Men’s Lacrosse Second Half Surge Leads to Commanding Victory

Jake Branton (Photo Courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)
Jake Branton (Photo Courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)

By: Athletic Communications Student Intern Andrew Zimmerman '22

BEREA, Ohio—The Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets men's lacrosse team played a non-conference matchup against Chatham (PA) University at Tressel Field in George Finnie Stadium and claimed victory in a commanding, rainy victory by a score of 18-7.

BW Leaders (4-3)

  • Freshman attacker Jake Schorling (Westerville/Central) had 4 goals in the game
  • Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference attacker Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) contributed 4 goals and 2 assists
  • Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) added 2 goals and 3 assists
  • Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Joe Storner (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) saved 12 shots

Chatham Leaders (2-4)

  • Kyle Rullan scored 2 goals and added 1 assist
  • Adam Bleess contributed with 2 goals and 1 assist

1st Quarter (BW 1-0)

  • 12:23 Byerly kicks off the scoring action with his 15th goal of the season (BW 1-0)

2nd Quarter (BW 3-2)

  • 9:03 Rullan ties the game up with his first goal of the game, assisted by Andrew Mattingly (1-1)
  • 7:33 Sophmore midfielder Hunter Boehm (Delaware/Olentangy scores his first goal of the game, with sophomore midfielder Jake Branton (Marysville) dishing out the assist (BW 2-1)
  • 2:10 Junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) scores his first goal of the game and Nanosky is credited with the assist (BW 3-1)
  • 0:26 Nick Guaglione scores his first goal of the game off a pass from Adam Bleess (BW 3-2)

3rd Quater (BW 13-4)

  • 12:44 Branton scores the first goal of the second half, with the assist from senior midfielder John Schulte (Gross Pointe, Mich./South) (BW 4-2)
  • 12:37 Freshman face-off Luke Demmerle (Strongsville) scores his first goal of the season after winning the faceoff (BW 5-2)
  • 11:47 Schulte scores his first goal of the game (BW 6-2)
  • 10:20 Schorling joins the scoring action with Nanosky dishing out another assist (BW 7-2)
  • 8:42 Byerly scores his second goal of the game off a pass from junior defender Adam Blose (Butler, Pa./Butler Area) (BW 8-2)
  • 8:00 Byerly quickly scores his third goal of the game (BW 9-2)
  • 6:48 Sophomore attacker/midfielder Rhys Leach (Canton/GlenOak) scores his first goal of the game off a Nanosky pass (BW 10-2)
  • 6:16 Branton quickly scores his second goal of the game (BW 11-2)
  • 4:53 Bleess scores his first goal of the game (BW 11-3)
  • 4:12 Schorling scores his second goal of the game off an assist from Byerly (BW 12-3)
  • 1:50 Ethan Rinker scores his first goal of the game (BW 12-4)
  • 1:41 Byerly scores his fourth goal of the game (BW 13-4) 

4th Quarter (BW 18-7)

  • 14:07 Nanosky scores his second goal of the game (BW 14-4)
  • 12:14 Nanosky scores his third goal of the game (BW 15-4)
  • 8:22 Rullan scores his second goal of the game (BW 15-5)
  • 7:18 Schorling scores his third goal of the game with a pass from Schulte (BW 16-5)
  • 4:35 Leach scores his second goal of the game, with an assist from Branton (BW 17-5)
  • 4:13 Schorling scores his fourth goal of the game off an incredible shot (BW 18-5)
  • 1:33 Patrick Brunner scores his first goal of the game (BW 18-6)
  • 1:01 Bleese and Rullan connect for another goal (BW 18-7)

The Yellow Jackets return to play on Saturday, March 26 as they travel to Bexley, Ohio open OAC play against Capital University. The match will start at 1 p.m. at the Purmort Field in Bernlohr Stadium.