Posted: Mar 05, 2024
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Wittenberg men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 on Tuesday with a 14-9 win at Chatham.
The Basics
- Records: Wittenberg (2-0 overall), Chatham (2-2 overall)
- Venue: UPMC Graham Field - Pittsburgh, Pa.
Stat Leaders
- Sophomore Dillon McKeigue (Olmsted Township, Ohio/St. Edward's) led Wittenberg with five goals.
- Junior Connor Matthews (Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) added four goals.
- Junior Zach Busby (Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg) and sophomore Kyle Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) each tallied two goals and one assist for three points apiece.
- Senior Kody Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored one goal.
- Junior Nathan Brown (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) posted two assists to go with one from senior Holton Boehmer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton).
- Freshman Charlie Frederick (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls) tallied a team-best 10 ground balls.
- Sophomore Chase Singleton (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) played all 60 minutes in goal for Wittenberg and recorded 10 saves to improve to 2-0 on the season.
- Jacob Lubawy tallied a team-high five points on one goal and four assists for Chatham.
The Game
- Chatham scored the first goal of the game, but Busby answered for Wittenberg to tie the score with 7:29 left in the first quarter.
- Chatham retook the lead with a goal with 5:21 left in the opening quarter, but the Tigers scored seven straight goals going into the second quarter for an 8-2 edge with 4:17 left in the second period. Matthews scored three goals in that stretch to go with one each from Kody and Kyle Gould, McKeigue and Busby.
- Wittenberg led 9-3 at halftime.
- Chatham outscored Wittenberg 3-1 in the third quarter, and the Tigers took a 10-6 lead into the fourth.
- The Tigers opened the fourth-quarter scoring with back-to-back goals from McKeigue for a 12-6 lead with 10:35 left in the game.
- The teams alternated goals over the final 8:10 with Chatham capping the scoring with a goal with 2:03 left for the 14-9 final score.
- Wittenberg out-shot Chatham by a 54-36 margin and won 14 of 26 faceoffs.
- Chatham finished with a 34-30 edge in ground balls.
- Wittenberg forced 17 Chatham turnovers.
Quote - Head coach Jay Owen
- "We came out fast again, which was awesome. They ended up playing some zone, so we had to make some adjustments, and it took us a bit to find our rhythm again. We had another very good day at the faceoff X."
Records & Milestones
- This marked the first all-time meeting between Wittenberg and Chatham.
- Eleventh-year head coach Jay Owen is now 67-72 all-time at Wittenberg.
- Kody Gould has 73 career points on 57 goals and 16 assists.
- Brown has 57 career points on 30 goals and 27 assists.
- McKeigue has 55 career points on 36 goals and 19 assists.
- Singleton has a 6-4 career record in goal with 104 saves.
Up Next
- The Tigers return to action on Friday to face Emmanuel (Mass.) at the U.S. Lacrosse Complex in Sparks, Md., at 1 p.m.