HENNIKER, N.H. – Quint Bartush broke another program record, but the New England College Men's Lacrosse team fell to Wheaton College, 9-6 in non-conference action Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
Score: Wheaton College 9, New England College 6

Records: Pilgrims (6-9, 4-0 NECC) | Lyons (10-5, 1-5 NEWMAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Sam Crary began the scoring for the Pilgrims, as he found the back of the cage at 13:52 of the first quarter. The Lyons answered with back-to-back scores from Alex Berg and Robert Sullivan, giving Wheaton a 2-1. Luca Ferreira tied the game up before the end of the opening quarter, to make it 2-2 after 15 minutes.

David Benjamin opened regained the advantage for NEC, as he scored the first score of the second. Following a Lyons goal to tie the back-and-forth game again, Fednor Drewry made it 4-3 NEC. Wheaton added one more score, as the teams would head into halftime tied at 4-4.

In the second half, Thomas Norton recorded his first of the game to go up 5-4. The Lyons responded and would tally four-straight scores to go up 8-5. Drewry would get the Pilgrims within two, but a Mike Goodwin goal with 3:47 left in regulation would give the Lyons an insurance goal to put the game out of reach.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Connor Almstrom recorded 11 saves in the crease for NEC.
• With 10 ground balls tonight, Quint Bartush surpassed Connor Fries '19 for the most ground balls in a single season (146).
• The Lyons outshot the Pilgrims 44-23 while NEC won 17-of-19 faceoffs.
• NEC won the groundball battle 35-32.
• Wheaton leads the all-time series 12-1.

UP NEXT

• NEC at UMass Boston, Friday, Apr. 29, 7:00 pm.
• Wheaton – NEWMAC First Round, Monday, May 2.