GAMBIER — Three Tigers recorded hat tricks to lead the Wittenberg men's lacrosse team in a tight 17-15 loss at Kenyon in North Coast Athletic Conference play on Thursday. The game was partially played on Wednesday but was halted with 7:42 left in the second quarter due to severe weather with Kenyon leading 6-3 at the time.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (5-5 overall, 1-5 NCAC), Kenyon (9-5 overall, 3-2 NCAC)
• Venue: Field at Benson Bowl - Gambier, Ohio

Stat Leaders

• Senior Kody Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) led the Tigers with five goals, recording his third hat trick of the season.
• Sophomore Kyle Gould (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) and junior Connor Matthews (Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) scored three goals apiece. Gould now has five hat tricks this season, and Matthews has two.
• Junior Nathan Brown (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) recorded four points on one goal and three assists.
• Junior Zach Busby (Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg) tallied two points on one goal and one assist.
• Senior Holton Boehmer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) and sophomore Ethan Pac (Greenwood, Ind./Cathedral) scored one goal each.
• Sophomore Chase Singleton (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Tigers and recorded 18 saves.
• David Chintala led Kenyon with seven points on five goals and two assists.

The Game

• Kenyon outscored Wittenberg 5-1 in the first quarter during play on Wednesday. The Owls scored the first five goals of the game, and Kody Gould got the Tigers on the board with a goal with 54 seconds left in the quarter.
• Wittenberg opened the second quarter with back-to-back goals from Kyle Gould and Brown to cut the Owls' lead to 5-3. Kenyon answered with a goal before play was halted.
• After play resumed on Thursday, the teams scored alternating goals as the Tigers cut the deficit to two, 8-6, going into halftime. Kody Gould and Matthews scored Wittenberg's first two goals in that span, and Boehmer found the back of the net with seven seconds left in the period.
• Wittenberg scored the first two goals of the third quarter to tie the score at 8-8, as Matthews and Kyle Gould found the back of the net over the first five minutes of the period. The Owls outscored the Tigers 4-3 over the final 9:25 of the quarter, though, to take a 12-11 lead into the fourth. Kody Gould scored two of Wittenberg's three goals in that span with the other coming from Kyle Gould.
• The Owls stretched their lead to 15-11 with three straight goals to start the fourth quarter before Matthews and Busby scored back-to-back goals to bring Wittenberg back within two with 5:37 remaining.
• After a Kenyon goal, Pac and Kody Gould netted back-to-back scores as Wittenberg cut the deficit to one, 16-15, with 2:36 left. Kenyon scored an insurance goal with 1:29 remaining and held on for the victory.
• Kenyon out-shot Wittenberg by a 56-45 margin and finished with a 35-22 edge in ground balls while winning 21 of 35 faceoffs.

Quote - Head coach Jay Owen

• "Hard-fought battle today. I'm proud of these young men. They showed a lot of resilience. We got off to a slow start yesterday but came back today and competed and had some chances at the end. We're looking forward to honoring our six seniors on Saturday."

Records & Milestones

• Wittenberg is now 10-51 all-time against Kenyon.
• Eleventh-year head coach Jay Owen is now 70-77 all-time at Wittenberg.
• Sophomore Dillon McKeigue (Olmsted Township, Ohio/St. Edward's) has 31 points on 23 goals and eight assists this season. He has 76 career points on 50 goals and 26 assists.
• Brown has 32 points on 13 goals and 19 assists this season. He has 81 career points on 40 goals and 41 assists.
• Kyle Gould has 31 points on 27 goals and four assists this season. He has 64 career points on 57 goals and seven assists.
• Kody Gould has 86 career points on 70 goals and 16 assists.
• Singleton has 172 career saves.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Saturday hosting NCAC foe Hiram for their Senior Day game at 1 p.m.