Men's Lacrosse captures a 17-3 win over Capital in the OAC Tournament semifinals

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team earned a 17-3 victory over Capital in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals on a beautiful Wednesday evening.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (12-6 Overall, 7-1 OAC), Capital (8-9 Overall, 5-3 OAC).
• Venue: Dial-Roberson Stadium- Ada, Ohio. 

The Game  

• Junior Jack Chaney (Westerville/South) led the way for ONU with two goals and two assists.
• Seniors J.D. Hale (West Chester/Lakota West) and Mark Mintzlaff (St. Louis, Mo./Country Day) had three goals each in the contest. 
• The Polar Bear offense opened the game with a 3-0 run to take an early lead in the first period.
• Ohio Northern went on a 6-0 run in the second period, with six different goal scorers. 
• The Orange and Black defense held Capital scoreless for the entire second period.
• ONU led Capital 9-1 heading into halftime.
• After the Comets scored to begin the third period, Northern would respond with 5-0 run to take a 14-2 lead going into the fourth period.
• Junior Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) opened the fourth period with a goal with 11:36 left in the game to extend the lead to 15-2. 
• Senior Rudy DeFilippis (White Plains, N.Y.) led the ONU defense with a game-high three caused turnovers.
• Sophomore Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon) had seven saves in goal and earned the win in goal for Northern. 
• The Polar Bears out-shot the Comets 58-19 and had the ground ball advatange 44-25. 

Notables

• Ohio Northern was the No. 2 seed, while Capital was the No. 3 seed.
• This is Northerns eighth appearance in the OAC tournament. 
• Chaney leads the Polar Bears in points this season with 48 on 23 goals and a team-best 25 assists.
• Hale leads the team in goals this season with 26.
• Frech has a team-high 19 caused turnovers this season. 
• Junior Devin Halliday (Delaware/Hayes) has a team-high 151 face-off wins.
• He is also 5th all-time in face-off wins with 272.
• He also leads the team in ground balls this season with 58.
• Lich ranks third all-time in ONU history with 314 saves, 24 wins, and 1824 minutes played in goal.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his 11th season at Ohio Northern with a 120-59 record, a winning percentage of .670.

Up Next

• The Orange and Black will return to action at No. 1 seeded Baldwin Wallace on Saturday for the OAC Tournament finals, the time is TBD.