Benedictine Men's Lacrosse shut out Columbia College over the second and third quarters on Saturday in the rematch of their program's regular-season meeting on Legacy Field.

The Ravens used that defensive effort to advance over the Cougars 17-8 in the Quarterfinals of the 2025 Heart Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament.

Columbia scored the first goal of the game, which was answered by goals for Benedictine from Mac Postel Jr., Joey Calabria, and Luke Reger. The Cougars didn't go away, matching the Ravens, and pulled even at 4-all with 3 minutes left in the first quarter. Calabria and Mason Eberle scored back-to-back goals for the Ravens to break the tie and give Benedictine a 6-4 lead headed to the second quarter – a lead they never gave back. 

Benedictine outshot Columbia 16-12 in the second quarter to take a 9-4 lead into the half. The Cougars came out firing in the third quarter, but couldn't push anything past Raven goalie CJ Besuzzi as he finished the third quarter with 5 of his 14 saves as Benedictine extended its lead to 12-4 headed to the fourth quarter.

Columbia opened the fourth quarter with a pair of goals before Mateo Herbertz and Eberle pushed Benedictine back ahead 14-6 as they went on to earn the 9-goal win.

Postel Jr. finished the game with 6 points (3 goals and 3 assists) while Calabria added 5 points (3 goals and 2 assists). Eberle finished with 3 while Reger was joined by Aiden Nicholson and Brayden Hope with 2 goals each. 

John Paul Evans entered the game in goal to start the fourth quarter and recorded 6 saves before Jerry Dalrymple finished off the game with 1 save in just over 2 minutes in goal.

Charley McGlinn and Keegan Lindsay led the Ravens with 2 caused turnovers each as they finished with 12 as a team. Jac Couri went 11 of 27 on face-offs with 6 ground balls. 

Benedictine will hit the road on Wednesday for the Heart Tournament Semifinals at top-seeded William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

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