Ben Byars
37 Ben Byars
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Lexington, Ky.
  • High School:
    Bryan Station
  • Position:
    A
  • Major:
    Business Economics
  • gp
    11
  • p
    23
  • g
    19
  • a
    4
Bio

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: Born Jan. 26, 2002 … Son of 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 … Intends to major in business economics with a minor in Spanish.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Apr 17 Kenyon L, 15-7
Apr 20 Ohio Wesleyan L, 14-10
Apr 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 19-2
Apr 28 at Allegheny
Apr 29 at Allegheny W, 15-11
May 1 Allegheny W, 21-9
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 11 6
Points 23 14
Goals 19 12
Assists 4 2
Man-up goals 4 4
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 9 5
Turnovers 22 12
Caused turnovers 0 0
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 36 18
Shooting percentage 52.8 66.7
Shots on goal 29 16
Shots on goal percentage 80.6 88.9
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Mar 20 at Denison   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 24 Wittenberg   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Wittenberg L, 13-10 2 0 2 0 0 6 33.3 4 66.7
Mar 31 at Hiram W, 29-1 4 1 5 0 0 4 100.0 4 100.0
Apr 3 Hiram W, 26-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 6 Allegheny W, 17-9 2 0 2 0 0 4 50.0 3 75.0
Apr 10 at Allegheny W, 11-10 1 0 1 0 0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Apr 13 at Kenyon L, 15-8 3 0 3 2 0 4 75.0 4 100.0
Apr 17 Kenyon L, 15-7 2 1 3 2 0 3 66.7 3 100.0
Apr 20 Ohio Wesleyan L, 14-10 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.0 2 66.7
Apr 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 19-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 28 at Allegheny   - - - - - - - - -
Apr 29 at Allegheny W, 15-11 2 0 2 0 0 4 50.0 3 75.0
May 1 Allegheny W, 21-9 3 0 3 0 0 4 75.0 4 100.0
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score gb to ct fo
Mar 20 at Denison   - - - -
Mar 24 Wittenberg   - - - -
Mar 27 at Wittenberg L, 13-10 3 3 0 0-0
Mar 31 at Hiram W, 29-1 0 0 0 0-0
Apr 3 Hiram W, 26-2 3 4 0 0-0
Apr 6 Allegheny W, 17-9 0 3 0 0-0
Apr 10 at Allegheny W, 11-10 0 2 0 0-0
Apr 13 at Kenyon L, 15-8 2 1 0 0-0
Apr 17 Kenyon L, 15-7 0 2 0 0-0
Apr 20 Ohio Wesleyan L, 14-10 0 2 0 0-0
Apr 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 19-2 1 1 0 0-0
Apr 28 at Allegheny   - - - -
Apr 29 at Allegheny W, 15-11 0 3 0 0-0
May 1 Allegheny W, 21-9 0 1 0 0-0
  gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
2020-21 11 11 19 4 23 4 0 36 52.8 29 80.6
2021-22 16 16 19 8 27 2 0 55 34.5 34 61.8
2022-23 16 - 11 6 17 7 0 30 36.7 20 66.7
2023-24 17 17 30 3 33 6 0 57 52.6 41 71.9
Total 60 44 79 21 100 19 0 178 44.4 124 69.7

Career Stats: Offense

  gp gs gb to ct fo
2020-21 11 11 9 22 0 0-0
2021-22 16 16 14 30 1 0-0
2022-23 16 - 12 15 0 0-0
2023-24 17 17 17 17 2 0-0
Total 60 44 52 84 3 0-0

Career Stats: Defense

  gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Event                      
Total 11 11 19 4 23 4 0 36 52.8 29 80.6
Conference 6 6 12 2 14 4 0 18 66.7 16 88.9
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 5 5 7 2 9 2 0 15 46.7 12 80.0
Away 6 6 12 2 14 2 0 21 57.1 17 81.0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - -
Result                      
Wins 6 6 12 1 13 0 0 19 63.2 16 84.2
Losses 5 5 7 3 10 4 0 17 41.2 13 76.5
Month                      
March 2 2 6 1 7 0 0 10 60.0 8 80.0
April 8 8 10 3 13 4 0 22 45.5 17 77.3
May 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 4 75.0 4 100.0

Splits Stats: Offense

  gp gs gb to ct fo
Event            
Total 11 11 9 22 0 0-0
Conference 6 6 5 12 0 0-0
Exhibition - - - - - 0-0
Location            
Home 5 5 3 12 0 0-0
Away 6 6 6 10 0 0-0
Neutral - - - - - 0-0
Result            
Wins 6 6 3 13 0 0-0
Losses 5 5 6 9 0 0-0
Month            
March 2 2 3 3 0 0-0
April 8 8 6 18 0 0-0
May 1 1 0 1 0 0-0

Splits Stats: Defense

News mentions
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Peirce, Seniors End Year on High Note with 21-9 Victory over Allegheny

Peirce scores eight goals to lead men's lacrosse to win

May 1, 2021

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Wells Scores Twice in Loss to 20th-Ranked Ohio Wesleyan

Wooster falls on the road to OWU 19-2

April 24, 2021

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Fourth-Quarter Surge Enables Kenyon to Pull Away From Wooster, 15-7

Scots finish NCAC East play with 4-2 record

April 17, 2021

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Wooster's NCAC Winning Streak Snapped by Kenyon, 15-8

Scots have chance to match program record for conference wins in a season against the Lords on Saturday at home

April 13, 2021

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Wooster Surges Past Allegheny, 17-9

Peirce now the second player in program history with two games with at least seven goals

April 6, 2021

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Peirce Surpasses 100 Goals Mark, Scots Run Away From Terriers, 29-1, in NCAC East Opener

Peirce the eighth Scot to hit the century mark

March 31, 2021

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Wittenberg Closes Out Wooster in Back-and-Forth Contest, 13-10

Mangan scores four goals to lead Scots

March 27, 2021