The Missouri Baptist University men's lacrosse team honored seniors Connor Hickman and Tanner Whittemore at their second to last regular season home game of the year, and the team found great success against Clarke University. 

The crowd was ready and rowdy, cheering on the Spartans and their seniors. Dylan Forbeck used this energy to score the first goal of the game with 11 minutes in the first quarter. 

After this, Joe Busselman scored two goals in a row — one off an assist from Drew Chiodini, and one off an assist from Reece Dotterer. 

Then, Brock Pleis drove to goal, bringing the score to 4-0 at the end of the first. 

CU scored first in the second quarter, but the Spartans were not set back. Chiodini and Pleis (assisted by Forbeck) scored again. 

Clarke was able to sneak another goal in, but MBU promptly responded. Pleis scored his third goal of the game off another assist from Forbeck. 

Ashton Scott held it down between the pipes with a .778 save percentage overall, but Clarke held on to the game with another goal. 

MBU's Dotterer scored two more times in a row off assists from Busselman and defender Sean Livingston, bringing the score to 9-3. 

After this, Clarke scored their fourth and final goal of the game. From there, MoBap took over. 

On defense, Whittemore picked up four ground balls and caused one turn over. Hickman grabbed a whopping six GBs and one caused turn over. Sean Livingston had three GBs and two caused turnovers as well. Nolan Portell had an impressive five GBs. 

The goals and assists on the game are as follows: 

Busselman - 5 G, 2 A

Pleis - 5 G

Reece Dotterer - 4 G, 3 A

Dylan Forbeck - 1 G, 4 A

Chiodini - 1 G, 1 A 

Livingston - 1 G 

The excitement was felt by everyone in the stadium. 

MBU plays again on Saturday (April 6) at 4:00 PM. They play the University of St. Mary's at Spartan Field.