FERRUM, Va. – The Bridgewater College men's lacrosse team earned an 18-5 victory in an ODAC contest on the road at Ferrum on Saturday afternoon to extend its winning streak to four games.

The Basics

• Final Score: Bridgewater 18, Ferrum 5
• Records: Bridgewater 7-2, 2-0; Ferrum 2-5, 0-3 ODAC

How It Happened

• Bridgewater opened the scoring as Chris Martel notched his first of the game at the 12:15 mark in the first. Trent Cheyney followed 10 seconds later to push the Eagles ahead, 2-0.
• Bridgewater led the rest of the game despite the Panthers scoring with 10:11 left in the first and led 4-1 after one quarter.
• Martel started off the second quarter with another goal before Trevor McClelland went back-to-back to set the score at 7-1.
• The two sides exchanged goals for the remainder of the half to lead 8-3 at the break.
• Martel scored twice in the third quarter to keep the lead at six goals before the Eagles exploded in the fourth for eight goals to go home with an 18-5 victory.

Match Notes

• Martel led the game with a career-high nine points off seven goals and two assists.
• McClelland tallied six goals of his own on seven shots and also picked up four ground balls.
• Connor McLean recorded six points, as well, with a goal and five assists.
• ­­­Defensively, Robbie Noyes grabbed six ground balls and made two saves before Tyler Carney finished the game and made one save.
• Gabriel Alexander went 13-for-15 in faceoffs and grabbed six ground balls, while Samuel Sharps won seven faceoffs.
• Ryan Addison and Grayson Rech each caused a game-high four turnovers as the Panthers turned the ball over 31 times in the game.
• The Eagles held a rather large edge in shots, 61-14, and a 40-33 advantage in ground balls.
• Bridgewater was nearly perfect in clearing the ball, going 24-for-26 in attempts.

Up Next

• The Eagles return to action on Saturday, March 26 on the road against at Hampden-Sydney for an ODAC contest. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 pm.