Hickory, N.C.- The No. 10 Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Lacrosse team broke the program record for most assists in a game with 19 on their way to a blowout win over Coker on Saturday afternoon. 13 different players found the back of the net for LR who improves to 4-2 on the year.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #10 Lenoir-Rhyne 22, Coker 2
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (4-2, 1-0 SAC), Coker (0-6, 0-1 SAC)
Location:Â Hickory, N.C.
STATS OF THE GAME
- The Bears held the Cobras without a goal in the first half. Coker took 12 shots (8 on goal) in the first half while Noah Johnson had 8 saves in the first thirty minutes
- Myles Moffat, Ayden Mowry, Joe Venazio each had a hat trick in the first half as the Bears stormed out to a 13-0 lead at the half.Â
- After the Bears scored the first three goals of the second half, Coker finally got on the board with a goal with 8:32 left in the third quarter. Mowry added his fourth goal to extend the lead to 17-1 after three quarters.Â
- Freshman Jaden Goldstein got his first two career goals in the fourth quarter.Â
- The Bears'Â 18th goal came from freshman Jackson Price, which was his first career goal.Â
- Jack Dickinson also found the back of the net in the fourth quarter and Kyle Hatcher set up Reese Remeika for the 19th assisted goal of the day.
- LR outshot Coker 53-24 and held a 43-15 edge in ground balls.
- The Bears won 23 of 28 face-offs on the day and held Coker 0-for-6 with the man up.
- John Paulus went 12-for-13 on faceoffs and Macon Sumner was 11-of-15 and each had nine ground balls.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Bears have won seven straight games against Coker with today's win.
- Bears have held their last two opponents scoreless in the first quarter.Â
- The previous record for assists in a game was 18 against Lynn back in 2014.
- The last time the Bears held an opponent scoreless was against Lincoln Memorial in an 8-0 win on 2/28/15.
- LR's largest margin of victory was a 23-2 win against Brevard during the 2014 season.
UP NEXT:Â Bears will travel to Limestone next Saturday for a 2:00 SAC contest.Â