Box Score ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 7-1 lead then held on for a 10-5 win against Baldwin Wallace in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance.
The Purple Raiders have won 11-straight games to sit at 12-3 overall and at 4-0 in the OAC need a win at Otterbein Saturday at 2 pm in the regular season finale to claim the first-ever OAC regular season title.
The win also secured that Mount Union will be no worse than the No. 2 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and host a semifinal game on either next Tuesday or Wednesday at 4 pm.
Toren Moore (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) had a game-high four points (3 goals, 1 assist) to lead Mount Union on offense while Andrew Rosati (Streetsboro/Walsh Jesuit) had five ground balls and goalkeeper Collin Peters (Portland, Ore./Sunset) had 11 saves for the Raiders.
Mount Union scored three goals in the first quarter before got a man-up goal as the Raiders would take an early 3-1 lead.
Four more goals for the Raiders in the second quarter gave them a 7-1 halftime lead then three straight to start the third extended the lead to 10-1.
Baldwin Wallace (6-6, 1-3 OAC) then scored the final four goals for the 10-5 final.
Baldwin Wallace at Mount Union
Mount Union Stadium - Alliance, Ohio
Game Summary:
GAME SUMMARY:
Team 1-2-3-4 Final
Baldwin Wallace 1-0-1-3 5
Mount Union 3-4-3-0 10
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Baldwin Wallace: Joey Briski (2-0), Devon Henry (0-1), Shane Rakich (1-0), Jared Gilliam (1-0), Vinny Carson (1-0)
Mount Union: Toren Moore (3-1), Michael Taylor (1-1), Stephen Jones (1-0), Josh Stephens (2-0), Jack Wesner (1-0), Hogan Harris (1-2), Mike Richardson (1-0), Chris Daley (0-1)
Goalkeepers:
Baldwin Wallace: Jake Harders 10 saves (10 GA)
Mount Union: Collin Peters 11 saves (4 GA in 56:19), Jacob Bertone 1 saves (1 GA in 3:41)
Shots: Mount Union 43, Baldwin Wallace 30
Ground Balls: Mount Union 21, Baldwin Wallace 8
Faceoffs: Mount Union 11-of-19, Baldwin Wallace 8-of-19
