BEREA — Fifth-year senior Max Graham led the way with a hat trick as the No. 4 seed Otterbein men's lacrosse team fell 24-11 at top-seeded Baldwin Wallace in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals on Wednesday night, bringing the Cardinals' 2025 season to a close.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (9-8 overall), Baldwin Wallace (14-4 overall)
• Venue: George Finnie Stadium - Berea, Ohio
• Otterbein advanced to the semifinals with an 18-13 victory over fifth-seeded Mount Union in the opening round of the tournament on April 26.
• OAC Tournament page

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Graham led Otterbein with three goals.
• Senior Nathan Lewis finished with four points on one goal and three assists.
• Sophomore Andrew Lewis added three points on two goals and one assist.
• Junior Zach Mulligan and senior Dom Dean posted matching stat lines of two points on one goal and one assist.
• Freshman Tyler Bussard, senior Carson Rainone and sophomore Jack Regruth recorded one goal each. Bussard added a team-high 10 ground balls and 17 faceoff wins.
• Senior Luke Farthing played all 60 minutes in goal and recorded eight saves.

Game Highlights

• First Quarter: Baldwin Wallace got out to a hot start, outscoring Otterbein 12-5 in the first quarter. After the Yellow Jackets opened the scoring, the Cardinals got back-to-back goals from Mulligan and Graham to lead 2-1 with 12:26 left. Baldwin Wallace scored the next two goals before Bussard found the back of the net with 11:12 remaining to tie the score at 3-3. Baldwin Wallace answered with a 6-0 run before Otterbein scored again courtesy of Nathan Lewis, making the score 9-4 with 4:45 left. The Yellow Jackets outscored the Cardinals 3-1 over the final 3:40 of the period for the 12-5 lead. Andrew Lewis was responsible for Otterbein's goal in that stretch, getting an assist from Nathan Lewis.
• Second Quarter: Baldwin Wallace scored four unanswered goals to start the second quarter, taking a 16-5 lead with 5:30 left. The Cardinals closed the period on a 3-1 run over the final 4:29 to go into halftime trailing 17-8. Andrew Lewis, Dean and Graham scored for Otterbein in that stretch.
• Third Quarter: Regruth opened the second-half scoring to bring Otterbein within eight, 17-9, but Baldwin Wallace responded with three consecutive goals for a 20-9 edge with 3:27 left. The Cardinals capped the scoring in the period with a man-up goal from Graham assisted by Andrew Lewis with 2:31 remaining to send Otterbein into the fourth trailing 20-10.
• Fourth Quarter: The Yellow Jackets opened the fourth quarter with a 4-0 run, and the Cardinals capped the scoring with a goal from Rainone on an assist from Nathan Lewis with 2:29 left.
• Key Team Stats: Baldwin Wallace out-shot Otterbein by a 52-38 margin, and the Yellow Jackets finished with a 51-27 edge in ground balls. Baldwin Wallace won 21 of the 39 faceoffs. Otterbein committed 31 turnovers to 13 for Baldwin Wallace.

Notables

• This marks the fifth straight season that Otterbein has earned a berth in the OAC Tournament.
• Baldwin Wallace defeated Otterbein 20-5 in Westerville in the teams' regular-season meeting on April 12.
• Graham has 136 career points on 105 goals and 31 assists. He ranks fourth all-time at Otterbein in career goals.
• Nathan Lewis has 110 career points on 65 goals and 45 assists.
• Rainone has 96 career points on 76 goals and 20 assists.
• Farthing ranks fourth in program history with 441 career saves.
• Entering Wednesday, Graham was tied for third in the OAC in goals (51) and ranked fourth in points (63), and Dean was tied for eighth in assists (19) this season. Bussard ranked sixth in ground balls (81) and eighth in faceoff wins (135).
• Head coach Colin Hartnett is in his 16th year at Otterbein and has an all-time record of 142-115 at the helm of the Cardinals.