BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — The No. 10 SCAD men's lacrosse team extended its winning streak to seven games with a convincing 16-8 victory over the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Saturday afternoon at Pulliam Stadium.
RECORDS: The Bees improve to 7-0 on the season, while the Wolverines drop to 1-2.

DID YOU KNOW? Lucas Martinez dominated the faceoff circle, winning 18 of 25 attempts to help SCAD maintain possession throughout the contest, breaking the 500 face off win milestone in the process. The Senior totals 513 face off wins in his SCAD career.

Cameron Clark totaled five caused turnovers, tying a program record for caused turnovers in a single game.

HOW IT HAPPENED: Ethan Cline scored the first goal of the game to take an early 1-0 lead, but Michigan-Dearborn responded with four unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead heading into the second quarter.

The Bees found their rhythm in the second quarter, outscoring their opponent 4-1 to enter halftime tied 5-5. Mason Hickman led the second-quarter surge with two goals, while Conor Marr, scoring his first collegiate goal, and Travis Cheristin also found the back of the net.

The second half belonged entirely to the Bees. SCAD outscored the Wolverines 5-1 in the third quarter, highlighted goals from Hickman (2), Ian Wildermuth, Lucas Martinez, and Travis Cheristin,

Leading 10-6 heading into the final period, the Bees added six more goals—including two from Eli Phillips, and one from Sebastian Manuel, Hunter Currie and David Nebus—to secure the eight-goal victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: The Bees' offensive pressure was relentless as SCAD outshot Michigan-Dearborn 50-23 and held a 32-14 advantage in shots on goal.

Mason Hickman led all scorers with four goals and two assists for six points, while Travis Cheristin totaled three goals and one assist, and Eli Phillips each added two goals to the effort.

Sebastian Manuel served as the primary facilitator with a team-high four assists to go along with one goal for five points.

Hunter Currie, Ian Wildermuth, Conor Marr, Lucas Martinez, and David Nebus added one goal each with Currie adding one assist.

On the defensive side, Cameron Clark led with a game-high five caused turnovers, while David Nebus followed closely with three. Noah Moreland added two caused turnovers, while seven others totaled on in SCAD's game-high 17 total.

Goalie Noah Miller totaled six saves in his 60 minutes of work to earn the win.

WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will remain in North Carolina to face No. 2 Madonna University tomorrow, Sunday, March 1, at 1:00 p.m.