BETHANY, W.Va. -- The Allegheny College men's lacrosse team earned its largest win of the season and one of the largest in program history with a 23-1 victory on the road against Bethany College on Saturday afternoon.

Allegheny (6-8, 4-4 PAC) netted a season-high 23 goals and tied a team record for largest margin of victory by outsourcing the Bison (1-14, 0-8 PAC) by 22 goals. Defensively, the Gators held Bethany to a single goal, the fewest allowed in a single game in program history.

Starting goalie Garin Stearns (Hudson, Ohio/Revere) and the Gator defense held the host Bison without a goal for the entire first half. That allowed senior attackman JP Rakis (Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson) to lead the offense with a 14-0 lead before the halftime intermission. Rakis either scored or assisted on eight of Allegheny's 14 first-half goals. He potted the game's first tally 1:35 into the contest. His fourth marker late in the second quarter tied Jack Cushwa '25 for the most in Allegheny history, and his fifth midway through the third quarter broke Cushwa's record.

Rakis finished with a game-high 12 points (6g-6a), one of five Gators to log five-plus points in the contest. In addition to the multi-point performers, close defensemen Liam Kruck (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin) and Jared Swisher (Cumberland, Maine/Berwick Academy) each scored a goal with their long poles.

Inside the Box Score

• Rakis paced all point-getters with 12 points on six goals and six assists.
• Jack Pearl (Ladera Ranch, Calif./JSerra Catholic) (3g-4a) and Griffin Cates (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey) (4g-3a) each collected seven points.
• Nathan Wheeler (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) netted five goals with one assist for six points.
• Sophomore midfielder Tomi Horsley (Salt Lake City, Utah/Brighton) added a hat trick with two assists.
• Kruck and Swisher rounded out the Allegheny offense with one goal apiece.
• Stearns made four saves while shutting out the Bison in the first half.
• Freshman goalie Austin Aspenwall (Maineville, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy) played the second half in the net.
• Long-stick midfielder Jack Brandstatter (Broomfield, Colo./Dawson School) caused a team-high five turnovers.
• Bethany's lone goal was scored by Braden Jones in the third quarter.

News and Notes

• Allegheny improved to 6-8 overall and 4-4 against PAC opponents with one game remaining.
• The Gators are 4-0 all-time against Bethany.
• Allegheny's 22-goal margin of victory tied a program best, equaling a 24-2 win over Thiel College on April 12, 2025.
• Rakis finished with double-digit points for the fourth time this season.
• Rakis broke Cushwa's record for career goals and now sits first on the leaderboard with 129.
• Wheeler recorded a season-high five goals for the third time in the last four games.
• Pearl and Cates both tied their season-highs with seven points.
• Swisher's goal was the first of his four-year career and the second point he's earned this season.

Up Next
Allegheny's regular-season finale against Westminster College is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at Frank B. Fuhrer '48 Field.