BETHANY, W.Va. - The Bethany College men's lacrosse team fell to Thiel (Pa.) College by a final score of 26-9 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game as the team hosted its Mental Health Awareness Game on Don Ault Field at Bison Stadium.
Prior to the game, Bethany College Kalon Scholars presented the "You Matter" Project: a student-led mental health initiative focused on reminding college students that their lives have value even on the days it doesn't feel like it. "You Matter" exists to create a culture of kindness, awareness, and emotional safety. Sometimes the smallest reminder can save someone from feeling invisible. And everyone deserves to know they matter.
Bethany (1-7, 0-1 PAC) Leaders
- Junior All-PAC defender Matthew Rees (Butler, Pa./Butler Area) led the team with three forced turnovers and recorded five ground balls
- Sophomore Academic All-PAC midfielder Chance Funari (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) assisted on three goals and added three ground balls and a caused turnover
- Sophomore midfielder Corrie Miller (Etters, Pa./Red Lands) led the Bison offense with three goals with one assist
- Freshman midfielder Levi Connally (Prince George's County, Md./Frederick Douglass) tallied a game-high 10 ground balls and also found the back of the net for one goal
- Senior attack Justice Smith (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) scored two goals for his fifth multi-goal game this season and added three ground balls and two CTOs
- Freshman attack Braden Jones (Essex, Md./Kenwood) finished with a statline of one goal, five ground balls, four face-offs, and one caused turnover
- Junior midfielder Abdul Lowe (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) won eight of his 19 face-offs
- Junior midfielder Griffen Carpenter (Stow, Ohio) and freshman midfielder Romeo Grullon (Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg) also each scored a goal for the Bison offense
- Freshman defender Dakota George (Marietta, S.C./Travelers Rest) forced a career-high two turnovers
- Sophomore goalkeeper Owen Livengood (York, Pa./York Suburban) faced a barrage of Tomcat shots and made 17 saves
Thiel (2-7, 1-0 PAC) Leaders
- Junior midfielder Joey King scored a game-high seven goals with one assist
- Junior midfielder Logan Millie led the Tomcats with six ground balls
- Junior goalkeeper Ethan Narby made 11 saves
The Bison are back in action on Friday, March 27 as they travel to New Wilmington, Pennsylvania to take on Westminster (Pa.) College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game at 7 p.m. at the UPMC Sports Complex.
