WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Marietta College men's lacrosse team was defeated 19-4 on the road at Otterbein University, on Wednesday (April 21) evening. With the win the Cardinals improve to 9-2 overall and 6-1in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and with the loss the Pioneers now 3-8 and 2-7 in OAC action.
Otterbein scored the first four goals in the opening nine minutes of the game. The final six minutes of the quarter were scoreless and Marietta trailed 4-0 to enter the second quarter.
The Cardinals scored six second quarter goals, and led 11-0 at the intermission.
Otterbein opened the third quarter with five straight goals. The Pioneers got on the board late in the quarter, when
Connor Ficke (Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert) scored off of a feed from
Chase Franklin (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon).
After the Cardinals scored the opening goal of the fourth quarter, Franklin found the back of the net for Marietta. Two minutes later, an Otterbein goal made the score 18-2. The Pioneers continued to battle and scored back to back goals. The Marietta goals were scored by
James Everson (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy) and
Zach Klein (Evergreen, Co./Evergreen). The Cardinals scored the final goal of the game and won, 19-4.
Dane Barker (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day) played all 60 minutes in goal, he faced 54 shots, 39 of which were on goal, and made 20 saves. The 20 saves is a program record for saves in a game.
Defensively, Klein and
Robby Guy (LaPlata, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) each caused a pair of turnovers in the game.
Zach Rush (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central),
Jacob Morlando (White Bear Lake, Minn./Stillwater),
Blake Chisholm (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon McMillan), and
Cullen Zaferopolos (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Berea-Midpark) all caused a turnover in the game. Rush picked up a game high seven groundballs in the game.
The Pioneers will return to the field Saturday (April 24) when they host Heidelberg, with the game scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Fans can follow all of the Pioneer teams all year long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
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