RIVER FOREST, Ill.--Sophomore attack Chris French posted season highs for points (9), goals (5) and assists (4) to help propel Adrian to a 14-9 non-conference victory over host Concordia-Chicago in men's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon.

THE BASICS
= Final Score: Adrian College 14, Concordia University Chicago 9

= Location: Concordia Stadium); Weather conditions: Sunny, 49 degrees, Wind S 8 mph

= Records: Adrian Bulldogs, 2-1 overall; Concordia-Chicago Cougars, 0-2 overall

TOP 'DAWGS
= Sophomore Max Leventis was dominant in the "X" by winning 16 of 24 face-offs with five ground balls.

= Classmate Devin Higgins helped a strong defense with team highs of eight ground balls and a game-best four caused turnovers.

= Sophomores Peyton Gasche (3g, 3a) and Travis Fox (3g, 2a) added six and five points, respectively. The latter chipped in four ground balls.

= Freshman goalie Ethan Krupp recorded a career-high 11 saves.

= Sophomore long-stick midfielder Christian Aurand contributed a season's high six ground balls. 

THE OPPOSITION
= Brett Krueger led the CUC offense with a hat trick.

= Dylan Mordhorst also had three points with a pair of goals and an assist.

= Boston Dumas scooped up a game-high 13 ground balls, mostly after eight face-off wins. He matched Erik Allstatt with a goal and two assists.

= John Harris produced four ground balls and led the team with four caused turnovers. 

= Keeper Jack Liskey tried to keep the Cougars in the game by stopping 18 Adrian shots.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
= Adrian outshot the Cougars 50 to 29 (32-20 on goal) and was 4-for-5 on man-up situations.

= The visiting Bulldogs grabbed a quick 6-1 lead after the first quarter and held off a Concordia-Chicago rally in the third, but never relinquished the lead.

= After Krueger intercepted Krupp's attempted clearing pass that led to the game's opening goal by CUC's Gabriel Balcaen on a feed from Dumas, Adrian reeled off the afternoon's next six goals during a span of 10 minutes to take a comfortable 6-1 lead after 15 minutes. Freshman Brett Koczenasz ripped a shot from long range to tie it 1-1 for Adrian with 12 minutes, 53 seconds left and classmate Blake Born pounced on a loose ball in front of the cage to score his first career goal to put the Bulldogs ahead for good 

= The Cougars opened the second quarter with a pair of goals by Krueger and they outscored Adrian 5-2 in the period to get within 8-6 at halftime.

= After Gasche scored unassisted at the 13:39 mark in the third quarter, Dumas and Dylan Mordhorst found the back of the cage 36 seconds apart to cut the AC lead to 9-8 with 11:14 remaining.

= But that's the closest the home team would get as Adrian answered with a 5-1 run to seal the victory. French led the response with four goals, including two man-up, during the final 23:03 covering the third and fourth quarters.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
= This was the first meeting between the programs.

= Concordia-Chicago is in its last year of the Midwest Lacrosse Conference before joining its primary conference, the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, which is adding men's lacrosse for next season.

= French now has 55 goals in his career to move past Michael Turner (54, 2015-18) for 13th place on the school's all-time chart.

= Adrian has its best three-game start (2-1) since the 2015 team began 3-0.

= The Bulldogs lead the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in man-up percentage (41.2; 7-for-17), are second in caused turnovers (42), man-up goals (7) and third in shots per game (40.33), face-off percentage (65.1).

UP NEXT
= Adrian plays at Earlham on Saturday (4 p.m.) in Richmond, Ind., for another non-conference affair. 

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