CARLISLE, Pa. — Ben Edlund (Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich.) scored a game-high seven times – including five first half tallies – to claim Player of the Game laurels as Big Ten Division Champion/No. 8-ranked the University of Michigan built leads of 7-1 and 13-3 by the conclusion of the first and second quarters, respectively, on the way to a 17-6 defeat of Northwest Division Champion the University of Washington on the second day of the 2025 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship.
Courtesy the win, Michigan advances to a 2:15 p.m. Eastern meeting with New England Division Champion/No. 17 Dartmouth College on Sunday, November 9, for Ninth Place. The loss places Washington in the 11th Place game at 3:30 p.m. on November 9 against Northwest Division Champion the University of Washington.
The Wolverines never trailed in collaring the Huskies as Ian Cardenas (Fr., Dana Point, Calif.) (5:45; 5:11), Mark Flautner (Fr., Ann Arbor, Mich.) (4:36), Edlund (3:55; 10 seconds), Zach Rossen (Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.) (2:26) and Jack Staunton (Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich.) (1:40) pumped in shots for the Maize & Blue, while sophomore Brian Stewart dented the twine for Washington (5:27) to make it a 7-1 game after seven minutes.
Rossen (4:00), Staunton (3:22) and Priam Alataris (Sr., Menlo Park, Calif.) (2:47) widened the gap between the programs to 10-1 to commence the second quarter before sophomore Elliot Goldstein (2:28, man-up) to inch the Huskies back to within eight at 10-2.
Edlund (2:05, penalty shot; 51 seconds; nine seconds, penalty shot) scored around a response by Washington senior Kevin Zhang (1:09) to make it a 13-3 game at halftime.
Michigan further padded its lead to start the third quarter as Edlund buried man-up (5:42) and penalty shots (4;59), while Cardenas connected on a natural goal (2:30) before Washington answered via a natural score from freshman Adrien Lerouge to move the needle to 16-4 heading into the fourth quarter.
Junior Luke Taylor trimmed the final margin down to 11 by delivering even-strength (5:10) and man-up (57 seconds) goals to sandwich a power-play point by Zach Fuchs (Fr., San Francisco, Calif.) at 2:35 to close out a 17-6 contest.
Edlund (seven), Cardenas (three), Rossen (two) and Staunton (two) combined for 14 of the Wolverines’ goals with Alataris, Fuchs and Flautner posting solo strikes. Goalkeepers William Dinkeloo (So., Southfield, Mich.) (five saves) and Adam Bergen (Sr., Dexter, Mich.) (one save) combined for six stops.
Taylor keyed the Washington attack with two goals. Goldstein, Stewart, Lerouge and Zhang each scored once, while sophomore Deneil Betfarhad registered six saves in cage.
| 1st Q | 2nd Q | 3rd Q | 4th Q | – | FINAL | |
| University of Washington | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 6 |
| No. 8 University of Michigan | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 17 |
| Michigan Goals: | Ben Edlund (7); Ian Cardenas (3); Zach Rossen (2); Jack Staunton (2); Priam Alataris; Zach Fuchs; Mark Flautner | |||||
| Washington Goals: | Luke Taylor (2); Elliot Goldstein; Brian Stewart; Adrien Lerouge; Kevin Zhang | |||||
| Saves: | Michigan – William Dinkeloo (5, 21 minutes), Adam Bergen (1, 7 minutes); Washington – Deneil Betfarhad (6) | |||||
| Exclusions: | Michigan – 5 ; Washington – 8 | |||||
| Advantage Opportunities: | Michigan – 5-for-8 ; Washington – 2-for-5 | |||||
| Sprints: | Michigan – 1-for-4 (1st) ; Washington – 3-for-4 (2nd, 3rd, 4th) | |||||
| Cards/Misconducts: | None | |||||
| Officials: | Kevin Jauregui, Chad Quinn | |||||
The University of Washington’s Easton Mann (#13) & the University of Michigan’s Gavin Bickner (#26)
The University of Michigan’s Daniel Hernandez (#14) attempts to stop the University of Washington’s Kevin Zhang (#20)
The University of Michigan’s Adam Bergen (#1A)
