The Benedictine University men's lacrosse team pulled away from visiting Marian University to claim the first conference victory of the year Benedictine 13, Marian 6 • Benedictine never trailed in the contest • The first goal of the game took nearly 10 minutes as Nick Wood struck with 6:24 left in the opening quarter after a successful clear • Marian was able to tie the game with under three minutes remaining before Corbin Gett scored the first of four consecutive Benedictine goals to gain a cushion • The goal came in the final minute of the first • Benedictine blanked Marian in the second, striking three times to take a 5-1 lead into halftime • The visitors cut into the deficit in the third, twice battling within three goals • A big fourth enabled Benedictine to pull away with three different players scoring to account for the final • Benedictine has limited five opponents to less than 10 goals this year including three straight • Benedictine has now claimed three in a row • The meeting marked the first ever between the two programs as Marian is a first year team • Benedictine tallied 47 shots, including 28 on cage • Benedictine won 18 faceoffs with Mateo Salceda capturing 17 and grabbing 11 groundballs • Benedictine finished with 45 groundballs • Gett scored six times and added a pair of assists with five groundballs • Wood found the back of the net four times and added a helper • Randy Patrick notched two goals and two assists • Sam Sanko stopped six shots in net with Jack Collins adding two Benedictine (5-4, 1-1 MLC) travels to Beloit on Saturday.