GAMBIER, OH- Traveling south to take on their biggest rival, the Oberlin College men's lacrosse team dropped a 14-8 match to the Kenyon Owls. Evening their conference record to 2-2 with the loss, the Yeomen move to 8-4 overall.
 
First-year Christian Tacogue guided the Crimson and Gold offense behind four goals. Solomon Brennan finished with two goals and one assist, while Ryan Blasberg and Sam Ryu also tallied a goal in the game.
 
Defensively, Jonas Taylor-Lillquist brought in a trio of ground balls and caused turnovers, leading a defense that saw seven players record at least one ground ball and one caused turnover.
 
Kenyon opened the game with three-straight goals before the Yeomen could get on the board, finally scoring after Jacob Starcke found Blasberg on a man-up opportunity. The Owls scored one more, but Oberlin scored last after Brennan drove down the middle for a goal at the :18 mark.
 
Down 4-2 to start the second quarter, the Yeomen gave up another pair of goals to the Owls before Tacogue notched his first of the game at the 5:57 mark. Oberlin slung a plethora of shots against Kenyon, but were unable to capitalize on any of their looks and headed into the halftime break down three goals.
 
The Owls extended their advantage to four in the opening minute, but the Yeomen balanced their attack and mounted a mini comeback midway through the quarter. Ryu scored first on a man-up opportunity, before Brennan added another on the back of yet another power play. Tacogue cut the lead to one after Alexander L'Hommedieu scooped a ground to help Oberlin transition to offense.
 
Behind the Owls 7-6, Oberlin looked to score the equalizer off the face-off, but Kenyon rallied in the final minutes for a trio of points to regain their four-goal lead. Outmatched in the quarter of action, the Yeomen had too large a gap to close against Kenyon, and ultimately fell 14-8. The Crimson and Gold saw a few bright spots in that last quarter, namely the Peyton Lee-Tacogue connection, which matched up for two goals in the closing minutes of the game.
 
The Yeomen stay on the road for their next contest, taking on Wooster this Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m.
 
Fans can watch all the home matches live online. Home contests can be accessed on a TV through the official Oberlin College Sports Network app on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.