SCORE: IT 9, DU 11
RECORD: No. 18 Indiana Tech (4-6, 0-2 CCLA), No. 7 Dayton (8-2, 1-0 CCLA)
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Warriors Athletic Field)
 
BRIEF: The 18th-ranked Indiana Tech men's lacrosse team suffered another setback in Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association play, falling to No. 7 Dayton, 11-9 at Warrior Athletic Field on Wednesday night. The Warriors played the Flyers even in the first half, but an inability to possess the ball ultimately doomed the Orange and Black.
 
FLOW:
Dayton got on the board first, scoring on a rebound goal and a minute later, William McKinney took a pass from Nick Knauf and beat the Flyers goalie to tie the score. Dayton added two more goals in the quarter to take an early 3-1 lead.
 
After Jace Childs picked up a groundball early in the second period, Dan Schaepkens made his hard work pay off with his 18th goal of the season to bring Tech to within one. Childs then netted a goal of his own to tie the score at 3. The Flyers added a fast-break goal to take the lead by Schaepkens answered with his second tally of the night. The visitors used another fast-break to go up 5-4 and then with less than 30 seconds left in the half, Schaepkens added another marker for the halftime break.
 
William McKinney opened the second half with his fifth goal of the season, but three more from the Flyers made it an 8-6 contest. Kyle Dommermuth then netted marker to cut the deficit to one with 15 minutes to play.
 
Nichter scored a pair of goals for the Warriors in the final period, but the defense struggled to stop the transition offense of the Flyers, who added three goals in the final period for the win.
 
IN THE NUMBERS:
Schaepkens and McKinney each tallied four points with the former scoring three times with an assist while the latter had two goals and a pair of helpers
 
Kevin Goehring led the Warriors with nine groundballs and Christian Delzappo led the team with seven faceoff wins
 
Freshman goalie Blake Johnson tallied 11 saves in the contests
 
The Warriors outshot the Flyers, 36-35 and had more groundballs, 51-50, but the visitors topped Tech in shots on goal, 22-20
 
UP NEXT: The Warriors will celebrate their seniors on senior night when they return to action on Friday, Apr. 17 when No. 6 Grand Valley State visits Warrior Athletic Field at 8 p.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE: Live audio, video and stats will be available on the Indiana Tech Sports Network atwww.indianatechwarriors.com/live via Stretch Internet.
 
To stay up-to-date on all things Indiana Tech, be sure and follow the Warriors on Facebook and Twitter. You can also get updates sent directly to your phone by registering for SMS updates.
 
Men's Lacrosse Contact: Zachary Shore | 260.422.5561 x. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
Tech Athletics: Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | SMS
Men's Lacrosse: Twitter