Tiger Men's Lacrosse Falls 16-10 in Neutral Contest Against Aurora University

GREENCASTLE, Indiana- Wittenberg men's lacrosse ended their season in 2016 with a neutral site game against the Spartans from Aurora University. Saturday's game was played at DePauw University as the Tigers and Spartans traveled "half-way" to play the out of conference tilt. Wittenberg could not keep up with Aurora's offense attack in the game, dropping the contest 16-10. One of the ten Tiger goals was a historic one, as Thomas Fuss (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) collected his 115^th career goal for the Tigers, tying the all-time record for goals in a career. Wittenberg concludes there season with an 8-7 mark, and a 4-4 NCAC record.

GAME BREAKDOWN

• Wittenberg fell behind early to the Spartans, trailing 5-0 after the first quarter.  
• TJ Smith (Atlanta, Georgia/The Marist School) netted the first goal of the game for the Tigers with 11:24 remaining in the second quarter, as the Tigers trailed 5-1.  
• With one second remaining in the first half, Sean Kelleher (Lake Forest, Illinois/Lake Forest) netted an unassisted goal to send both teams into the locker room with Aurora leading 9-4.
• Thomas Fuss' historic goal came on a pass from Zach Shy (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) when the Tigers were a man up in the third quarter, as Wittenberg trailed 10-8.
• Aurora would go on to score the final three goals of the third quarter to head into the fourth up 13-8 over the Tigers.
• Shy would score again for the Tigers to start of the final quarter, but Wittenberg allowed Aurora to net three unanswered goals, ultimately winning. 16-10.

KEY STATS

• Brent Whitehead (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) was all over the field Saturday, picking up eight ground balls for the Tigers, who had 30 as a team.
• The Tigers managed to get 45 shots off in the contest, as Shy contributed ten shots and three goals.
• Wittenberg's ten goals came from six different Tigers on four assists from four different Tiger players.
• Aurora managed to control the ball for most of the game, committing eight turnovers, while the Tigers  totaled 13 in the game.