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Ben Byars

3 Ben Byars

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lexington, Ky.
  • High School:
    Bryan Station
  • Position:
    A
  • Major:
    Global & International Studies
gp 17
p 33
g 30
a 3

2023: Added depth to the attacking unit as a key reserve … Appeared in 16 games … Scored 11 goals, including seven that were player-up … Added 12 groundballs and six assists … Had a four-point performance versus Brockport (March 4), thanks to three goals and an assist … Netted two goals and an assist in loss to Wittenberg (April 22) … Grabbed at least two groundballs in four separate games … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for the second time. 

2022: One of the team's top offensive players … Started all 16 games … Ranked third on the team again with 19 goals … Finished year third on team with 27 points, thanks to eight assists … Added 14 groundballs and a caused turnover … Scored three goals against Western Connecticut State (March 16) in 14-10 win … Had a stretch of four-straight two-goal games in April, including back-to-back three-point days against DePauw (April 3) and NCAC champion Denison (April 9) … Scooped up four groundballs against Ohio Wesleyan (April 12) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Impact player, who was a starter from day one … Third on the team with 19 goals … Added nine groundballs and four assists … Had five points on four goals and an assist at Hiram (March 31) … Capped year with three goals versus Allegheny (May 1) … Totaled seven multi-goal games … Logged a pair of games with three groundballs.

Prior to Wooster: KLA All-Star and logged over 100 career points while attending Bryan Station High School.

Personal: Parents are Steve Byars ’86 and Lisa Blackadar ’87 … Mother was inducted into Wooster’s W Association Hall of Fame in 2005 … Mother played field hockey and lacrosse, earning first-team NFHCA All-America, four first-team all-region, and four all-conference honors between the two sports … Global and international studies major and Spanish minor … Involved with the Goodwill Industries service program on campus … APEX Fellow.

Recent Games
Apr 13 Oberlin W, 17-11
Apr 17 Ohio Wesleyan L, 12-3
Apr 20 at Denison L, 23-6
Apr 23 Kenyon L, 15-10
Apr 27 at Wabash W, 15-6
May 2 at Denison L, 14-4
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 17 8
Points 33 17
Goals 30 17
Assists 3 0
Man-up goals 6 6
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 17 5
Turnovers 17 5
Caused turnovers 2 1
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 57 34
Shooting percentage 52.6 50.0
Shots on goal 41 25
Shots on goal percentage 71.9 73.5
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 21 Otterbein W, 14-10 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Feb 24 Saint Vincent W, 18-7 3 2 5 0 0 4 1 0 0-0 4 75.0 4 100.0
Feb 28 Westminster (Pa.) W, 17-10 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 5 60.0 3 60.0
Mar 2 at John Carroll L, 13-8 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 6 at Capital W, 18-9 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Mar 9 Mount Union W, 20-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 vs. Ithaca L, 8-7 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Mar 16 at Cabrini L, 15-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 3 0.0 1 33.3
Mar 20 at Allegheny W, 11-9 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Mar 23 DePauw W, 17-10 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 75.0 4 100.0
Mar 30 at Wittenberg W, 16-6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 5 60.0 3 60.0
Apr 6 at Hiram W, 24-8 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 8 25.0 5 62.5
Apr 13 Oberlin W, 17-11 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0-0 3 66.7 3 100.0
Apr 17 Ohio Wesleyan L, 12-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Apr 20 at Denison L, 23-6 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Apr 23 Kenyon L, 15-10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Apr 27 at Wabash W, 15-6 3 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0-0 9 33.3 5 55.6
May 2 at Denison L, 14-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 3 33.3 1 33.3
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2020-21 11 11 19 4 23 4 0 9 22 0 0-0 36 52.8 29 80.6
2021-22 16 16 19 8 27 2 0 14 30 1 0-0 55 34.5 34 61.8
2022-23 16 - 11 6 17 7 0 12 15 0 0-0 30 36.7 20 66.7
2023-24 17 17 30 3 33 6 0 17 17 2 0-0 57 52.6 41 71.9
Total 60 44 79 21 100 19 0 52 84 3 0-0 178 44.4 124 69.7
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Total 17 17 30 3 33 6 0 17 17 2 0-0 57 52.6 41 71.9
Conference 8 8 17 0 17 6 0 5 5 1 0-0 34 50.0 25 73.5
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
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Home 7 7 15 2 17 2 0 7 6 0 0-0 21 71.4 19 90.5
Away 9 9 13 1 14 4 0 8 9 2 0-0 34 38.2 20 58.8
Neutral 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
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Wins 10 10 23 2 25 5 0 12 9 1 0-0 44 52.3 32 72.7
Losses 7 7 7 1 8 1 0 5 8 1 0-0 13 53.8 9 69.2
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February 3 3 8 2 10 0 0 4 4 0 0-0 11 72.7 9 81.8
March 7 7 10 1 11 1 0 7 9 1 0-0 18 55.6 13 72.2
April 6 6 11 0 11 5 0 5 4 1 0-0 25 44.0 18 72.0
May 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 3 33.3 1 33.3