COLUMBUS, Ohio – Capital University men's lacrosse defeated the Little Giants of Wabash 10-5. Capital was led by Jess Lipp, who scored a career-high five goals on only eight shots on goal.

Capital's second straight win moves them to 2-4 on the season. The loss drops Wabash to 2-5.

Both teams had trouble early dealing with the rainy weather conditions, with a total of 17 turnovers in the first quarter. Capital struck first with a goal from Jess Lipp midway through the first quarter. About three minutes later, Lipp scored another one for the Comets, extending their lead to 2-0. Wabash wasn't able to score their first goal until late in the first quarter, making the score 2-1 heading into the second.

Fifty seconds into the second quarter, Wabash was able to tie the game after a miscommunication by the Capital defense. With about six minutes left in the quarter, Aiden Evans was fouled hard near the crease, but that didn't stop him from firing one into the back of the net to give the Comets the lead back. Late in the second, Jess Lipp had the ball behind the crease. Taking advantage of some confusion from the Wabash defense, he came around and ripped a backhanded shot for his third goal of the game. Only a minute later, Colton Woods drilled the top right corner of the net, giving Capital a 5-2 lead going into halftime.

Charlie Howenstine wasted no time, cutting through the defense and getting a pass from Aiden Evans that put him in great scoring position. He was able to capitalize and extend the Comets' lead to four. Wabash scored a few goals of its own in the quarter, but the Little Giants couldn't keep up with Jess Lipp, who scored his fourth and fifth goals in the third quarter. Capital was able to maintain its lead with a score of 8-5 at the end of the third quarter.

Early in the fourth quarter, Colton Woods found an open Mason Miller in the middle of the Wabash defense, who quickly slid a shot past the Wabash goalie to extend Capital's lead to four. After a long silence, Anthony Carusone sealed the game for the Comets with an impressive goal. The final score was 10-5 in favor of Capital.

THE NUMBERS
Jess Lipp led the Comets with a career-high five goals on only eight shots on goal. He also had two ground balls.

Colton Woods led Capital in assists with two. Woods also scored a goal of his own, totaling three points.

Aiden Evans had two points for the Comets with one goal and one assist.

Anthony Carusone was a perfect 1-for-1, scoring on the only shot he took.

Mason Miller also scored on his only shot and had one ground ball.

Gino Nave had three ground balls.

Ian Zaletel, Leelan Durham, and Eric Patterson each had two ground balls.

Charlie Howenstine contributed one goal to Capital's offensive effort. Howenstine also had a ground ball and led the team in caused turnovers with two.

Wyatt Stemler made five saves in goal.

Freddy Noday and Tyler Lieu were a dominant faceoff unit once again, with Noday going 8-for-10 and Lieu going a perfect 9-for-9.

UP NEXT
Capital will hit the road and travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to take on Chatham University this weekend. The game is set to begin on Saturday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m.