Wingate, N.C.----The 13th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears held seventh-ranked Wingate University to two second-half goals Wednesday night in a 10-5 win in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action at Graham Gill Field. Lenoir-Rhyne improves to 10-3 overall and 7-1 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs drop to 10-3 overall and 7-2 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Lenoir-Rhyne out-shot Wingate 42-37
- The Bears held a 25-15 advantage in shots on goal
- L-R had 19 of the 33 turnovers on the night
- Wingate was 17-of-19 on clear attempts; the Bears were 15-of-18 on clears
- Lenoir-Rhyne registered 31 ground balls compared to WU's 26
- The Bears won 12 of 18 face-offs and capitalized on four man-up opportunities

KEY BULLDOGS

- Bobby Padden led the 'Dogs with two goals, two assists and four ground balls
- Danny Riley, Willie Grieco and Marc Cottage Jr were the other goal scorers for Wingate
- Aidan McMahon recorded an assist
- AJ Lohmuller matched Padden with four ground balls and a caused turnover
- Peyton Farley led the team with four CTs
- KC Carlson and John Caponi combined for 15 saves

FIRST PERIOD

­- Lenoir-Rhyne got on the board first five minutes in off a Kyle Hatcher score to take an early 1-0 lead
- The Bears added another score three minutes later to double the lead
-  Padden found Riley for Wingate's first score of the game at the 5:17 mark

SECOND PERIOD

- L-R scored back-to-back to open the second period, taking a 4-1 lead after an Evan Voss goal
- Grieco cut into the deficit three minutes later with the Bulldogs' second goal of the game
- The Bears answered with two more goals over the next five minutes
- Padden scored from a McMahon assist to bring the 'Dogs within three at the break, 6-3

THIRD PERIOD

'- Wingate got the deficit down to two, with Cottage scoring the first goal of the half at the 5:47 mark
- The two teams combined to score three times in a two-minute stretch late in the third period
- L-R's Tommy Aguilar extended the lead to three, which was shortly followed by a goal from Padden
- Toron Eccleston added another goal for the Bears, taking an 8-5 lead into the final 15 minutes

FOURTH PERIOD

- Lenoir-Rhyne scored the only two goals of the final period
- Joe Venazio gave L-R a four-goal cushion at the 12:10 mark
- Voss capped the scoring with more than eight minutes to go

UP NEXT

-The Bulldogs return from a 10-day break in action on Saturday, April 23 for their regular season finale at Tusculum at 3 p.m.