Men's Lacrosse Streaks Past Comets, Advances to Fourth Straight OAC Championship

Nate Hoover (Photo Courtesy of Erik Drost '11)
Nate Hoover (Photo Courtesy of Erik Drost '11)

BEREA, Ohio – The second-seeded Baldwin Wallace University men's lacrosse team faced third-seeded Capital University for its Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal game on the Tressel Field inside of the George Finnie Stadium. The Yellow Jackets defeated the Comets by a 16-13 final score.

With 66 career games played, senior All-OAC attack/midfielder Jake Nanosky (Medina) has broken the BW all-time games played record. Nanosky surpassed the previous record of 65 games that was tied by two student-athletes.

BW (10-6, 9-1 OAC) was led by freshman attack/midfielder Noah Dodgion (Hilliard / Hilliard Davidson) and sophomore All-OAC attack/midfielder Bennet Trout (Pickerington / North) as they each racked up four goals.

Capital was led by senior attack Jake Belt as he totaled four goals and a ground ball.

1st Quarter

10:56 - BW goal by Nanosky

10:43 - Capital goal by Belt

09:25 - Goal by BW's Dodgion

06:51 - Yellow Jackets' goal by Trout

04:58 - Goal by Capital's Mason Spaulding

02:44 - Comets' goal by Jacob Poole, assisted by Nathan Montgomery

2nd Quarter

10:11 - BW goal by sophomore attack/midfielder Jake Koonmen (Fairport, N.Y.), assisted by Nanosky

09:29 - Capital goal by Spaulding

08:45 - Goal by Capital's Belt, assisted by Eric Patterson

07:27 - Comets' goal by Ty Chase, assisted by Spaulding

05:59 - Goal by BW's sophomore midfielder Ian Shealy (Westerville / Central)

03:00 - Yellow Jackets' goal by Trout

02:53 - Capital goal by Tyler Lieu

3rd Quarter

14:24 - BW goal by sophomore midfielder Nate Hoover (Worthington / Thomas Worthington), assisted by Dodgion

13:03 - Goal by BW's Dodgion, assisted by Trout

12:01 - Yellow Jackets' goal by freshman attack/midfielder Paxton Allison (Redondo Beach, Calif. / St. John Bosco)

08:49 - BW goal by Dodgion, assisted by Trout

07:46 - Goal by Capital's Chase

06:27 - Goal by BW's Trout, assisted by Koonmen

04:18 - Yellow Jackets' goal by senior midfielder Hunter Boehm (Delaware / Olentangy)

03:32 - Comets' goal by Spaulding

01:26 - BW goal by sophomore attack/midfielder Reichen Geiselhart (Cranberry Township, Pa. / Seneca Valley)

4th Quarter

12:49 - Goal by BW's Hoover, assisted by Shealy

11:01 - Yellow Jackets' goal by Dodgion, assisted by Boehm

10:20 - Capital goal by Aiden Manning, assisted by Montgomery

09:45 - Goal by Capital's Chase, assisted by Max Schillig

07:23 - Comets' goal by Belt, assisted by Schillig

04:54 - BW goal by Trout, assisted by Shealy

04:12 - Capital goal by Belt 

The second-seeded Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, May 4 for the OAC Tournament Championship in a road matchup against top-seeded John Carroll University. The game will begin at 5 p.m. inside of Don Shula Stadium.