Hanover, IN (Alumni Stadium) - Hanover College (5-1) defeated the Student Princes from Heidelberg University yesterday, extending their winning streak to 5, and earning their first home-win of the 2025 season.

The first quarter was tightly contested but the Panthers were able to strike first behind none other than senior midfielder Owen Parker (unassisted). Two minutes later Heidelberg tied it up at 1-1, and the first period of play would go on to end in a stalemate.

To start the second quarter, Hanover rattled of five straight assisted goals, putting on a remarkable display of team-effort. Freshman attackman Dean Henderson notched two assists by finding junior attackman Colin O'Brien and senior midfielder Owen Parker on the backside. O'Brien kept himself and the team rolling by finding his  junior attackman running-mate Ethan Abdoo for his first goal of the day. Then, senior midfielder Owen Parker came down and assisted junior attackman Colin O'Brien on back-to-back possessions, putting HC up 6-1.

The Student Princes were able to find one more scoring opportunity before closing out the half, trailing the Panthers 2-6 at the break.

Once the second half of play started, HC picked up right where they left off and strung together six unanswered goals. Junior attackman Ethan Abdoo was able to find his shooting stroke and put in back-to-back goals, assisted by senior attackman Alex Kleinhelter. Kleinhelter was able to capitalize on having the ball in his stick again just minutes later and buried his first goal of the game (unassisted), increasing the Panther lead to 9-2.

Then, despite being a man-down, senior midfielder Owen Parker was able to score off an assist from junior attackman Colin O'Brien. O'Brien, still rolling off his four-point second quarter, went to the cage unassisted and extended the lead further at 11-2. Just over a minute later, senior attackman Alex Kleinhelter found junior attackman Ethan Abdoo again, this time for a one-handed shot and score. Heidelberg finally stopped the bleeding, netting their third goal, only for junior attackman Colin O'Brien to score another man-down goal, his fifth of the day, assisted by senior midfielder Owen Parker.

In the fourth quarter, the Panthers kept things rolling as senior defenseman Scott Dues went on a one-man clearing mission and found junior attackman Colin O'Brien on the fast break. Shortly after, the Panthers found themselves man-down once more, but senior attackman Alex Kleinhelter still found away to make his presnece felt with another unassisted goal. Heidelberg was able to interrupt the run a little sooner this time, scoring and making it 4-15 - but senior attackman Alex Kleinhelter went on to score his third of the day just moments later coming off an assist from freshman attackman Dean Henderson, his third apple of the day.

Heidelberg would go quietly, putting in back-to-back goals to cut the lead to ten at 16-6, but the Panthers made sure to tag two more goals themselves with junior attackman Ethan Abdoo assisting senior midfielder Owen Cuniffe on HC's first man-up opportunity of the day, followed by senior midfileder Owen Parker capping things off at 18-6.

Hanover will return to action next Thursday, at home, against Mt. Union. First face-off is set for 4:30PM EST in Alumni Stadium.

Statistical Standouts for the Panthers Include:
Scott Dues (Sr, D) - 1 Ast | 3 CTO | 2 GB
Leonard Hughes (Fr, D) - 5 GB | 3 CTO
Colin O'Brien (Jr, A) - 6 G | 2 Ast | 8 Pts