Congratulations to the Pioneers and coaches Terry Justice and Logan Otto as Transylvania Men secure their first trip to the NCAA Division III Lacrosse tournament with a 12 - 1 win over St. Vincent in the Ohio River Lacrosse Conference championship game at Transylvania yesterday.

 

Transylvania men’s lacrosse wins ORLC Tournament, clinches program’s first NCAA Tournament berth - Transylvania University Athletics

 

 

Senior Zach Riggs from Louisville St. X led the offensive attack with 3 goals and an assist, junior Josh Mesmer from Lexington Catholic and freshman Trenton Sneed from Milford, Ohio had 2 goals each.

 

Senior Clarke Watts from Ballard High School was named ORLC Offensive Player of the Year. Senior Cooper Fogle from Ballard High School was named ORLC Defensive Player of the year for the 3rd year in a row.

 

The Pioneers will find out where they will play this week on Sunday night at 9 p.m. during the NCAA lacrosse tournament selection show.

Also of note - Transylvania is 1st in team defense.

 

Scoring Defense | DIII Men's Lacrosse Statistics - NCAA.com

 

The link above shows Baldwin Wallace as #1. But Transy will improve with the victory over St. Vincent while allowing only one goal yesterday.

 

Some of the key defensive players for Transy this season have been - senior Rob Rhea from Ballard, junior Brock Slater from Lexington Catholic, freshman Ben Kraft from Oldham County.