McCOOK, IL - The weather forced an audible, pushing the Benedictine University men's lacrosse team to a new location indoors and after a delay the team came away with a fifth straight victory.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 32, Fontbonne 10

THE DETAILS
• Originally slated to start at 2:00 p.m. on campus, the game was moved indoors due to several inches of snow covering the field
• Jon Ackerson scored the first goal of the contest less than a minute into the game
• Thomas Tillett followed up with the second goal just seconds later
• After Fontbonne was able to get on the board, Jacob Cunningham opened a string of four straight goals at the 10:25 mark of the opening quarter
• Benedictine led 9-3 after the first and ripped off six straight early in the second to open a 15-4 advantage
• Benedictine scored 13 goals in the second, finished with a Mike Cislak man-up tally, and the score was 22-5 at the half
• The second half featured a running clock as Benedictine finished out the win

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine held a 78-28 advantage in shots with 51 on goal
• Benedictine won 32 faceoffs and picked up 61 groundballs
• Nic Perkins scored six times to lead the offense while Mateo Salceda and Cislak each scored four times
• Perkins also added three assists while Tillett netted three goals to go with six assists
• 14 players scored in the victory
• Salceda won 19 faceoffs and collected 15 groundballs
• Jeremiah Collier won nine faceoffs and Austin Todner claimed four wins in the circle
• All three goalies played with Evan Button making four saves
• Daniel Lawler led the defense by causing six turnovers and picking up five groundballs

UP NEXT
Benedictine (8-3, 6-1 MLC) travels to Aurora on Wednesday night