COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University women's lacrosse team (12-4, 6-1 OAC) clinched the top seed in the OAC Tournament as well as a share of the OAC Regular Season Championship on Wednesday night with a 20-4 win over Muskingum (7-9, 0-7 OAC). It was a fun one for the Comets that saw 10 different members of the Purple and White put one in the net, including three career first-timers in Rylee Jarvis, Lily Bower, and Grace Wolfe.

CU splits the regular season title with Mount Union after both teams finish the conference season with identical 6-1 records, however, the top seed goes to Cap with the head-to-head win over the Purple Raiders earlier this year.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Capital poured it on in the early going, securing a running clock before the end of the first quarter and taking a 10-0 lead into the first break. Grace Osborn totaled four goals in the first 15 minutes, joined by Andi Henry with three, and Leah Leno, Heather Stoner, and Brenna Todd with one apiece. 

Vendetti joined the party to kick off the second quarter, completing an 11-0 run before Muskingum brought a temporary stop to the festivities – and the running clock – with back-to-back goals. It wouldn't be long until the Comets got things going again, scoring four more to restart the running clock and finish off the half up 15-2. Osborn added two more along with one from Leah Leno and one from Lily Bower, the first of her career.

CU started trying to get everyone involved in the second half as multiple defenders made their way into the attacking zone and even had a few attempts at the cage. Most notably was Rylee Jarvis who started of the third quarter scoring with her first career goal in the last regular season game of her senior season. Riley Johnson followed suit with her first of the season as well and the third of her career. Osborn and Leno added the other two to make it a 20-2 game going into the last break.

Grace Wolfe would get on the board with her first career goal to start the fourth quarter, being the only member of the Purple and White to put one in in the final 15 minutes. Two scores from the other side finally brought the game to its final scoreline of 20-4.

THE NUMBERS
Grace Osborn led the offensive outpouring for the Comets with seven goals and five assists for a total of 12 points, as well as 12 draw controls, seven ground balls, and five caused turnovers. She is now just nine away from breaking the NCAA record of 370 career goals, currently at 362. She also needs just nine points to break Capital's single-season mark of 167 set by Brooke Delara in 2022, just two goals to break her own single-season scoring record of 126 set in 2022, and just five draw controls to break her own single-season record of 134 set in 2022.

Andi Henry had five points off of three goals and two assists, along with three ground balls and one caused turnover.

Leah Leno and Heather Stoner each scored two goals. Stoner put up a new career-high for points with five after adding three assists, as well as one ground ball Leno had one assist to total three points along with one caused turnover.

Rylee Jarvis, Lily Bower, and Grace Wolfe all scored their first career goals, with one apiece. Jarvis added two caused turnovers with one ground ball, while Wolfe garnered two GBs and one CT.

Ava Vendetti, Brenna Todd, and Riley Johnson scored the remaining three for the Comets. Vendetti secured a career-high eight draw controls, along with three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Todd tallied two ground balls. 

Holly Stoner caused two turnovers and scooped up two ground balls.

Alexa Krzynowek corralled one ground ball.

Emily Serafinchon (12-4) kept a save percentage of 55.6% with five saves and only four goals allowed. She also grabbed three ground balls and caused two turnovers.

UP NEXT
The Comets will host the winner of fourth-seeded Baldwin Wallace and fifth-seeded John Carroll in the OAC Semifinals on Wednesday, May 1st. Start time is still to be determined, but will most likely be in the evening.