Men’s Lacrosse Takes Down Wilmington, Remains Undefeated in the OAC

By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Paige Phillips '23

WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's lacrosse team traveled to Wilmington College to take on the Quakers in an Ohio Athletic Conference match on Townsend Field inside Williams Stadium. The Yellow Jackets claimed victory by a final score of 34-2, with goals from 18 players. BW remains undefeated in the OAC. 

BW Leaders (12-3, 8-0 OAC)

• The 34 goals scored by the Yellow Jackets tied the school record for most goals in a game.
• Junior All-OAC attacker Kyler Byerly (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) led with five goals and five assists. 
• Senior midfielder Eric Bechtel (Westlake) followed up with four goals.
• Junior midfielder Olin Ferguson (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) contributed three goals. 
• Sophomore goalie Samuel LoPiccolo (Mason/William Mason) led with two saves. 

Wilmington Leaders (2-14, 0-8 OAC)

• Senior attacker Austin Young and junior attacker Reed Beavers recorded one goal each.
• Freshman goalkeeper Cody Everly had 19 saves. 

1st Quarter (BW 15-0)

• 14:52 Byerly wasted no time kicking off the scoring for BW. Assisted by freshman face-off Luke Demmerle (Strongsville). (BW 1-0)
• 13:43 Senior Academic All-OAC midfielder John Schulte (Gross Pointe, Mich./South) scores his first goal of the game, assisted by Byerly. (BW 2-0)
• 11:59 Eric Bechtel scores his first goal of the game. (BW 3-0)
• 11:46 Junior All-OAC midfielder Jonas Aquilla (Westlake/St. Edward) scores his first goal of the game. (BW 4-0)
• 11:41 Sophomore All-OAC attacker Jake Nanosky (Medina) scores his first goal of the game, assisted by Byerly. (BW 5-0)
• 9:49 Aquilla scores his second goal of the game. (BW 6-0)
• 9:19 Junior midfielder Jake Branton (Marysville) scores his first goal of the game. (BW 7-0)
• 8:52 Bechtel scores his second goal of the game, assisted by Schulte. (BW 8-0)
• 7:37 Schulte scores his second goal. (BW 9-0)
• 6:43 Nanosky assists Byerly on his second goal of the game. (BW 10-0)
• 6:00 Bechtel scores his third goal of the game off an assist from Byerly. (BW 11-0)
• 4:28 Ferguson joins the scoreboard with his first goal. (12-0)
• 3:38 Byerly claims his third goal of the game, assisted by Nanosky. (BW 13-0)
• 1:37 Sophomore Rhys Leach (Canton/GlenOak) joins in with his first goal of the game. (BW 14-0)
• 0:51 Freshman midfielder Ryan Yanssens (Lexington, S.C./River Bluff) wraps up the first quarter with his first goal of the game. (BW 15-0)

2nd Quarter (BW 18-2)

• 12:29 Sophomore midfielder Noah Bartos (Lancaster, N.Y.) gets the second quarter rolling with his first goal of the game. (BW 16-0)
• 4:20 Freshman midfielder Gabe Hudas (Massillon/Jackson) scores his first goal of the game. (BW 17-0)
• 2:45 Young scores the first Wilmington goal of the game. (BW 17-1)
• 0:55 Beavers scores another Quaker goal, assisted by Austin Bondurant. (BW 17-2)
• 0:08 Leach gets one more for the Yellow Jackets right before the half. (BW 18-2) 

3rd Quarter (BW 28-2)

• 12:02 Ferguson scores his second goal of the game, assisted by Byerly. (BW 19-2)
• 11:48 Byerly scores his fourth goal of the game. (BW 20-2)
• 8:43 Branton scores his second goal of the game. (BW 21-2)
• 7:35 Bechtel scores his fourth goal, assisted by Byerly. (BW 22-2)
• 7:02 Sophomore midfielder Hunter Boehm (Delaware/Olentangy) scores his first goal of the game. (BW 23-2)
• 5:53 Ferguson scores his third goal of the game. (BW 24-2)
• 4:35 Byerly scores his fifth goal, off an assist from freshman attacker Jake Schorling (Westerville/Central). (BW 25-2)
• 3:46 Sophomore midfielder Niccolas Spotti (Mars, Pa.) scores his first goal of the game, assisted by sophomore midfielder Keaton Trout (Pickerington/North). (BW 26-2)
• 3:04 Schorling scores his first goal of the game. (BW 27-2)
• 0:05 Trout rounds out the third quarter with his second goal, assisted by freshman midfielder Casey Kujawski (Farmington Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary's). (28-2)

4th Quarter (BW 34-2)

• 14:51 Junior Academic All-OAC attacker Kaleb Delaney (Buffalo, N.Y./Akron) kicks off the fourth quarter with his first goal of the game, assisted by Trout. (29-2)
• 9:56 Trout scores his third goal of the game, assisted by Schorling. (30-2)
• 8:36 Leach assists Kujawski on his first goal of the game. (31-2)
• 7:15 Schorling scores his second goal, assisted by Kujawski. (32-2)
• 3:24 LoPiccolo scores his first goal off an assist from Hudas. (33-2)
• 0:52 Yanssens wraps up the match with his second goal. (34-2).
  

The Yellow Jackets are back in action when they host OAC opponent Ohio Northern for seniors' night on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 p.m. on Tressel Field inside the George Finnie Stadium.