 12th goal of the year just two minutes into the game on a feed from Thomas Tillett
• Tillett kicked off the second quarter with a goal as Benedictine held a 7-1 advantage
• Northwestern came back with four straight to battle within 7-5
• Benedictine closed the half with a flurry, striking for five goals in just over a two minute span opened with a Nic Perkins goal, taking a 12-5 lead on a Joe Spahn goal
• Benedictine led 12-7 at the half but Northwestern began the second half with a goal
• Perkins found the back of the net to begin a run of four in a row for Benedictine, building the advantage to 16-8
• Jon Ackerson scored early in the fourth to ignite another four-goal stretch that enabled Benedictine to lead 20-10

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine held a 59-32 edge in shots with 38 on goal
• Benedictine picked up 75 groundballs in the contest and won 30 faceoffs
• Cislak, Perkins and Tillett all finished with four goals
• Tillett also notched seven assists to total 11 points and set the single game program record
• Spahn and Jacob Cunningham each scored three times
• Mateo Salceda won 27 faceoffs and picked up 14 groundballs
• Will Corrigan caused four turnovers
• All three goalies saw time with Evan Kilbane making nine saves

UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-3, 2-1 MLC) hosts North Central of Minnesota on March 30