The Forester men's lacrosse team hosted and defeated Marian University 15-8 on Mohr Field on Wednesday.

Junior Trip Gaston scored five of the home team's goals while sophomore Brendan Herbert netted four. It was the third hat trick in four games this season for Herbert, who leads the team with a dozen goals and 15 points on the year.

The Foresters' leader in assists is freshman Carson Pagel, who dished out five on Wednesday and now has 11 this spring. He became just the fifth player in program history with as many as five assists in a game.

Sophomore Brant Schuckman scored a pair of goals and assists on another while classmate Ryan Dusevicz had one goal and two assists. Additional tallies came from juniors Caden Elias, Parker Hevers, and Connor Tartaglione.

Freshman Macklin Thomas recorded two assists in the contest while junior Max Guyott had one for his first career point.

The victory went to junior Andrew Widlar, who stopped five of the Sabres' eight shots on goal in the first half. Fellow junior John Niccoli made three saves in the next 20:23 and sophomore Jacob Lipson added two more in the final 9:37.

Lake Forest's performance on defense was led by junior Conor Murphy, who led the squad with six ground balls and five caused turnovers.

Marian actually scored the game's first goal before a score by Herbert tied the game and two by Gaston put Lake Forest on top. Leading 3-2 after the first quarter, the home team broke the game open with five in a row to start the second, the first four assisted by Pagel. A goal by the Sabres late in the second made the score 8-3 at halftime and, after Herbert struck twice and Gaston once early in the third, three in a row from the visitors made it an 11-6 game with a quarter to play. The margin reached eight at 14-6 in the fourth before two goals from Marian and one from Tartaglione accounted for the final score.

The Foresters remained undefeated after four games this year while Wednesday's game was the season opener for Marian.

Lake Forest will host Edgewood College for Parents Day Saturday at 11:00 a.m. on Farwell Field.