DAVENPORT, Fla. — The Otterbein men's lacrosse team opened its two-game spring break trip with a 13-9 win over Berry (Ga.) in Florida on Wednesday. Junior Zach Mulligan recorded a hat trick to lead the way for the Cardinals.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (2-3 overall), Berry (0-4 overall)
• Venue: Northeast Regional Park - Davenport, Fla.

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Mulligan finished with a team-high four points, adding one assist to his three goals.
• Senior Carson Rainone posted two goals and one assist for three points.
• Sophomore Jack Regruth also tallied two goals and one assist for three points.
• Fifth-year senior Max Graham scored two goals.
• Junior Marcus Wright and seniors Dom Dean and Nathan Lewis finished with matching stat lines of one goal and one assist for two points.
• Fifth-year senior Aidan Moore and freshman Tyler Pruden added one goal each.
• Senior Luke Farthing recorded 14 saves in goal for the Cardinals.

Game Highlights

• First Quarter: Berry scored the first three goals of the game, but the Cardinals answered with two of their own. Mulligan scored with 7:55 left, and Rainone found the back of the net on an assist from Lewis with 4:42 remaining. After the Vikings scored again, Otterbein got a goal from Regruth on an assist from Mulligan with 2:15 left to send the Cardinals into the second quarter trailing 4-3.
• Second Quarter: A Berry goal made it a 5-3 lead to open the quarter, but back-to-back goals from the Cardinals tied the score with 8:28 left. The first goal came from Mulligan, while the second was courtesy of Wright on an assist from Regruth. The Vikings regained the lead, but Otterbein closed the quarter with two unanswered goals to take a 7-6 edge into halftime. Lewis scored with 3:30 left, and Regruth added a goal on an assist from Wright just 15 seconds later.
• Third Quarter: The Vikings tied the score with 12:20 left, but Otterbein responded with back-to-back goals to retake the lead at 9-7. Rainone scored with 11:46 remaining, and Graham added a man-up goal on an assist from Dean with 6:52 left. The Cardinals answered a Viking goal to cap the scoring in the quarter, as Dean found the back of the net on an assist from Rainone with 1:33 left to send Otterbein into the fourth period with a 10-8 lead.
• Fourth Quarter: The Cardinals extended their advantage to 12-8 with 5:57 left after getting goals from Mulligan and Graham. Berry scored with 3:25 remaining to cut the deficit to three, but Moore responded with a goal for Otterbein with 13 seconds left to seal the 13-9 victory.
• Key Team Stats: Berry out-shot Otterbein by a 39-37 margin, and the Vikings finished with a 38-25 edge in ground balls. Berry won 17 of the 26 faceoffs. Both teams had 14 turnovers.

Notables

• Head coach Colin Hartnett is in his 16th year at Otterbein and has an all-time record of 135-110 at the helm of the Cardinals.
• Graham has a team-high 19 points and 17 goals on the season. He has 89 career points on 68 goals and 21 assists.
• Lewis has 82 career points on 52 goals and 30 assists.
• Rainone has 73 career points on 58 goals and 15 assists.
• Farthing has 363 career saves.