HARROGATE, TENN.-- The No. 4 Lenoir-Rhyne men's lacrosse team bounced back from their second loss of the season on Wednesday to dominate Lincoln Memorial on Saturday afternoon. Riley Seay scored a career-high six goals as LR used an 8-goal first quarter to cruise past LMU. The Bears have now won 34 straight against unranked opponents. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:  #4 Lenoir-Rhyne 19, Lincoln Memorial 6
Records: #4 Lenoir-Rhyne (9-2, 4-1 SAC), Lincoln Memorial (6-5, 2-3 SAC)
Location: Harrogate, Tenn. | LMU Lacrosse Complex

STATS OF THE GAME

• Will Canata got the Bears on the board first just 54 seconds into the game. However, LMU would score back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 advantage.
• From that point on, it was all Lenoir-Rhyne. The Bears scored 15 unanswered goals to overpower the hosts. 
• Seay ignited that scoring spurt at the 8:38 mark of the first quarter. LR would go on to score six more times in the next 7:25 to close out the first frame.
• It was more of the same in the second quarter. Myles Moffat scored consecutive goals to make it 10-2 and Donovan Powell netted LR's 11th goal.
• Seay closed out the first half scoring to make it 14-2 and Tommy Aguilar started the second half with a strike at the 11:24 mark of the third quarter.
• After another Seay goal, LMU finally stopped the bleeding with a goal at the 7:54 mark of the third quarter. The Railsplitters went 31:24 of game action between goals.
• Aaron Williams and Reese Remeika scored in the third quarter for LR before Seay closed the scoring on a man-up goal. 
• LR held a 44-31 advantage in shots and took a 32-28 edge in ground balls. The Bears won 21 of 28 face offs.
• Toron Eccleston, Moffat and Aguilar each had two goals and an assist for LR.
• John Paulus went 14-of-17 on face offs and grabbed six ground balls. Matthew Mancini won five of his six face offs on the day.
• Making his first start of the season, Rob Pensabene made six saves to earn the victory. Nolan Hoffman played the fourth quarter and made five stops. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Bears are a perfect 8-0 all-time against Lincoln Memorial and have each of the past four in the series by at least 12 goals.
• LMU is the sixth opponent this season that LR held to six or less goals. 
• The Bears are 3-0 on the road this season and 43-27 all-time in road games.
• LR improves to 62-8 all-time against SAC teams.
• This is the 100th all-time victory against an unranked opponent, including the aforementioned 34-straight wins.
• Seay's six goals tie Eccleston for the season high from an LR player this year. Eccleston totaled six against Florida Tech.
• LR is now 38-12 all-time in April.

UP NEXT: The Bears return to action on Saturday when they host Tusculum at 4 p.m. for Senior Day.