Men's Lacrosse falls on a late goal against Baldwin Wallace in outstanding OAC battle

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team fell to Baldwin Wallace 8-7 on a goal with 1:30 left to play on Wednesday night.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (6-4 Overall, 1-1 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (6-4 Overall, 2-0 OAC).
• Venue: Dial-Roberson - Ada, Ohio. 

The Game

• Freshman Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y./Macedon) had a career-high 17 saves to help the Polar Bears. 
• Senior Alex Reimer (Lancaster, N.Y.) had two goals in the game.
• Senior Ian Roy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) had one goal and two assists to help ONU. 
• Northern scored three consecutive goals to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:42 to play on a nifty goal by Reimer.
• Neither team could find the net until BW scored with 1:30 remaining to break the tie.
• ONU would get off three shots in the final 1:05, but could not get the equalizer and BW would hold on for the win.
• Roy started the scoring for the Polar Bears with a goal with 10:02 left in the first period. 
• BW would score the next three goals before junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) scored with 1:13 left in the first period to cut the lead to 4-2.
• The Yellow Jackets led 7-4 at halftime. 
• The Polar Bears held Baldwin Wallace scoreless in the third period.
• Junior Nathan Flynn (Springboro) and senior Caleb Bennett (Stokesdale, N.C./Linganore) scored goals in the third period to bring ONU within 7-6.
• BW out-shot ONU 37-30 and had the ground balls advantage 38-21.

Notables

• Willits leads the team in goals this season with 22.
• Sophomore Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich.) leads the team with 28 points and 11 assists to go with 17 goals.
• Sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 17 and in ground balls with 32.
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 6 of 14 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 491 for his career.
• He also has the career ground balls record with 223.
• Willits is tied for fourth all-time in ONU history with 64 career goals.
• BW leads the all-time series with a 12-1 record.
• Bennett ranks eighth all-time in ONU history with 32 career assists.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 98-52 record, a winning percentage of .653.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action at home for OAC action against Marietta at 1 pm on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.