Posted: Mar 29, 2025

Men's Lacrosse Pulls Out 14-12 Win Over Wheeling

Wheeling Jesuit

(4-5, 3-3)

Northwood

(4-6, 3-3)

Final

Wheeling Jesuit (4-5, 3-3)

Northwood (4-6, 3-3)

Game Leaders

Wheeling Jesuit

G: 2 Players (#12, #48) - 3

A: Jack Rowe - 3

Sv: Austin Hall - 10

GB: 2 Players (#2, #20) - 4

Northwood

G: Ryder Mulvey - 4

A: Drew Lockwood - 3

Sv: Owen Brown - 10

GB: Anthony Worley - 8

Team Stats

Wheeling Jesuit

Northwood

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

20-20

17-20

Turnovers

Face Offs Won

Man Up

1-4

2-10

Full stats

OVERVIEW – Wheeling

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 14, Wheeling Cardinals 12

RECORDS: Northwood (4-6, 3-3 G-MAC), Wheeling (4-5, 3-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Hantz Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's lacrosse returned to the win column Saturday (March 29), taking their matchup with Wheeling 14-12.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Wheeling jumped out to the early lead in the first. WU opened the game with a 4-0 scoring run with their final goal of the run coming at the 6:42 mark.
Northwood's Dylan Ayotte eventually put the Timberwolves on the board less than a minute after the Cardinals went up four.
Northwood finished the first scoring two of the last three goals to hold the lead at 5-3 after one. Andrew Rogers tallied NU's second score, while Cole Williams added the third during a man-up opportunity with 1:05 on the clock.
Wheeling opened the second quarter with a goal before Northwood took control for the rest of the first half. The Timberwolves started what would be a 7-0 run to finish the half behind Ryder Mulvey's first score of the match, 6-4 WU.
Collin Webb's first goal of the season at 8:02 kept NU's offense rolling. Rogers, Drew Lockwood, Mulvey, and Williams all scored later in the second to give Northwood the four-goal edge at the half, 10-6 NU.
Opening the second half, the Cardinals tallied two to cut the deficit to two with 9:07 remaining in the third, 10-8.
Lockwood's second goal of the game pushed the lead back out to three before the teams traded goals late in the third quarter. Wheeling scored at 3:42 and Ayotte answered them back at 2:52. Webb was credited with the assist on Ayotte's goal.
At the end of three, Northwood led 12-9.
The Cardinals did not go away easily. Two early goals in the fourth made it a one-goal lead at 12:44, 12-11 NU.
Northwood's Mulvey proved to be the difference in the match, getting his hat trick at 12:14 and later adding his fourth goal of the day at 7:30 to squash the Wheeling momentum, 14-12 NU.
The Timberwolves defense stood tall the rest of the way to earn the 14-12 win.