MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Bowdoin College men's lacrosse team earned a big conference road win at Saturday, picking up a 17-12 win at Wesleyan. The second-ranked Polar Bears improve to 6-0 (4-0 NESCAC) while the 13^th-ranked Cardinals drop to 5-2 (1-2 NESCAC).
 
Game Highlights

• The Polar Bears never trailed, controlling the game from the jump, as five different scorers sparked a game-opening 5-1 surge.
• Bowdoin increased their lead to 10-3 on an Alex Byrne goal late in the second quarter, but the Cardinals got one back to cut it to 10-4 at halftime.
• Wesleyan rallied in the third quarter, trimming the lead to 12-8 late entering the fourth period.
• Bowdoin got a goal from faceoff specialist Cam Wietfeldt immediately to start the fourth quarter and the Cardinals could get no closer than three goals for the remainder of the contest.

By The Numbers

• Twelve different players scored for the Polar Bears, led by three goals and three assists from Casey Ryan.
• Chris Berry had two goals and three assists while Sam Raye-Steiner had two goals and two assists.
• Alex Byrne had two caused turnovers, two goals, and four ground balls for Bowdoin while Nico Schermer had seven ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• Cam Wietfeldt won 15-23 faceoffs for Bowdoin and Alec Delgado finished with 12 saves in the victory.

Up Next

• Bowdoin returns to action on Tuesday night at Babson at 7:00 p.m.