Late Game Heroics Pushes Men’s Lacrosse Past Crosstown Rival John Carroll

By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Andrew Zimmerman '22

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio—The Baldwin Wallace University men's lacrosse team hit the road to take on Ohio Athletic Conference crosstown rival John Carroll University and left Don Shula Stadium with a 9-8 victory in back-and-forth action.

BW Leaders (11-3, 7-0 OAC)

• Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) scored a team high 2 goals and added a team high 2 assists.
• Junior midfielder/attacker Jake Branton (Marysville) added 2 goals
• Senior midfielder John Schulte (Grosse Pointe, Mich./South) also scored 2 goals
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Joe Storner (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) led with 14 saves

John Carroll Leaders (12-2, 6-1 OAC)

• Senior All-OAC midfielder Ian Flynn scored a team high 2 goals
• Six players scored 1 goal apiece
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Jon Gaglio led with 9 saves

1st Quarter (BW 2-0)

• 9:35 Junior Academic All-OAC defender Richie Roskoph (Strongsville) kicks off the scoring action and scores the first goal of the game off a Nanosky pass (BW 1-0)
• 9:17 Schulte quickly scores his first goal of the game (BW 2-0) 

2nd Quarter (Tied 4-4)

• 13:52 Flynn scores the first goal of the game and quarter for the Blue Streaks, assisted by Senior All-OAC midfielder Kevin Hack (BW 2-1)
• 10:03 Flynn scores his second goal of the game (2-2)
• 6:10 Hack scores his first goal of the game (JCU 3-2)
• 5:26 Senior All-OAC attacker Brendan Whitty joins the scoring action and scores his first goal of the game (JCU 4-2)
• 1:45 Schulte and Nanosky connect for Schulte's second goal of the game (JCU 4-3)
• 1:38 Freshman faceoff Luke Demmerle (Strongsville) scores his first goal of the game on a man-up opportunity to tie the game up (4-4)  

3rd Quarter (JCU 7-6)

• 10:27 Nanosky kicked off the 3^rd quarter scoring action with his first goal of the game (BW 5-4)
• 6:56 Senior midfielder Reed Stuhlreyer ties the game with his first goal of the game (5-5)
• 6:15 Senior midfielder Cullen Zarek scores his first goal of the game to reclaim the lead (JCU 6-5)
• 2:42 BW's Nanosky ties the game up with his second goal of the game (6-6)
• 1:29 Junior midfielder Tanner Gill-Snow scores his first goal of the game and regains the lead (JCU 7-6) 

4th Quarter (BW 9-8)

• 14:03 Branton ties the game back up with his first goal of the game off a pass from junior All-OAC attacker/midfielder Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) (7-7)
• 12:36 Junior attacker Matt Berdysiak scores his first goal of the game and reclaims the JCU lead (JCU 8-7)
• 11:19 Branton once again scores and ties the game (8-8)
• 3:29 Junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) scores his first goal of the to regain the Yellow Jacket lead (BW 9-8) 

The Yellow Jackets return to play on Saturday, April 23 as they travel to Wilmington to face OAC opponent Wilmington College. The action will take place at 1:00 p.m. at Townsend Field in Williams Stadium.