SVC overpowers upstart Bethany squad

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The Saint Vincent men's lacrosse team improved to 9-2 with a rousing 27-2 victory over Bethany College at Chuck Noll Field.

Twelve different Bearcats scored at least one goal, while 14 players had at least one point, led by the trio of Will DeLanoy, Ryan Kearney, and Kevin Vawter. DeLanoy turned in a nine-point day, with three goals and six assists, while Kearney went for five goals and two assists, and Vawter a career-high six goals. Zach Wilfong added six points for Saint Vincent, on three goals and three assists, and entered the Bearcat record books in the process, taking over the all-time lead in career assists with 76.

Led by DeLanoy, the Bearcats took control from the start, as the junior figured in on seven of the team's first eight goals (two goals and five assists) over the first six minutes of play.

Kearney had three goals and an assist during the same span,;with the Bearcats going up 8-0 six minutes into play.

Wilfong's second goal of the quarter, with 7:29 left, gave the hosts a nine-goal lead, before Vawter scored his first two goals of the day in a three-minute span late in the opening quarter to send the Bearcats into the second frame up 11-0.

The Bearcats tallied the only four goals of the second quarter, with two from Kullen Adams, and one apiece from Kearney and JD Mayer, to go into halftime leading 15-0.

Saint Vincent's lead would eventually reach 18-0 before the Bison got on the board on a Brandon Schnupp goal with 8:43 left in the third quarter, but SVC would close the quarter with five goals in a six-minute span, with three coming from Vawter, making the score 23-1.

After the Bison opened the fourth quarter's scoring with a Kyle Arrington goal with 11:08 left in regulation, the Bearcats closed out regulation with four unanswered goals, clinching the victory and improving to a perfect 5-0 at home.

The Bearcats out-shot the Bison 64-9 on the afternoon, owned a 58-22 advantage in ground balls, and won 25 of 32 faceoffs. Kearney, JD Mayer, and Jeremy McGuire shared the team lead with five ground balls apiece, while Pete Hronis was a perfect 8-for-8 in the faceoff circle.

Saint Vincent, which has out-scored its opponents 56-3 over its last two games, faces its toughest test of the season this Saturday, when the Bearcats play host to Denison, ranked eighth nationally, at 3pm at Chuck Noll Field.

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