WESTERVILLE — Freshman Max Luther, senior Dom Dean and fifth-year senior Max Graham each recorded four-goal hat tricks as the Otterbein men's lacrosse team defeated Wilmington 22-5 in an Ohio Athletic Conference game on Wednesday night. Graham surpassed the 100 career point mark in the victory.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (4-4 overall, 2-0 OAC), Wilmington (4-6 overall, 0-2 OAC)
• Venue: Memorial Stadium - Westerville, Ohio

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Dean and Graham posted matching stat lines of six points on four goals and two assists.
• Luther tallied five points on four goals and one assist.
• Senior Carson Rainone finished with three points on two goals and one assist.
• Sophomore Jack Regruth added three points on two goals and one assist.
• Senior Nathan Lewis and Zach Merrill posted two goals each.
• Freshman Jack Kennedy and sophomore Andrew Lewis scored one goal each.
• Freshman Will Hoschak played 30 minutes in goal and earned the win.

Game Highlights

• First Quarter: Otterbein scored the first four goals of the game, getting two from Dean and one each from Graham and Andrew Lewis for a 4-0 edge with 11:39 left. Nathan Lewis answered a Wilmington goal, and Rainone followed another Quaker goal with one of his own to put the Cardinals up 6-2. After Wilmington scored again, Regruth and Rainone found the back of the net for the Cardinals to send Otterbein into the second period up 8-3.
• Second Quarter: The Cardinals outscored the Quakers 5-0 in the second quarter to take a 13-3 lead into halftime. Luther and Graham tallied two goals each in the quarter to go with one from Dean.
• Third Quarter: Wilmington opened the third-quarter scoring, but Otterbein came back with six unanswered goals. Graham, Dean, Luther, Nathan Lewis, Merrill and Regruth tallied one goal each in that span before the Quakers scored again with 3:25 left to go into the fourth trailing 19-5.
• Fourth Quarter: Otterbein outscored Wilmington 3-0 in the final period, getting goals from Luther, Kennedy and Merrill for the 22-5 victory.
• Key Team Stats: Otterbein out-shot Wilmington by a 50-27 margin, and the Cardinals finished with a 41-25 edge in ground balls. Otterbein won 19 of the 30 faceoffs. Otterbein committed 21 turnovers to 26 for Wilmington.

Notables

• Head coach Colin Hartnett is in his 16th year at Otterbein and has an all-time record of 137-111 at the helm of the Cardinals.
• Graham has a team-high 33 points and 25 goals on the season. He has 103 career points on 76 goals and 27 assists.
• Nathan Lewis has 92 career points on 59 goals and 33 assists.
• Rainone has 83 career points on 67 goals and 16 assists.
• Senior Luke Farthing has 390 career saves.
• Otterbein is 13-0 against Wilmington dating back to 2013, outscoring the Quakers by a combined margin of 274-54.