DANVILLE, Ky. – The Capital University men's lacrosse team (2-4, 0-0 OAC) traveled to Kentucky for afternoon matchup with Centre (5-4, 0-0 SAA) on Sunday. The Comets would unfortunately end up on the wrong side of a lopsided score, 16-3.

CU's offense – plagued by turnovers and a poor on-goal percentage– struggled to score all game, only getting one goal in the first half coming from Ty Chase in the first quarter. On the other end, Centre put up three in the first and six in the second to take a 9-1 lead into halftime. 

The Purple and White's woes would continue in the second half, only scoring two – both by Chase, completing his hat trick – in the third quarter and being shut out in the fourth quarter. Centre's offense scored six times again in the third and once more in the fourth to bring the final score to 16-3.

THE NUMBERS
Ty Chase scored all three goals for the Comets unassisted, giving him the team's only points of the day.

Freddy Noday and Tyler Lieu went a combined 16-for-23 on the faceoff. Noday went 11-for-14 with seven ground balls, leaving him just eight shy of breaking Capital's career record currently held by Tyler Faig at 220. Lieu went 5-for-9 with two GBs.

Defensively, CU was led by Anthony Carusone with one caused turnover and three ground balls. Jordan Marty had one CT and two GBs while Eric Patterson had one CT and one GB. Colton Woods, Wes Millman, Dylan Christopherson, and Jackson Hart each had one caused turnover. Ian Zaletel had three ground balls while Kaison Durham, Jacob Poole, and Gino Nave each had two, and Logan Ensign had one.

Tyler Carney (2-4) and Luc Kadlic split time in the cage. Carney got the start and played the first half, making six saves. Kadlic got his longest outing of the season so far, playing the second half and making eight saves.

UP NEXT
The Comets get a few days off before returning to action on Saturday in the Battle for the Oar against Otterbein. That will be the conference-opener for Capital, live from Bernlohr Stadium at 1:00 p.m.