ADRIAN, Mich.--The Adrian College men's lacrosse team turned in its best defensive effort of the season, and senior Jake Waldrup provided the offensive spark, as the visiting Bulldogs downed Kalamazoo College, 8-3, in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association contest on Tuesday evening.

THE BASICS
= Final Score: Adrian 8, Kalamazoo 3

= Location: MacKenzie Field; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Weather conditions: Overcast, 46 degrees

= Records:  Adrian Bulldogs 2-12 overall, 2-4 MIAA; Kalamazoo Hornets 4-8 overall, 0-6 MIAA

FOR ADRIAN 
= Waldrup led all scorers with four goals on seven shots, and he had two ground balls.

= Classmate Doug Boyd assisted on three goals and scooped up a game-high six ground balls.

= Senior Dan Hudson won eight of 13 face-offs and made four ground balls.

= Classmate Brett Farrelly had seven saves in the Bulldogs' cage.

THE OPPOSITION
= Brett Fitzgerald, Hans Wieland and Kellen Radulski scored for K-zoo.

= Alex Dykema and Zack Ladd had five ground balls apiece.

= Goalie Michael Dutcher stopped eight shots.

HOW IT HAPPENED
= With the game scoreless in the second quarter, freshman Conor Redden took a feed from Boyd for the first of his two goals on the day and started a 5-0 Adrian run with 13 minutes and 32 seconds remaining.

= The K-zoo offense put Adrian on its heels with 11 shots (AC had one) in the opening stanza, but the Bulldogs kept the Hornets off the scoresheet.

= Boyd assisted on Waldrup's first goal with 1:47 to go in the first half to send Adrian into the intermission up 2-0.

= Trailing 5-0 in the third quarter, Wieland scored unassisted to put the Hornets on the board.

= Adrian sealed the win with three goals (Redden, junior Justin Polischuk, Waldrup) in a 3:17 span beginning with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

= Besides the score, Adrian held statistical advantages in ground balls (30-26), shots on goal (16-10) and clears (17-20, 16-21).

= The man-down defense for the Bulldogs was perfect, killing off all nine K-zoo man-advantage opportunities.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
= Adrian has won back-to-back games by outscoring opponents 21-15.

= Junior defender Cody Schmitt had one caused turnover tonight to extend his Adrian all-time record of 82. He also lists third on the school's career ground balls chart with 168.

= The Bulldogs haven't allowed an opponent to score man-up in the last 12 chances--a span of the last three games.

= The three goals allowed are the fewest this season.

= This marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools in men's lacrosse.

NEXT UP
= Adrian will host Alma College for a conference game at 1 p.m. Saturday in Docking Stadium, signifying Senior Day for the Bulldogs.