ADRIAN, Mich.--The Trine University defense held the Adrian College men's lacrosse team scoreless for two quarters on Wednesday evening to take an 11-5 win in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association action.

THE BASICS
= Final Score: Trine 11, Adrian 5

= Location: Docking Stadium; Adrian, Mich.; Weather conditions: Sunny, 64F, Wind SE 13 mph

= Records: Trine Thunder 6-4 overall, 3-1 MIAA; Adrian Bulldogs 0-12 overall, 0-4 MIAA

FOR ADRIAN 
= Senior Jake Waldrup led the Bulldogs with two goals and an assist.

= Junior defender Cody Schmitt produced a season-high four caused turnovers and scooped up six ground balls--both game highs. He also had an assist.

= Senior goalie Brett Farrelly stopped 13 shots to help keep the Bulldogs in the game, plus he recorded four ground balls.

= Freshman Morgan Caldwell registered his first career goal in the third quarter.

THE OPPOSITION
= Nick Maher led all student-athletes with three goals, three assists and six total points. 

= Jordan Lelito went 9-for-10 on face-offs, made five ground balls and had four caused turnovers.

= Lucas Radice won six of eight face-offs and posted three ground balls.

= Paul Carlquist also had a hat trick and had three ground balls.

= Conner Putman contributed three assists.

= Travis Lores made five saves and had three ground balls to improve to 6-3 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
= Trine won the first quarter 3-2, second 2-0 and fourth 4-0. The Thunder never trailed.

= Senior Doug Boyd got Adrian on the scoreboard to cut TU's lead in half, 2-1, with 11 minutes and 59 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

= After Maher's second tally of the stanza to restore the two-goal lead, sophomore Michael Turner closed the scoring with a man-up goal at 5:03 to make it 3-2 Trine.

= The Thunder led in several statistical categories: clears (22-25, 19-26), ground balls (40-26), shots (40-19) and shots on goal (24-10).

= The teams combined for four goals in a 3:36 span early in the third quarter to see the Thunder go up 7-4 at the 11:09 mark. Waldrup scored with just 3 seconds left to make it 7-5.

= Trine scored the game's last four goals in the fourth quarter to seal the road win.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
= The Bulldogs still lead the all-time series 8-1.

= Trine passed very well by getting seven assists on 11 goals.

= Farrelly has 160 saves on the season for second in the conference, establishing a personal record (150 last season) while surpassing Kevin Lerg (148 in 2014) for third place on the school single-season chart. Farrelly needs nine saves to become Adrian's single-season leader.

NEXT UP
= Adrian hosts MIAA foe Calvin here at 3 p.m.

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