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Max Graham for Adrian Game
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10
Otterbein OTTERBEI 1-3, 0-0
18
Winner Adrian ADRIAN 4-3, 0-0
Otterbein OTTERBEI
1-3, 0-0
10
Final
18
Adrian ADRIAN
4-3, 0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Otterbein OTTERBEI 2 3 3 2 10
Adrian ADRIAN 8 3 3 4 18

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Written by Wes Mayberry (Photo by Ian Steigerwald)

Graham tallies 5 goals as Men's Lacrosse falls at Adrian (Mich.)

ADRIAN, Mich. — Fifth-year senior Max Graham led the way with five goals as the Otterbein men's lacrosse team fell 18-10 at Adrian (Mich.) on Friday.

The Basics
  • Records: Otterbein (1-3 overall), Adrian (4-3 overall)
  • Venue: Docking Stadium - Adrian, Mich.
Otterbein Stat Leaders
  • Graham added five ground balls to his five goals, which came on 14 shots.
  • Junior Zach Mulligan scored two goals.
  • Sophomores Andrew Lewis and Jack Regruth posted matching stat lines of three points on one goal and two assists.
  • Senior Nathan Lewis scored one goal, and fifth-year senior Aidan Moore tallied one assist.
  • Senior Luke Farthing played all 60 minutes in goal for Otterbein and recorded 11 saves.
  • Junior Sam Becker won 11 of his 17 faceoffs.
Game Highlights
  • First Quarter: Otterbein tallied the first score of the game when Graham found the back of the net on an assist from Regruth just 48 seconds in. But Adrian had a huge answer in the form of a 7-0 run to take a 7-1 edge with 2:55 left. Nathan Lewis ended that run with a goal assisted by Regruth with 1:06 remaining before the Bulldogs capped the scoring in the period with a goal with 27 seconds left to take an 8-2 lead into the second frame.
  • Second Quarter: The Cardinals scored first in the second quarter courtesy of a goal from Andrew Lewis. After an Adrian goal, Graham scored his second goal of the game with 7:31 left, but the Bulldogs answered with two consecutive goals for an 11-4 lead. Graham secured his hat trick with 3:02 left, scoring on an assist from Andrew Lewis, to send Otterbein into halftime trailing 11-5.
  • Third Quarter: Regruth opened the scoring in the second half to get Otterbein within five, 11-6. Mulligan answered a Bulldog goal with one of his own, assisted by Moore, with 10:50 remaining, but Adrian scored the next two goals for a 14-7 edge. Graham scored his fourth goal of the game with just 42 seconds left, sending the Cardinals into the final period down 14-8.
  • Fourth Quarter: The Cardinals scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter. The first came from Graham, giving him five for the game, just 36 seconds in. The second came via Mulligan, assisted by Andrew Lewis, for his second score of the contest. Leading 14-10, the Bulldogs closed out the game with four straight goals en route to the 18-10 win.
  • Key Team Stats: Adrian out-shot Otterbein by a 43-42 margin, and the Bulldogs finished with a 33-28 edge in ground balls. Otterbein won 16 of the 30 faceoffs. Otterbein had 22 turnovers to 17 for Adrian.
Notables
  • Head coach Colin Hartnett is in his 16th year at Otterbein and has an all-time record of 134-110 at the helm of the Cardinals.
  • Graham has a team-high 17 points and 15 goals on the season. He has 87 career points on 66 goals and 21 assists.
  • Nathan Lewis has 80 career points on 51 goals and 29 assists.
  • Senior Carson Rainone has 70 career points on 56 goals and 14 assists.
  • Farthing has 349 career saves.
  • Adrian leads the series with Otterbein by a 6-3 margin dating back to 2010 and has won three straight meetings.
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