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Men's Lacrosse

Men's Lacrosse: Purple Raiders Grab First OAC Victory Over Capital Since 2013-14 Season

Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's men's lacrosse team defeated Capital 15-10 in Ohio Athletic Conference play Wednesday night.

This is the first victory for Mount Union over Capital since the 2013-14 season.

The Purple Raiders got four goals from Alek Kungle (Hartville / Lake) and Logan Gebhart (McDonald, Pa. / Canon-McMillan).

Alex Ellison (Uniontown / Lake) and Mark Zusman (Willoughby / Willoughby South) both scored two goals for Mount Union.

Eli Ciotti (Canonsburg, Pa. / Linsly), Matt Bisono (Deer Park, N.Y. / Deer Park) and Justin Kroeger (Mentor) all scored one goal to improve Mount Union's record to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the OAC.

Capital got three goals from Evan Frund and fell to 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the OAC.

Mount Union got off to a fast start with Ciotti scoring a goal 31 seconds into the game with an assist from Gebhart.Capital responded with three goals of its own to take a 2-1 advantage.

A goal from Kungle and Zusman tied the game up at three but a Capital goal with 2:10 left in the period gave Capital a 4-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Mount Union got another fast goal to start the second quarter on a pass from Jacob Dodd (Ridgley, Md. / North Caroline) to Kroeger scoring in nine seconds.

Neither team scored for 9:40 until a goal from Ellison gave Mount Union a 5-4 lead. Just 45 seconds later Bisono scored a goal giving Mount Union a 6-4 lead. Capital responded with 2 goals of its own to go into the half tied at 6.

Mount Union outscored Capital and doubling its score in the third quarter outscoring Capital 6-1. Kungle scoring three of his goals in the period, Gebhart scoring two goals and Zusman scoring a goal.

Capital started the fourth quarter with a 2-0 run to close the score to 12-9 but two goals from Gebhart and a goal from Ellison closed the game for the Raiders.

The Raiders got on offense thanks to face-off specialist Chris Motter (Hudson) who won 16-of-29 faceoffs while Kyle Reihner (Scranton, Pa. / Scranton Prep) had 30 saves for the Raiders in goal.

Mount Union will travel to Wilmington on Saturday April, 17 at 1 pm for an OAC Conference game.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Bisono

#13 Matt Bisono

M
5' 6"
Senior
Eli Ciotti

#9 Eli Ciotti

A
5' 10"
Sophomore
Jacob Dodd

#18 Jacob Dodd

LSM
5' 11"
Senior
Alex Ellison

#11 Alex Ellison

A
5' 11"
Junior
Logan Gebhart

#14 Logan Gebhart

M
5' 9"
Sophomore
Justin Kroeger

#24 Justin Kroeger

A
5' 11"
Sophomore
Alek Kungle

#21 Alek Kungle

M
5' 8"
Senior
Chris Motter

#2 Chris Motter

FO
5' 7"
Senior
Kyle Reihner

#16 Kyle Reihner

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Mark Zusman

#29 Mark Zusman

M
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matt Bisono

#13 Matt Bisono

5' 6"
Senior
M
Eli Ciotti

#9 Eli Ciotti

5' 10"
Sophomore
A
Jacob Dodd

#18 Jacob Dodd

5' 11"
Senior
LSM
Alex Ellison

#11 Alex Ellison

5' 11"
Junior
A
Logan Gebhart

#14 Logan Gebhart

5' 9"
Sophomore
M
Justin Kroeger

#24 Justin Kroeger

5' 11"
Sophomore
A
Alek Kungle

#21 Alek Kungle

5' 8"
Senior
M
Chris Motter

#2 Chris Motter

5' 7"
Senior
FO
Kyle Reihner

#16 Kyle Reihner

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Mark Zusman

#29 Mark Zusman

6' 2"
Freshman
M