Men’s Lacrosse Downs Transylvania in OT Thriller

By: Athletic COmmunications Student Intern Andrew Zimmerman '22

BEREA, Ohio—The Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets men's lacrosse team returned home for a non-conference matchup against Transylvania University and claimed victory in an tightly contested overtime thriller by a score 13-12 on the Tressel Field inside the George Finnie Stadium. 

BW Leaders (3-3)

• Senior midfielder John Schulte (Grosse Pointe, Mich./South) led the team with 4 goals
• Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) added 2 goals and 2 assists
• Junior All-OAC attacker Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) also adds 2 goals and 2 assists
• Sophomore midfielder Hunter Boehm (Delaware/Olentangy) adds 2 goals (including the game-winning goal) and 1 assist
• Junior All-OAC goalkeeper Joe Storner (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) saved 11 shots

Transylvania Leaders (2-4)

• Bryce Lowe scores a team high 4 goals
• Andrew Hamill adds 3 goals

1st Quarter (BW 4-0)

• 13:00 BW's Nanosky kicks off the scoring action (BW 1-0)
• 11:24 The Yellow Jackets' Schulte adds his first goal of the game assisted by Boehm (BW 2-0)
• 10:26 BW's Byerly scores his first goal of the game (BW 3-0)
• 1:02 The Yellow Jackets' Boehm gets in on the scoring action, scoring his first goal of the game assisted by Nanosky (BW 4-0)

2nd Quarter (BW 8-3)

• 12:01 BW's Byerly adds his second goal of the game, assisted by junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) (BW 5-0)
• 9:33 Transylvania's Andrew Hamill scores the first goal for the Pioneers first score of the game; assist by Kayd Aquino (BW 5-1)
• 5:52 The Pioneers' Bryce Lowe scores his first goal of the game (BW 5-2)
• 4:29 The Yellow Jackets' junior midfielder Jake Branton (Marysville) scores his first goal of the game, assisted by Byerly (BW 6-2)
• 2:32 BW's Branton and Byerly hook up again for another Yellow Jacket score (BW 7-2)
• 1:57 The Yellow Jackets' Nanosky scores his second goal of the game (BW 8-2)
• 0:17 Transylvania's Dalton Hubbs scores his first goal, cutting into the BW lead entering halftime (BW 8-3)

3rd Quarter (BW 11-6)

• 11:41 BW's Schulte scores his first goal of the game with the assist coming from junior defender Ethan Rutowski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) (BW 9-3)
• 9:32 The Pioneers' Bryce Lowe scores again with Kayd Aquino dishing out the assist (BW 9-4)
• 7:22 The Yellow Jackets' Schulte tacks on another goal (BW 10-4)
• 6:36 BW's Ferguson scores his first goal of the game (BW 11-4)
• 5:05 Transylvania's Tai Stormont scores his first goal of the game (BW 11-5)
• 2:07 The Pioneers' Kayd Aquino scores his first goal of the game, assisted by Matthew Clough (BW 11-6)

4th Quarter (Tied 12-12)

• 10:40 Transylvania's Hubbs scores again with the assist coming from Will Warner (BW 11-7)
• 9:40 The Yellow Jackets' Schulte scores his third goal of the game, with the assist dished out by Nanosky (BW 12-7)
• 4:17 The Pioneers' Lowe scores again with an assist from Hubbs (BW 12-8)
• 2:45 Transylvania's Hamill scores again with an assist from Liam Harari (BW 12-9)
• 0:42 The Pioneers' Will Warner scores his first goal, shrinking the BW lead down to 2 points (BW 12-10)
• 0:33 Transylvania's Hamill and Aquino connect again to make it a one-point game (BW 12-11)
• 0:05 The Pioneers' Lowe scores quickly to send the game into OT (12-12)

Overtime (BW 13-12)

• 2:45 BW's Hunter Boehm gets the game-winner and his second goal of the evening (BW 13-12)

The Yellow Jackets return to play on Wednesday, March 23 as they remain at home and host Chatham (Pa.) University. The match will take at 7 p.m. at Tressel Field inside George Finnie Stadium.