GAMBIER, Ohio – The Kenyon College Lords lacrosse team spotted Hope College one goal Saturday afternoon and then retaliated with four consecutive scores from senior Justin Coleman. The outburst ignited the Lords offense, which cruised to a 16-5 non-conference win over the Flying Dutchmen.

The four goals were Coleman's first of the season and helped the Lords registered their second straight 2-0 start to a season. When Coleman took his foot off the gas, sophomore Robert Jacobs took command. After scoring four times in Kenyon's season-opening win against Capital, Jacobs piled on seven more goals against Hope and he did so on just nine shots.

Kenyon held a 4-2 lead after one quarter of play and then moved ahead 9-2 after scoring five goals in the second quarter. Four of those second-quarter goals came from Jacobs. Fritz Waine scored the other Lords' second-quarter goal and also assisted on two of Jacobs' tallies.

If the Flying Dutchmen were holding any hope of a constructing a rally, they were quickly dashed in the third quarter. Kenyon, playing a man-down for three minutes, scored three short-handed goals and then followed up with two more even-strength scores to increase its lead to 14-2 with 11:06 still remaining in the quarter. Jacobs scored two of the man-down goals and Nick Lenard scored the other.

From that point on it was smooth sailing for Kenyon, which also saw J.T. Meyer, Pierce Kraft, and Alex Lopez fire in goals. Waine finished with a goal and three assists, Meyer added two assists to his goal, and C. J. Clinkscales had one assist and was victorious on 8-of-12 face-offs for the Lords.

Kenyon out-shot Hope, 61-36. The Dutchmen split time between two goalkeepers, who together amassed 15 saves. Kenyon keeper, Patrick Shevelson, played all but five minutes of the game and also posted 15 saves. He was the backbone of a defense that forced 32 turnovers for the second straight contest.

Perhaps even more impressive for the Lords was their defensive transition, which absolutely locked up the Dutchmen. Hope was successful on just 50 percent (16-of-32) of its clearing attempts. In two games now, Kenyon has allowed just a 56.6 percent clearing rate (30-of-53) to its opponents. In comparison, the Lords had successful clears 90.9 percent (40-of-44) of the time in those same two games.

The Lords now more forward to face a stiffer challenge. They head to Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Wednesday to take on No. 20-ranked Franklin and Marshall College, a team that started its season with a 15-8 loss to No. 18-ranked Ohio Wesleyan University.