2021 Men’s Lacrosse Records 2021 CONTENTS WHY BATTLING BISHOPS? Why Battling Bishops? // 1 The nickname “The Battling Bishops” dates to 1925; before then Ohio Wesleyan University’s 2019 NCAC Standings and Statistics // 2 teams were simply known as “The Red and Black,” Previous NCAC Leaders // or sometimes as “The Methodists.” Ohio Wesleyan OWU Men’s Lacrosse 3 is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Previous NCAC Special Awards // 4 and long has produced many of its bishops. By April, 1925, according to that issue of the NCAC Records // 5 Alumni Magazine, the present name had finally About the NCAC // 6 been derived. “Ohio sports writers have been at a loss,” the magazine reported. “There are count- Bishop Men's Lacrosse Year-by-Year // 7 less colleges throughout the country claiming red NCAA Tournament Appearances // 8-9 and black as their colors, and 14 Methodist col- leges in Ohio alone.” Pi Delta Epsilon journalism All-Time Series Records // 10 fraternity therefore sponsored a contest, and the winning nickname, “The Battling Bishops,” was All-Time Results // 11-20 “placed before the sports writers of the state as Bishop Records // 21-24 the teams’ official title.” Senior Harold Thomas of Lima submitted the winning entry. Bishop Stat Leaders // 25 The new nickname must have provided in- All-Star Bishops // 26-33 spiration. The 1925 football team, under George Gauthier, “The Little Giant,” went 7-1-1. Its only All-Time Bishop Lettermen // 34-36 loss came to Ohio State by a 10-3 score, and it tied Syracuse, 3-3, en route to winning the Ohio Confer- ence championship. OWU Men’s Lacrosse On the cover: Max Tennant 2021 1 3/2021 2021 2020 NCAC STANDINGS NCAC Overall PREVIOUS NCAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Team W L Pct GF GA W L Pct GF GA Year Champion (Score) Runner-Up Denison 1 0 1.000 20 3 4 0 1.000 60 30 2013 Ohio Wesleyan (10-9) Denison Allegheny 0 0 — 0 0 1 3 .250 35 50 2014 Denison (14-5) Ohio Wesleyan Hiram 0 0 — 0 0 4 1 .800 69 44 2015 Ohio Wesleyan (9-8, OT) Denison OWU Men’s Lacrosse Kenyon 0 0 — 0 0 5 1 .833 65 41 2016 Denison (12-11, OT) Ohio Wesleyan Oberlin 0 0 — 0 0 2 2 .500 53 47 2017 Denison (16-8) Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan 0 0 — 0 0 2 3 .400 51 66 2018 Denison (14-7) Ohio Wesleyan 2020 NCAC REVIEW Wabash 0 0 — 0 0 1 2 .333 35 40 2019 Denison (17-11) Ohio Wesleyan Wittenberg 0 0 — 0 0 2 2 .500 46 43 2020 season canceled Wooster 0 0 — 0 0 2 4 .333 71 92 DePauw 0 1 .000 3 20 0 6 .000 42 77 NOTE: The NCAC champion is determined by the highest regular-season winning percentage. Beginning with the 2013 season, the NCAC tour- *Tournament winner nament champion received the conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III tournament. PREVIOUS NCAC CHAMPIONS Year Champion (Record) Runner-Up (Record) 1985 Denison (4-0) Ohio Wesleyan (3-1) 1986 Denison (4-0) Ohio Wesleyan (3-1) 1987 Ohio Wesleyan (4-0) Denison (3-1) 1988 Ohio Wesleyan (4-0) Denison (3-1) 1989 Ohio Wesleyan (4-0) Denison (3-1) 1990 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) 2020 NCAC STAT LEADERS 1991 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Wooster (4-1) 1992 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) SCORING G Goals Assists Points Pts/G 1993 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Hunter Jenkins, HIR 5 13 13 26 5.20 1994 Denison (8-0) Ohio Wesleyan (6-2) Noah Moderwell, WITT 4 13 7 20 5.00 1995 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Patrick Hogan, ALL 4 17 1 18 4.50 1996 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Ethan Stonis, WAB 3 9 4 13 4.33 1997 Denison (5-0) Ohio Wesleyan (4-1) Tom Decker, OBE 4 13 3 16 4.00 1998 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Andrew Ellis, WITT 4 10 4 14 3.50 1999 Denison (5-0) Ohio Wesleyan (4-1) Henry Hasenberg, OWU 5 9 8 17 3.40 2000 Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Kenyon (4-1) Cooper Pewitt, WOO 6 15 5 20 3.33 2001 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Cullen Kuhn, WOO 6 8 12 20 3.33 2002 Denison (5-0) Ohio Wesleyan (4-1) Jake Taylor, WAB 3 4 6 10 3.33 2003 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) 2004 Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Wooster (4-1) GOALTENDING G Goals Saves Saves% 2005 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) David Metzger, KEN 6 41 76 .650 2006 Denison (5-0) Ohio Wesleyan (4-1) Reeves McKenney, DEN 4 27 44 .620 2007 Ohio Wesleyan (5-0) Denison (4-1) Patrick Lawton, DPU 6 69 86 .555 2008 Denison (5-0) OWU, Kenyon (3-2) Max Atkins, WAB 3 39 43 .524 2009 Denison (5-0) Ohio Wesleyan (4-1) Calvin Filson, OBE 4 46 48 .511 2010 OWU, Wittenberg (4-1) Denison, Wooster (3-2) 2011 Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Wittenberg (4-1) 2012 Denison (5-0) Kenyon (4-1) 2013 Denison (7-0) Ohio Wesleyan (6-1) 2014 Denison (7-0) Ohio Wesleyan (6-1) 2015 Ohio Wesleyan (8-0) Denison (7-1) 2016 Denison (8-0) Ohio Wesleyan (7-1) 2017 Denison (8-0) Ohio Wesleyan (7-1) 2018 Ohio Wesleyan (8-0) Denison (7-1) OWU Men’s Lacrosse 2019 Denison (8-0) Ohio Wesleyan (7-1) 2020 season canceled 2 2021 2021 PREVIOUS NCAC LEADERS NCAC HISTORY SCORING GOALTENDING Year Player G Goals Asts Pts Pts/G Year Player G Goals Saves Saves% 1985 Jim Applegate, WOO 12 36 43 79 6.58 1985 Bill Hall, DEN 16 72 202 .737 1986 Steve Casselli, DEN 13 23 35 58 4.46 1986 Dan O’Neill, OWU 16 83 180 .684 OWU Men’s Lacrosse 1987 Doug Hazel, KEN 10 35 15 50 5.00 1987 Peter Houston, KEN 7 26 59 .694 1988 Terry Martin, KEN 12 31 18 49 4.08 1988 Jim Schwartz, OWU 16 85 176 .674 1989 Terry Martin, KEN 12 22 33 55 4.58 1989 Jim Schwartz, OWU 9 30 59 .663 1990 Jeff Mayer, WITT 8 40 8 48 6.00 1990 Alex Allen, DEN 10 44 84 .656 1991 Andy Fox, WOO 16 33 56 89 5.56 1991 Phil Wilson, KEN 13 115 199 .634 1992 Tom Bennett, WOO 15 48 17 65 4.33 1992 Alex Graf, OBE 10 94 163 .634 1993 Andy Greaves, OWU 14 47 36 83 5.93 1993 Marc Jacobson, DEN 13 78 132 .629 1994 Josh Cole, KEN 13 35 35 70 5.38 1994 Alex Graf, OBE 13 105 205 .661 1995 Ryan Kelley, OBE 10 36 21 57 5.70 1995 Rich Sommers, WOO 8 41 72 .637 1996 Ryan Kelley, OBE 13 58 21 79 6.08 1996 Geoff Hazard, KEN 13 78 176 .693 1997 Dave Maguire, OWU 17 64 30 94 5.53 1997 Geoff Hazard, KEN 14 77 171 .690 1998 Dave Maguire, OWU 16 44 24 68 4.25 1998 Andy Kureth, KEN 11 86 159 .649 1999 Sean O’Brien, DEN 14 35 25 60 4.29 1999 Greg Clancy, KEN 13 87 146 .627 2000 Jason Fogelson, OWU 18 62 38 100 5.56 2000 Greg Clancy, KEN 15 91 188 .674 2001 Jason Fogelson, OWU 13 43 36 79 6.08 2001 Corey Ayers, OWU 13 81 163 .668 2002 Matt Coughlin, OWU 14 41 45 86 6.14 2002 Peter Royer, DEN 14 79 148 .652 2003 Frank Bedford, OWU 13 41 22 63 4.85 2003 Dave Neiman, KEN 14 91 163 .642 2004 Ian Holljes, OBE 12 22 27 49 4.08 2004 Courter Shimeall, WOO 11 54 94 .635 2005 John Schlegel, OWU 14 59 23 82 5.86 2005 Alex Baruch, DEN 11 78 126 .618 2006 Chris Eccles, OWU 15 37 23 60 4.00 2006 Pat Garlock, WITT 8 48 78 .619 2007 Topher Nazaruk, DEN 13 25 25 50 3.85 2007 David Page, KEN 13 77 139 .644 2008 Devin Catlin, KEN 14 29 37 66 4.71 2008 Alex Baruch, DEN 16 74 170 .697 2009 Devin Catlin, KEN 14 19 34 53 3.79 2009 Gregg Shannon, DEN 15 73 111 .603 2010 Alex Mies, WOO 16 24 38 62 3.88 2010 Mark DeOliveira, WITT 11 68 94 .580 2011 Matt Lord, WITT 16 38 18 56 3.50 2011 Mark DeOliveira, WITT 16 90 154 .631 2012 Cory Couture, DEN 17 32 41 73 4.29 2012 Ryan McMahon, OWU 16 97 165 .630 2013 Nick Lobley, OBE 12 24 22 46 3.83 2013 Patrick Shevelson, KEN 11 60 125 .676 2014 Eddie Vita, DEN 20 36 38 74 3.70 2014 Erickson Andrews, OBE 13 81 127 .611 2015 Liam Rooney, DEN 17 40 28 68 4.00 2015 Ryan McMahon, OWU 19 94 149 .613 2016 Nick Lobley, OBE 15 46 18 64 4.27 2016 Patrick Shevelson, KEN 15 126 185 .595 2017 Liam Rooney, DEN 20 38 88 126 6.30 2017 Aaron Blossey, WITT 13 118 89 .570 2018 Peter Pitroff, DEN 20 33 74 107 5.35 2018 Ben Rigger, OWU 20 129 158 .551 2019 Peter Pitroff, DEN 21 32 79 111 5.29 2019 Reeves McKenney, DEN 21 180 218 .548 2020 Hunter Jenkins, HIR 5 13 13 26 5.20 2020 David Metzger, KEN 6 41 76 .650 OWU Men’s Lacrosse 2021 3 2021 PREVIOUS NCAC SPECIAL AWARDS Year Player of Year Newcomer of Year Coach of Year 1985 Jim Applegate, A, Wooster — Tommy Thomsen, Denison 1986 Bill Hall, G, Denison — Tommy Thomsen, Denison 1987 Dan O’Neill, G, Ohio Wesleyan — Mike Pressler, Ohio Wesleyan OWU Men’s Lacrosse 1988 Rob Alvino, A, Ohio Wesleyan — Mike Pressler, Ohio Wesleyan NCAC HISTORY 1989 Kevin Finneran, M, Ohio Wesleyan — Mike Pressler, Ohio Wesleyan 1990 Tom Bryan, A, Denison; — Mike Pressler, Ohio Wesleyan Ken Knapp, DM, Ohio Wesleyan 1991 Neil Ringers, M, Ohio Wesleyan — Jon Hind, Wooster 1992 Kevin Wall, D, Ohio Wesleyan — Steve Ritzenthaler, Wittenberg 1993 Dave Breslin, G, Ohio Wesleyan — Lelan Rogers, Ohio Wesleyan 1994 Ethan Ewing, M, Denison — Mike Caravana, Denison 1995 Darren McGurn, A, Ohio Wesleyan — Lelan Rogers, Ohio Wesleyan 1996 Dave Maguire, A, Ohio Wesleyan Zach Gagel, D, Ohio Wesleyan Lelan Rogers, Ohio Wesleyan 1997 Dave Maguire, A, Ohio Wesleyan Dan Stroka, M, Ohio Wesleyan Bill Heiser, Kenyon 1998 Dave Maguire, A, Ohio Wesleyan Parker Anger, D, Ohio Wesleyan Lelan Rogers, Ohio Wesleyan 1999 Frank Pennimpede, M, Denison Scott Jackson, M, Ohio Wesleyan Bruce Reid, Wittenberg 2000 Zach Gagel, D, Ohio Wesleyan; Steve Muskopf, A, Ohio Wesleyan Bill Heiser, Kenyon Peter Royer, G, Denison 2001 Jason Fogelson, A, Ohio Wesleyan Tom Moschos, M, Denison Sean Ryan, Ohio Wesleyan 2002 Matt Coughlin, A, Ohio Wesleyan John Schlegel, A, Ohio Wesleyan Mike Caravana, Denison 2003 Frank Bedford, A, Ohio Wesleyan Craig Pastor, M, Denison Sean Ryan, Ohio Wesleyan 2004 John Schlegel, A, Ohio Wesleyan Sammy Hong, A, Wittenberg Jason Tarnow, Wooster 2005 John Schlegel, A, Ohio Wesleyan Chris Eccles, M, Ohio Wesleyan Sean Ryan, Ohio Wesleyan 2006 Chris Eccles, M, Ohio Wesleyan Dan Maude, M, Denison Brendan McWilliams, Kenyon 2007 Chris Eccles,