ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Augustana men's lacrosse (6-2) withstood a lengthy power outage at Thorson-Lucken Field to defeat the Cornell College Rams (3-7) by a 17-4 margin. The Vikings dominated every aspect of Wednesday's game including outshooting the Rams 64-12.
 
The Vikings controlled the action from the first face-off. Augustana's offense struck three times in the first period and another four times in the second while the Viking defense shut out Cornell in the opening 15 minutes.
 
With just over five minutes remaining in the first half, Thorson-Lucken Field's stadium lights cut out, covering the playing surface in darkness. After a delay over 60 minutes long, the lighting issue was fixed and both teams took the field to resume play.
 
Augustana proceeded to ratchet their efforts up even more after the delay. The Vikings scored six goals in the third quarter and another four in the final period.
 
Matteo Uccelli and Brady Holtz posted hat tricks to lead the Viking offensive attack. Brenson Brown, Jack Worfel, and Zach Reser all scored their first goals of the season in the 17-4 beating.
 
Defensively, Matt Pierson continued his stellar play with four caused turnovers to lead all players. Reser and Rocco Boggio each recorded a pair of caused turnovers. In goal, Cameron Duffy earned the win while recorded three saves. Erik Singdahlsen and Gus Magnusson also saw time in net.
 
The Vikings will start a three-game road swing on Saturday, Apr. 2 when they travel to Kenosha, Wis. for a battle with Carthage.