Ricky Scheetz, Ohio Wesleyan
(Dublin, OH/Jerome)
Games: 1
Ground Balls: 8
Faceoffs: 12-for-18
Ohio Wesleyan senior midfielder Ricky Scheetz won 12 of 18 face-offs and picked up eight ground balls against Wittenberg. His face-off win early in fourth quarter set up momentum-changing goal after Wittenberg had closed to within 8-5. The Battling Bishops’ victory lifted them into a tie for the North Coast Athletic Conference championship.
Dan MacVarish, Wooster
(Hingham, MA/Thayer Academy)
Games: 1
Goals: 5
Assists: 0
Points: 5
Wooster senior attacker Dan MacVarish scored a career-best five goals, including three in the first quarter, as the Fighting Scots topped Kenyon, 12-6. His five goals came on seven shots.
Ted Winders, Wittenberg
(Western Springs, IL/Lyons Twp.)
Games: 2
Goals: 4
Assists: 1
Points: 5
Wittenberg senior Ted Winders scored four goals in Wittenberg’s 1-1 week. He scored a hat trick in the Tigers’ conference title-clinching win over Wooster, along with one assist and five ground balls.
Rob Young, Ohio Wesleyan
(Langhorne, PA/Council Rock South)
Games: 2
Goals: 7
Assists: 3
Points.: 10
Ohio Wesleyan senior attacker Rob Young scored three goals and one assist in a 21-11 decision over St. Vincent. In an 18-10 victory over NCAC foe Kenyon, Young scored four goals and assisted on two others. He enters the week with 104 career goals.
Brady Burton, Denison
(Dublin, OH/Jerome)
Games: 2
Goals: 11
Assists: 2
Points: 13
Denison senior attack Brady Burton scored a season-high seven goals and added two assists in a 23-9 victory over St. Vincent, then punched in another four in a 19-4 decision over Oberlin. Against the Bearcats, he became the all-time leading scorer for the Big Red, topping a mark that had been held by Andy John since 1984. Burton has 174 career goals, and his nine points in the St. Vincent contest tied a career best.
Emmett Jones, Denison
(Colorado Springs, CO/Air Academy)
Games: 1
Goals: 6
Assists: 1
Points.: 7
Junior Emmett Jones matched his career high with six goals off nine shots, to lead Denison over Ohio Wesleyan, 16-13. Three of his goals came in the pivotal fourth quarter, which saw the Big Red outscore OWU, 5-1, to rally from a 12-11 deficit.
Pat Coyne, Wooster
(Chatham, NJ/Chatham)
Games: 2
Goals: 8
Assists: 2
Points: 10
Senior midfielder Pat Coyne recorded eight goals and two assists, including a hat trick in the first quarter against St. Vincent. Wooster topped the Bearcats, 16-6, then went on to defeat Denison, 12-11. It was their first victory over the Fighting Scots since 1991.
Jordan Zimolka, Kenyon
(Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore)
Games: 2
Goals: 5
Assists: 0
Points.: 5
Kenyon senior midfielder Jordan Zimolka scored three goals in the Lords’ 24-9 loss to eighth-ranked Roanoke, then added two more in an 11-9 victory over Adrian.
Dylan Holmes, Oberlin
(Seattle, WA/Lakeside)
Oberlin sophomore Dylan Holmes scored three times including the game-winner to give the Yeomen their first season-opening victory in a decade. Oberlin topped Shenandoah, 7-5, as Holmes also scooped up a game-high 10 ground balls and won 7 of 12 faceoffs.