Wingate, N.C.----The ninth-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs won their seventh straight game Saturday afternoon, taking down Mars Hill University 17-9 in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action at Irwin Belk Stadium. Wingate improves to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the SAC, while the Lions fall to 2-9 overall and 0-5 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-shot Mars Hill 74-27
- The 'Dogs held a 41-17 advantage in shots on goal
- The Bulldogs won 22 of the 29 face-offs
- Wingate held a 63-33 advantage in ground balls
- WU converted 21-of-23 clear attempts; MHU was 29-for-34
- The Lions committed 24 of the 37 turnovers on the day

KEY BULLDOGS

- Danny Riley had four goals, an assist, a caused turnover and three ground balls
- Willie Grieco added a goal, four assists, two CTs and three ground balls
- Marc Cottage registered two goals and an assist
- Daman Lingasin contributed two goals, a CT and a ground ball
- James Kotcamp won six-of-nine face-offs, adding two goals and two ground balls
- Kyle Spence notched a goal and an assist
- Aidan McMahon, Tyler Moltisanti, Caden Castle, Sam Goss and Zach Samson each added a goal
- Joey Moran handed out an assist
- Joe Karnich had three CTs and three ground balls
- Peyton Farley had two CTs and four ground balls, with Johnny Salamone also notching two CTs
- Trent Connolly picked up six ground balls, adding a caused turnover
- Dylan Rupprecht won 12-of-14 face-offs, picking up eight ground balls
- Donovan Jones won three-of-four face-offs; Sam Lefler also won a face-off
- Quad Williams had nine saves in his first start, adding four ground balls

FIRST PERIOD

- Spence scored the first goal of the day two minutes in
- Cottage's goal with 2:32 put the 'Dogs on top 2-1
- Kotcamp won the ensuing face-off and scored six seconds later to put WU on top by two
- Savion Williams scored with 1:50 left in the frame to make it 3-2
- Riley scored 30 seconds later to extend the lead back to two

SECOND PERIOD

- Riley scored off a Grieco assist 32 seconds into the second frame
- Lingasin scored off a riley assist with 13 minutes left to make it 6-2
- Kotcamp won the face-off and scored eight seconds later to push the lead to five
- Grieco scored two minutes later to make it 8-2
- Riley scored off a Cottage assist, while a Cottage goal off Grieco's assist made it 10-2 at the 4:42 mark
- McMahon scored of Grieco's assist with 3:28 to go to make it 11-3 at halftime

THIRD PERIOD

- Lingasin and Riley scored in the opening five minutes to put the 'Dogs on top 13-4
- John Hommel's goal cut the lead to seven with eight minutes left
- Castle scored off a Spence assist with six minutes to go to make it 14-6
- Moltisanti's first career goal came off Moran's assist with 4:45 remaining

FOURTH PERIOD

- Samson scored four minutes into the final frame to make it 16-7
- Goss scored his first career goal at the 5:10 mark to give WU a 17-8 advantage

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Wednesday, traveling to Lenoir-Rhyne to face the fourth-ranked Bears at 7 p.m.