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Ben Byars

3 Ben Byars

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Lexington, Ky.
  • High School:
    Bryan Station
  • Position:
    A
  • Major:
    Global & International Studies
gp 16
p 17
g 11
a 6

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: Born Jan. 26, 2002 … 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.

Recent Games
Apr 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 11-7
Apr 15 Wabash W, 23-4
Apr 19 at Kenyon L, 12-4
Apr 22 Wittenberg L, 16-13
Apr 27 Denison L, 14-4
Apr 29 Hiram W, 24-5
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 16 8
Points 17 9
Goals 11 5
Assists 6 4
Man-up goals 7 4
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 12 6
Turnovers 15 6
Caused turnovers 0 0
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 30 16
Shooting percentage 36.7 31.3
Shots on goal 20 10
Shots on goal percentage 66.7 62.5
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 22 at Westminster (Pa.) W, 12-10 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Feb 25 at Otterbein W, 13-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 1 Capital W, 14-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 4 Brockport W, 14-8 3 1 4 2 0 2 2 0 0-0 3 100.0 3 100.0
Mar 8 at Albion W, 17-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 11 Allegheny W, 9-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Mar 17 vs. Southwestern (Tex.) W, 14-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 3 0.0 2 66.7
Mar 18 at Colorado College W, 15-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 22 at Mount Union W, 17-11 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0-0 4 25.0 2 50.0
Mar 25 at Oberlin W, 11-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 1 at DePauw W, 8-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0.0 1 50.0
Apr 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 11-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0.0 2 100.0
Apr 15 Wabash W, 23-4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Apr 19 at Kenyon L, 12-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 22 Wittenberg L, 16-13 2 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0-0 3 66.7 2 66.7
Apr 27 Denison L, 14-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0-0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Apr 29 Hiram W, 24-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 4 25.0 2 50.0
  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 16 16 29 3 32 6 0 16 17 2 0-0 54 53.7 40 74.1
Total 59 43 78 21 99 19 0 51 84 3 0-0 175 44.6 123 70.3
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Total 16 - 11 6 17 7 0 12 15 0 0-0 30 36.7 20 66.7
Conference 8 - 5 4 9 4 0 6 6 0 0-0 16 31.3 10 62.5
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
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Home 7 - 9 4 13 6 0 8 7 0 0-0 18 50.0 12 66.7
Away 8 - 2 2 4 1 0 2 6 0 0-0 9 22.2 6 66.7
Neutral 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 3 0.0 2 66.7
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Wins 12 - 8 5 13 4 0 9 11 0 0-0 23 34.8 15 65.2
Losses 4 - 3 1 4 3 0 3 4 0 0-0 7 42.9 5 71.4
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February 2 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
March 7 - 5 2 7 3 0 6 6 0 0-0 13 38.5 9 69.2
April 7 - 5 4 9 4 0 6 6 0 0-0 16 31.3 10 62.5