Mount Union's men's lacrosse team defeated Wilmington 17-2 Wednesday night at Mount Union Stadium. As part of the conference only schedule in 2021, this game was among four of the games that will not count in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings. The Purple Raiders got three goals and three assists from junior Logan Addonizio (Wixom, Mich. / Walled Lake Western), Alek Kungle (Hartville / Lake) scored three goals with one assist and two goals each from sophomores Logan Gebhart (McDonald, Pa. / Canon-McMillan) and Justin Kroeger (Mentor) as they improved their overall record at 3-1 and stayed 2-0 in the OAC. Wilmington got one goal from Austin Young and Sawyer Starrett and fell to 0-4 overall and stayed 0-2 in the OAC. Addonizio scored first for Mount Union with a goal 37 seconds into the game. This being the fastest goal to start a game in Mount Union history. Wilmington tied the game up at 1 at the halfway mark in the first quarter. Addonizio put Mount Union back on top with another goal and had an assist to Gebhart for a score to end the first quarter up 3-1. The Purple Raiders grabbed two goals with one from Gebhart assisted by senior Matt Bisono (Deer Park, N.Y. / Deer Park) and then junior Alex Ellison (Uniontown / Lake) assisted by Addonizio to go up 5-1. Wilmington got its second goal of the game at the 11:43 mark in the second quarter. Mount Union ended the quarter on a 4-0 run with Bisono scoring from a pass by Addonizio, Kroger got a goal with an assist to sophomore Eli Ciotti (Canonsburg, Pa. / Linsly), then two goals from Kungle with one assist by Ciotti to put Mount Union up 9-2 at the half. Mount Union held Wilmington scoreless in the second half while scoring eight goals of its own. Ciotti started the scoring in the second half with an assist from senior Jacob Dodd (Ridgley, Md. / North Caroline), Dodd then connected on a goal on his own. Addonizio scored his third goal of the game with an assist from Kungle. Kungle scored 46 seconds later to put the Purple Raiders up 13-2. Freshman Garrett Koenig (Chagrin Falls / Kenston) scored his first goal of his career and Kroeger scored just 12 second later to end the third quarter up 15-2. Another freshman Ben Jones (Neenah, Wis. / Neenah) scored his first goal of his career and the last goal of the night came from junior Clay Barkin (Chagrin Falls / Kenston). The Raiders got on offense thanks to senior face-off specialist Chris Motter (Hudson), who won 19-of-21 faceoffs while sophomore Kyle Reihner (Scranton, Pa. / Scranton Prep) had five saves in the first half while in goal. Mount Union heads on the road to take on John Carroll in an OAC matchup next Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m. in University Heights.