TIFFIN, Ohio – The Capital University men's lacrosse team (3-7, 3-0 OAC) traveled to Heidelberg (4-7, 1-2 OAC) on Wednesday night, scoring 15 straight goals and holding the Student Princes scoreless for the first 56 minutes en route to a 15-1 win. The single goal was the fewest allowed by the Comets since 2022 when they did it twice against Wilmington and Heidelberg.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Capital got off to an immaculate start as they netted 13 times in the first half while also holding Heidelberg scoreless in the first 30 minutes. The Comets scored six in the first quarter with one each from Jacob Poole, Aiden Manning, Mason Spaulding, and Jackson Gantz, and two from Ty Chase. Chase took his total to five in the second quarter with three straight scores preceded by goals from Spaulding, Nathan Montgomery, and Jake Belt. Max Schillig would get on the scoresheet with just seconds left in the second quarter to make it a 13-0 game at the half.

CU started to slow things down in the second half as the focus turned to draining off the rest of the clock. As a result, the Purple and White would only add two goals to their total, both coming in the third quarter courtesy of Logan Telesz and Aaron Waltman. Heidelberg finally broke through for their first and only goal of the game with 3:13 left in the fourth, leaving the final score at 15-1.

THE NUMBERS
Ty Chase chalked up a career-highs in both goals and points, finishing with five scores and three assists for a total of eight goal contributions, also grabbing one ground ball.

Mason Spaulding scored two goals for two points, also collecting two ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Jake Belt, Nathan Montgomery, Jackson Gantz, Aiden Manning, Jacob Poole, Logan Telesz, Max Schillig, and Aaron Waltman all had one goal apiece. Poole picked up four ground balls and one caused turnover while Belt grabbed three GBs and one CT. Telesz secured two ground balls and one caused turnover, with his aforementioned goal being the first of his career. Montgomery made away with one caused turnover and one ground ball, with Manning getting one GB.

Freddy Noday went 9-for-10 on the faceoff, picking up eight subsequent ground balls. Tyler Lieu was 5-of-10 from the faceoff spot, grabbing three ground balls. 

Anthony Carusone (2 CT, 2 GB), Ben Walter (2 CT, 1 GB), Devin Flynn (2 CT), Eric Patterson (1 CT, 3 GB), Drew Bolen (1 CT, 2 GB), James Howenstine (1 CT, 1 GB), Austin Yanichko (1 CT, 1 GB), Jonathan Hart (1 CT, 1 GB), Martin Browder (1 CT, 1 GB), Logan Byers (1 CT), Kaison Durham (1 CT), Cooper Kirda (1 GB), Zen Kropp (1 GB), Ian Zaletel (1 GB), and Truman Kennedy (1 GB) made up the remainder of the defensive stats. 

Luc Kadlic (4-5) kept an 80.0% save percentage on the night, making four saves and allowing just the one goal, also grabbing two ground balls. 

UP NEXT
The Comets return to Bernlohr Stadium on Saturday, taking on Baldwin Wallace at 1 p.m.