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11
Hamilton HAMILTON 4-4, 2-3
19
Winner Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 6-2, 3-1
Hamilton HAMILTON
4-4, 2-3
11
Final
19
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
6-2, 3-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 4 3 4 11
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 10 4 4 1 19

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Lindsay LeSueur

Men’s lacrosse downed by No. 16 Wesleyan, Ratner ’23 scores four

Senior midfielder established a career high in goals for the Continentals

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Wesleyan University's CK Giancola tallied six goals and the Cardinals posted a 19-11 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Wesleyan's Citrin Field on Saturday afternoon.  
 
Season Update
  • The Continentals moved to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the conference.  
  • Wesleyan (6-2, 3-1 NESCAC) is ranked 16th in the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Top 20 poll.
How It Happened
  • Wesleyan owned a 10-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
  • Christian Byrne '24 scored the Continentals' first goal 56 seconds into the second frame. Justin Pearl '25 netted back-to-back goals and Torben Wunderle '23 recorded Hamilton's fourth goal of the quarter with 5:19 remaining. Wesleyan held a 14-4 lead at the half. 
  • The Cardinals scored the first three goals of the third quarter. Charlie Ratner '23 countered with two consecutive goals and Wunderle made it three straight with 3:26 left. The Cardinals scored one more goal with 2:40 to go and headed into the final quarter with an 18-7 advantage.
  • The Continentals outscored the Cardinals 4-1 in the fourth. Ratner netted two of those goals while Will Heher '25 and Ben Ryan '26 recorded the final two. 
  • The Cardinals owned a 57-38 advantage on shots. In the first half Wesleyan had 23 ground balls to Hamilton's 12.
Notes
  • Ratner paced the Hamilton offense with a career-high four goals. 
  • Wunderle contributed two goals and an assist. He leads the team with 27 goals and 39 points. 
  • Pearl added two goals and an assist. He has registered multiple points in each of the last four games.
  • Ryan registered his second goal of the season and the first two assists of his career. 
  • Byrne finished with a goal and an assist for his second multi-point game this season.
  • Pollock and Tim Sommer '23 dished out one assist apiece. 
  • Heher added his third goal of the season.
  • Reece Hickey '26 won 17 of 32 faceoffs and collected a season-high eight ground balls. 
  • Rowan Brumbaugh '23 and Jake Mair '25 picked up three ground balls apiece. 
  • Jack Fried '25 tallied 11 saves in 45-plus minutes of action for the Continentals. 
  • DJ Dixon posted four goals and two assists for the Cardinals. 
  • Jack Raba passed out a team-best five assists and scored twice.
  • Drew Skibniewski made five of his 11 saves in the third quarter. 
Next Game
Hamilton is back in action with another NESCAC road game at Middlebury College (7-1, 4-1) on Wednesday, April 5 at 5 p.m.
 
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