Men’s Lacrosse Claims Victory Over Capital in OAC Opener

By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Paige Phillips '23

BEXLEY, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's lacrosse team traveled to Capital University for its Ohio Athletic Conference opener. They claimed their first OAC victory of the season by a final score of 14-9 on Purmort Field inside the Bernlohr Stadium. 

BW (5-3, 1-0 OAC) Leaders

• Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) scored six goals and had one assist. 
• Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference attacker Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) added three goals.
• Junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) contributed two goals.
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Joe Storner (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) recorded 10 saves. 

Capital (3-5, 1-0 OAC) Leaders

• Mason Spaulding scored five goals.
• Jake Belt added one goal and one assist.
• Sam McInturf saved 16 shots. 

1st Quarter (BW 4-1)

• 12:05 Junior All-OAC midfielder Jonas Aquilla (Westlake/St. Edward) kicks off the scoring for BW (1-0).
• 7:43 Nanosky scores his first goal of the match (2-0).
• 7:04 Nanosky immediately follows up with a second goal (3-0).
• 5:27 Spaulding scores the first goal for Capital, assisted by Nathan Montgomery (3-1). 
• 4:40 Nanosky scores his third goal of the match (4-1). 

2nd Quarter (BW 8-4)

• 12:51 Spaulding scores his second goal of the game (4-2). 
• 12:32 Nanosky scores his fourth goal of the match, unassisted (5-2). 
• 12:15 Belt scores, unassisted (5-3). 
• 8:50 Ferguson scores his first goal of the match, assisted by junior midfielder Jake Branton (Marysville) (6-3).
• 6:13 Byerly scores his first goal of the game, 19^th of the season (7-3). 
• 0:30 Drew Bolen scores his first goal of the game (7-4).
• 0:08 Freshman attacker Jake Schorling (Westerville/Central) scores his first goal of the match, assisted by Aquilla (8-4). 

3rd Quarter (BW 10-6)

• 14:29 Chase Snyder scores his first goal of the game (8-5).
• 7:29 Ferguson scores his second goal of the game (9-5).
• 6:20 scoring his second goal of the match was Byerly, assisted by Aquilla (10-5).
• 5:00 Spaulding scores his third goal, assisted by Jack Scharner (10-6)

4th Quarter (BW 14-9)

• 14:39 Nanosky scores his fifth goal of the match, with an assist from junior Academic All-OAC defender Richie Roskoph (Strongsville) (11-6). 
• 13:22 Spaulding scores his fourth goal of the game (11-7).
• 12:39 Aiden Manning scores his first goal of the game (11-8).
• 12:14 Spaulding scores his fifth goal, assisted by Belt (11-9).
• 11:24 Branton scores his first goal of game off a pass from Nanosky (12-10).
• 10:23 an unassisted goal from Byerly (13-9). 
• 7:14 Nanosky scores his sixth goal of the game (14-9). 

The Yellow Jackets return to action on Wednesday, March 30th when they host Heidelberg University in an OAC match at 7:00 p.m. on Tressel Field inside George Finnie Stadium.