On Saturday afternoon, the Alma College Men's Lacrosse team took on visiting Bethany College (WV) in a match at Bahlke Field and came away with the impressive 10-1 victory over the Bison.

With the win, Alma improved to 4-2 on the season, while Bethany leaves town with a mark of 3-4 in 2014-15.

"It was a great win by the Alma Scots today," said Alma Head Coach Michael Kinney. "Our defense was outstanding and held the NCAA DIII Player of the Week to no goals and only allowed one goal overall on the day. Team defense is what we preach and our guys bought in today and we keep working and getting better. Our young guys are really developing and our older guys are the bedrock. It was an important win today as we continue to build momentum towards conference play. I couldn't be happier." 

It was a tight defensive match through most of the first quarter before the Scots exploded for three goals in 2:58 to take a 3-0 lead after one. Jr. M/A Marshall Argenta (Stafford, NY/Notre Dame) scored on an assist by Fr. A/M Quentin Ellis (Vernon, CT/Rockville) at 4:25.

This was followed by tallies from Sr. M Tyler Bennett (New Lothrop/New Lothrop) on an assist from Jr. M/A Kyle Schnitzer (Aurora, CO/Smoky Hill) at 3:46 and an unassisted goal by So. M Mitch Adams (Novi/Novi) at the 1:27 mark.

The Scots also scored the only three goals of the second frame to take a 6-0 advantage into the break. Fr. M Tanner Diment (Midland/Midland) tallied unassisted at 13:56 and Argenta followed with two more goals of his own - at 6:26 and 5:35 - on assists by Schnitzer and Fr. A/M Dan Buchy (Springboro, OH/Springboro).

In the third quarter, Ellis made it 7-0 at 13:50 on an assist by Argenta before Bethany scored their lone goal of the day - at 6:58. Schnitzer tallied his first goal of the game at 3:44 of the frame to give the Scots a 8-1 advantage after three.

The final frame saw Alma score two additional goals to make the final margin of victory 10-1. Adams tallied unassisted at 5:17 and then Jr. M/A David Foster (Ann Arbor/Pioneer) closed out the onslaught with a goal at 3:30, assisted by Ellis.

Jr. GK Al Lesperance (Farmington/Farmington) played the whole game in net and made five saves in the six shots that he faced. So. M/A Josh Sejat (Grand Rapids/Northview) and Fr. D Austin Jordan (Naperville, IL/Nequa Valley) paced the Scots with seven ground balls a piece.

Up next for Alma is a game at home on March 21 against Thiel College. Start time at Bahlke Field is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.