Anderson Takes Down La Roche in Historic Battle
March 13, 2019
The Anderson University men's lacrosse team took down La Roche College in a historic battle. Anderson fought off La Roche in an 11-10 victory on Wednesday at Macholtz Stadium to secure the program's first victory.
The Redhawks (2-7) led the Ravens (1-3) by a score of 7-3 at halftime. Anderson outscored La Roche 5-1 in the third quarter to tie the game at 8-all after three quarters. The Ravens then capped off the match in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter.
"I'm incredibly proud of our team," Coach Jacob Ashton said. "We got down early and we fought back. For a young team to fight back like that and get the first win in program history is an incredible feat to say the least. I couldn't be more happy with the guys' effort on the field, the young leadership and staying composed. We had moments where some guys started to fall back on some bad habits due to being tired, but they overcame that. We really played a good game as a whole."
Tristan Wilbrandt (Fishers, Ind./Cathedral), Jonathan Orloff (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) and Jacob Spratley (Columbus, Ind./Columbus East) powered to three goals apiece for the Ravens. Sam Ellis (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) and Caleb Spencer (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) each contributed a goal and an assist. Spratley won 8-of-18 faceoffs and collected 10 ground balls. Mike McManus (Maineville, Ohio/Loveland) recorded five ground balls.
Joel Lee (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge) created nine turnovers and finished with four ground balls.
"Shoutout to Joel Lee (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge). I'm really happy about how he played. Joel dominated his matchup and that was something we talked about. We really keyed in on our matchups and [Wednesday] was probably our best defensive match as whole."
Shawn McDanel paced La Roche with six points behind three goals and three assists. Brent Burkhouse tallied five points off two goals and three assists. Nick Sylvis scored three goals and Devin Wolford added two goals. McDanel won 14-of-24 faceoffs and earned 14 ground balls. John Aiello turned in five ground balls.
Zach Cocuzzo (Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek) saved nine of the 19 shots he faced for the Ravens.
La Roche's Chris Silvis saw 26 shots and came up with 15 saves.
Anderson outshot La Roche 52-34. The Ravens won the turnover battle as the Redhawks committed 23 turnovers and the Ravens turned the ball over 14 times. La Roche held a 15-10 advantage on faceoffs.
Anderson cleared 17-of-20 (85 percent) attempts while the Redhawks finished 13-of-19 (68.4 percent) on clears.
"We cleared the ball better, we worked on our faceoffs and we definitely shot the ball a lot better than we have. That was something we worked on and really needed to do."
In the first quarter, Burkhouse and Wolford scored the first two goals to take a 2-0 lead. Spratley and Orloff responded with goals to tie the game at 2-all. The score remained at 2-all for the rest of the first quarter.
La Roche pulled ahead to 7-3 after the second quarter. Nick Sylvis scored two goals while McDanel, Burkhouse and Wolford each netted goals. Orloff produced a goal for the Ravens.
Anderson came charging back in the third quarter. McDanel contributed a goal with 12 minutes, 32 seconds left in the third quarter. The Ravens then delivered five consecutive goals to tie the match at 8-all after three quarters. Anderson's first four goals came from Wilbrandt, Spencer, Wilbrandt and Orloff. Ellis found the back of net in a man-down situation to tie the match with 33 seconds left in the third quarter.
Nick Sylvis provided a goal 45 seconds into the fourth quarter to give the Redhawks a 9-8 lead. Six minutes into the fourth quarter, Spratley evened the score at 9-all. McDanel responded a minute later with a goal to put La Roche back on top, but Spratley added another goal the following minute to tie the game at 10-all. Wilbrandt delivered the go-ahead goal with 5:25 left in the fourth quarter. With 15 seconds left in the match, the Redhawks called a timeout on their offensive end to setup a play to potentially tie the game. With six seconds to go, Lee knocked the ball off Wolford, causing the turnover that sealed the match.
"To win the fourth quarter is something we always have to do, especially in tight games."
The Ravens clash with Wabash College (2-3) next Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Crawfordsville.
"I'm just really proud of our guys and what we were able to accomplish. We get some guys back from injury and we face Wabash next week."
The Redhawks (2-7) led the Ravens (1-3) by a score of 7-3 at halftime. Anderson outscored La Roche 5-1 in the third quarter to tie the game at 8-all after three quarters. The Ravens then capped off the match in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter.
"I'm incredibly proud of our team," Coach Jacob Ashton said. "We got down early and we fought back. For a young team to fight back like that and get the first win in program history is an incredible feat to say the least. I couldn't be more happy with the guys' effort on the field, the young leadership and staying composed. We had moments where some guys started to fall back on some bad habits due to being tired, but they overcame that. We really played a good game as a whole."
Tristan Wilbrandt (Fishers, Ind./Cathedral), Jonathan Orloff (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) and Jacob Spratley (Columbus, Ind./Columbus East) powered to three goals apiece for the Ravens. Sam Ellis (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) and Caleb Spencer (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) each contributed a goal and an assist. Spratley won 8-of-18 faceoffs and collected 10 ground balls. Mike McManus (Maineville, Ohio/Loveland) recorded five ground balls.
Joel Lee (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge) created nine turnovers and finished with four ground balls.
"Shoutout to Joel Lee (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge). I'm really happy about how he played. Joel dominated his matchup and that was something we talked about. We really keyed in on our matchups and [Wednesday] was probably our best defensive match as whole."
Shawn McDanel paced La Roche with six points behind three goals and three assists. Brent Burkhouse tallied five points off two goals and three assists. Nick Sylvis scored three goals and Devin Wolford added two goals. McDanel won 14-of-24 faceoffs and earned 14 ground balls. John Aiello turned in five ground balls.
Zach Cocuzzo (Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek) saved nine of the 19 shots he faced for the Ravens.
La Roche's Chris Silvis saw 26 shots and came up with 15 saves.
Anderson outshot La Roche 52-34. The Ravens won the turnover battle as the Redhawks committed 23 turnovers and the Ravens turned the ball over 14 times. La Roche held a 15-10 advantage on faceoffs.
Anderson cleared 17-of-20 (85 percent) attempts while the Redhawks finished 13-of-19 (68.4 percent) on clears.
"We cleared the ball better, we worked on our faceoffs and we definitely shot the ball a lot better than we have. That was something we worked on and really needed to do."
In the first quarter, Burkhouse and Wolford scored the first two goals to take a 2-0 lead. Spratley and Orloff responded with goals to tie the game at 2-all. The score remained at 2-all for the rest of the first quarter.
La Roche pulled ahead to 7-3 after the second quarter. Nick Sylvis scored two goals while McDanel, Burkhouse and Wolford each netted goals. Orloff produced a goal for the Ravens.
Anderson came charging back in the third quarter. McDanel contributed a goal with 12 minutes, 32 seconds left in the third quarter. The Ravens then delivered five consecutive goals to tie the match at 8-all after three quarters. Anderson's first four goals came from Wilbrandt, Spencer, Wilbrandt and Orloff. Ellis found the back of net in a man-down situation to tie the match with 33 seconds left in the third quarter.
Nick Sylvis provided a goal 45 seconds into the fourth quarter to give the Redhawks a 9-8 lead. Six minutes into the fourth quarter, Spratley evened the score at 9-all. McDanel responded a minute later with a goal to put La Roche back on top, but Spratley added another goal the following minute to tie the game at 10-all. Wilbrandt delivered the go-ahead goal with 5:25 left in the fourth quarter. With 15 seconds left in the match, the Redhawks called a timeout on their offensive end to setup a play to potentially tie the game. With six seconds to go, Lee knocked the ball off Wolford, causing the turnover that sealed the match.
"To win the fourth quarter is something we always have to do, especially in tight games."
The Ravens clash with Wabash College (2-3) next Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Crawfordsville.
"I'm just really proud of our guys and what we were able to accomplish. We get some guys back from injury and we face Wabash next week."
