LISLE, IL - Hosting a conference tournament game for the first time, the Benedictine University men's lacrosse team used a big fourth quarter to pull away from Marian and advance to the NACC Championship on Saturday, setting the single season record for wins in the process.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 15, Marian 12

THE DETAILS
• Marian led for a lot of the opening quarter, holding leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 4-3
• Nic Perkins and Joe Spahn scored at the end of the quarter to put Benedictine ahead 5-4
• Marian jumped back in front at 6-5 less than two minutes into the second
• Goals from Colin Domek and Anthony Leahy put Benedictine in front 7-6 but Marian tied the game headed into the half
• Trailing 8-7, Perkins and Brogan Hall scored to again hand Benedictine the advantage
• The contest headed to the final 15 minutes even at 9-9
• The contest was still tied at 10-10 before Benedictine rattled off four straight goals to seize control and grab the win
• The victory made head coach Chris Button the winningest coach in program history and was the 10th in a row

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine totaled 45 shots in the contest and collected 39 groundballs while winning 18 faceoffs
• Domek scored four goals and added a pair of assists
• Perkins notched four goals as well to go with an assist
• Thomas Tillett scored twice with four assists
• Evan Kilbane stopped 11 shots in goal

UP NEXT
Benedictine (12-2) hosts Aurora on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. for the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournamen