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Scoring
- bret schell ( 5 , 1 )
- patrick boylston ( 2 , 4 )
- noah king ( 2 , 3 )
- jackson wheeler ( 2 , 1 )
- dirk meinhart ( 2 , 0 )
- ian kimmins ( 2 , 0 )
- justin wilson ( 1 , 1 )
- al alessia ( 1 , 1 )
- eric hopkins ( 1 , 0 )
- eric clay ( 1 , 0 )
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Scoring
- chris french ( 3 , 2 )
- grant nesbitt ( 2 , 2 )
- kyle sanderson ( 2 , 0 )
- peyton gasche ( 1 , 1 )
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Shots
- bret schell 11
- patrick boylston 2
- noah king 7
- jackson wheeler 2
- dirk meinhart 6
- ian kimmins 4
- justin wilson 1
- al alessia 3
- eric hopkins 5
- eric clay 1
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Shots
- chris french 6
- grant nesbitt 5
- kyle sanderson 7
- peyton gasche 4
- travis fox 3
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Ground Balls
- bret schell 8
- patrick boylston 3
- jackson wheeler 1
- dirk meinhart 2
- ian kimmins 1
- al alessia 3
- eric clay 9
- andrew trachtman 1
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Ground Balls
- chris french 5
- grant nesbitt 3
- peyton gasche 4
- maxwell leventis 6
- collin hull 2
- christian aurand 3
- travis fox 3
- max bade 3
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Turnovers
- bret schell 1
- patrick boylston 2
- noah king 2
- dirk meinhart 4
- ian kimmins 1
- justin wilson 2
- al alessia 1
- eric clay 1
- kyle kaiser 1
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Turnovers
- chris french 3
- grant nesbitt 2
- kyle sanderson 1
- peyton gasche 6
- maxwell leventis 2
- collin hull 2
- christian aurand 1
- travis fox 1
- max bade 1
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Caused Turnovers
- patrick boylston 2
- dirk meinhart 1
- al alessia 3
- eric clay 1
- noah dubrava 1
- andrew trachtman 2
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Caused Turnovers
- chris french 1
- kyle sanderson 1
- collin hull 2
- christian aurand 2
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Faceoffs Won
- bret schell 15
- justin wilson 1
- sam green 2
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Faceoffs Won
- maxwell leventis 13
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Faceoffs Taken
- bret schell 23
- justin wilson 3
- sam green 4
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Faceoffs Taken
- maxwell leventis 31
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Saves
- noah dubrava 7 ( 0.58 )
- sean o'meara 1 ( 0.25 )
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Saves
- max bade 7 ( 0.27 )
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Current Records
- hanover 10 - 5
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Current Records
- adrian 10 - 5
ADRIAN, Mich.--Freshman Chris French led Adrian with five points and classmate Grant Nesbitt established a career-high with four, but it wasn't enough as the Bulldogs were unable to sustain early momentum in the latter quarters during a 19-8 non-conference loss at the hands of visiting Hanover in men's lacrosse action on Tuesday.
THE BASICS
= Final Score: Hanover College 19, Adrian College 8
= Location: Kapnick Field at Docking Stadium, Adrian, Mich.; Weather conditions: Snow showers, 21 degrees, Wind ESE 12 mph
= Records: Hanover Panthers 1-1, Adrian Bulldogs 0-2
TOP 'DAWGS
= French ended up with three goals and two assists, while Nesbitt posted two tallies and two assists.
= Sophomore co-captain Kyle Sanderson added two goals.
= Nesbitt scored twice and had two assists.
= Reigning Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Week Max Leventis led Adrian with six ground balls, followed by French with five and freshman Peyton Gasche, four.
THE OPPOSITION
= Bret Schell led all scorers with five goals and six points, plus he had eight ground balls. He also went 15-for-23 in the face-off "X."
= Patrick Boylston matched him with six points on two goals and four assists. He also had three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
= Al Alessia had three caused turnovers, three ground balls and two points.
= Noah King (3 assists), Jackson Wheeler (1a), Ian Kimmins and Dirk Meinhart all had two goals apiece.
= Noah Dubrava (1-1) made seven saves for the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
= Adrian got off to a great start executing its offense to the tune of two three-goal leads in the opening quarter. Gasche and French scored back-to-back unassisted goals 2 minutes and 39 seconds apart beginning with 11:49 showing on the clock.
= Nesbitt scored man-up on a feed from French to hand the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage with 6:49 left.
= But 20 seconds later, Schell put the Panthers on the scoreboard after getting an assist from Boylston.
= Sanderson, however, restored Adrian's three-goal advantage at the 3:04 mark when he took a pass from sophomore Hayden Berger. Adrian led 4-1
= Hanover closed the scoring in the first quarter when Schell cut the deficit in half with 71 seconds remaining. That goal ignited a run of eight unanswered goals the rest of the half.
= Hanover took control of the game in the second quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 7-0 to take a 9-4 advantage into the locker room. The Panthers tied it 4-all on a Wheeler-to-Boylston connection at the 11:44 mark of the second quarter and Boylston scored unassisted at 9:52 to put them in the lead for good.
= French started the scoring in the second half that made the score 9-5 in Hanover's favor, but the visitors scored five of the next six goals to take a commanding 14-6 lead after three quarters.
= The Panthers also held statistical advantages in shots (45-29), shots on goal (26-16), face-off wins (18-13) and turnovers (20-24).
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
= This is the second time the schools have met as Adrian bested Hanover in their first matchup, 11-4, back on March 30, 2012.
= The Panthers are the first of three opponents out of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference that the Bulldogs will face this spring.
= Adrian is now 7-5 in home openers since the program was founded in 2008.
= French is tied for the MIAA goal-scoring lead with seven and he is third with nine points.
= Gasche is tied for third in the conference with three assists.
= Leventis upped his MIAA-leading total to 24 ground balls. As a team, Adrian is first with 97 and is second in NCAA Division III in grounds balls per game.
UP NEXT
= Adrian will be at non-conference opponent Hiram College on Saturday, starting at 2 p.m.