Men’s Lacrosse Pulls Away from Purple Raiders in a Conference Victory

By: Athletic Cmmunications Student Intern Andrew Zimmerman '22

BEREA, Ohio—The Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets men's lacrosse team hosted an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup against the University of Mount Union and pulled off a victory in a tight game throughout by a score of a 14-9 on the Tressel Field inside George Finnie Stadium.

BW Leaders (8-3, 4-0 OAC)

• Junior All-OAC attacker/midfielder Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh. Pa./North Allegheny) led the squad with three goals and two assists.
• Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) added three goals and two assists.
• Sophomore midfielder Hunter Boehm (Delware/Olentangy) scored a career-best three goals.
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Joe Storner (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) made nine saves.

Mount Union Leaders (5-4, 1-2 OAC) 

• Senior All-OAC midfielder Alek Kungle led with five goals.
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Kyle Reihner made 16 saves.

1st Quarter (BW 6-3)

• 12:35 Freshman midfielder Grant Dunmire scores the first goal of the game (Mount 1-0)
• 11:28 Boehm scores his first goal of the game to tie the game up (Tied 1-1)
• 8:49 Byerly scores his first goal of the game off a junior All-OAC midfielder Jonas Aquilla (Westlake/St. Edward) pass (BW 2-1)
• 8:18 Nanosky quickly scores his first goal of the game (BW 3-1)
• 6:57 Nanosky tacks on another goal (BW 4-1)
• 6:38 Junior midfielder Eric Bechtel (Westlake) quickly adds his first goal of the game with an assist from Byerly (BW 5-1)
• 3:37 Kungle scores his first goal of the game (BW 5-2)
• 0:45 Senior attacker Clay Barkan scores his first goal of the game off a junior All-OAC midfielder Logan Gebhart pass (BW 5-3)
• 0:06 Nanosky completes the hat trick (BW 6-3)

2nd Quarter (BW 9-6)

• 13:36 Freshman faceoff Connor O'Neil scores his first goal of the game (BW 6-4)
• 9:41 Kungle scores his second goal (BW 6-5)
• 7:16 Boehm scores his second goal off a contested Bechtel pass (BW 7-5)
• 4:16 Sophomore attacker Rhys Leach (Canton/GlenOak) scores his first goal of the game, assisted by junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) (BW 8-5)
• 4:07 Byerly scores his second goal of the game with an assist from freshman face-off Luke Demmerle (Strongsville) (BW 9-5)
• 3:41 Senior attacker Alex Ellison scores his first goal of the game (BW 9-6)  

3rd Quarter (BW 12-9)

• 14:45 Demmerle scores his first goal of the game off a Nanosky pass (BW 10-6)
• 12:58 Kungle completes the hat trick (BW 10-7)
• 10:38 Byerly is the second Yellow Jacket to complete the hat trick (BW 11-7)
• 9:46 Kungle scores his fourth goal of the game (BW 11-8)
• 8:52 Boehm is the third Yellow Jacket to go for the hat trick, assisted by junior midfielder/attacker Jake Branton (Marysville) (BW 12-8)
• 0:06 Kungle scores his fifth goal of the game (BW 12-9)

4th Quarter (BW 18-7)

• 2:25 Byerly scores his fourth goal of the game off an accurate Nanosky pass (BW 13-9)
• 1:48 Branton scores his first goal of the game (BW 14-9) 

The Yellow Jackets return to play on Saturday, April 9 as they travel to New Concord, Ohio to face OAC opponent Muskingum University. The match will start at 1 p.m. on the North Turf Field.