RICHMOND, Indiana – Senior Dan O'Donnell recorded his first collegiate hat trick as Earlham College men's lacrosse dropped a 17-6 decision to visiting Adrian College, Saturday afternoon at Darrell Beane Stadium.

O'Donnell tallied one goal each in the second, third, and fourth quarters on his way to the three-goal tally.

FINAL SCORE: Adrian College 17, Earlham 6
LOCATION: Richmond, Indiana (Darrell Beane Stadium)
RECORDS: Earlham 0-3 / Adrian 3-1

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Earlham and Adrian traded goals early, with first-year Sam Sargent recording the scored for the Quakers at the 11:12 mark.
• Adrian responded with 10 straight goals over a 26-minute span, resulting in the Bulldogs holding an 11-1 lead.
• Dan O'Donnell found the back of the Adrian cage for the Quakers with :02 showing on the second quarter game clock, cutting the margin to 11-2 as the teams went into the halftime intermission.
• Senior Joel Dominguez gave the Quakers some momentum early in the third quarter when he notched his third goal of the season at the 12:42 mark.
• After a pair of Adrian goals to stretch the Bulldogs' lead to 13-3, O'Donnell notched his second of the night off an assist from Logan Reihing with 5:31 remaining in the third quarter.
• Adrian scored the next four goals to extend its lead to 17-4 by the 13:13 mark of the fourth quarter.
• O'Donnell completed the hat trick on an unassisted goal with 11:08 showing on the fourth quarter game clock, and Sargent capped the scoring with his second of the game with 7:23 remaining for the final 17-6 score.

QUICK FACTS

• O'Donnell's hat trick was the first of his career.
• In addition to the goals from Sargent (2) and Dominguez, Avery Rush-Elias earned his first point of the season with his assist on O'Donnell's goal to close the second quarter. Reihing's assist was also his first point of the season.
• Earlham goalie Jacob Cope charted a season-high 15 saves on 32 shots faced. Adrian goalies Ethan Krupp and Mason Obeldobel combined for six saves in the Bulldogs' cage.
• Adrian outshot Earlham, 46-26, and had a 56-24 advantage in ground balls.

WHAT'S NEXT

Earlham men's lacrosse faces Muskingum University in a road game on Wednesday, March 11, in New Concord, Ohio. Game time is slated for 7:00 p.m. The game is a rescheduled date from the previously scheduled February 29 game, which was postponed.