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Delaware Lacrosse News |
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February 28, 2009
University of Delaware Men’s Lacrosse Holds Off Second Half
Surge, Downs Hartford 11-9 |
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NEWARK, Del. -- The University of Delaware jumped out to a five-goal
halftime lead but had to hold off a strong second half surge by Hartford
to post an 11-9 men's lacrosse victory at chilly Rullo Stadium Saturday
afternoon.
The Hens (2-2), who snapped a two-game losing streak, got three goals
from senior Josh Coveleski and All-American Curtis Dickson and Pat
Lombard each scored twice and dished out an assist to lead the way for
Delaware. The Hens improved to 7-0 all-time vs. Hartford in Newark.
Dickson, who pushed his team-leading goal total to 13, extended his
point-scoring streak to 30 straight games and his goal-scoring streak to
29, breaking the previous Delaware school record of 28 set by Haylor
Osborn in 1962-64 and Randy Powers in 1983-84.
Hartford (0-2), which lost its season opener 11-10 in overtime to
Dartmouth last week, continued to struggle as the Hawks pushed their
three-season losing streak to 18 games and their road losing skein to 15
games dating back to 2006.
Carter Bender led the Hawks with three goals while Justin Bearse scored
twice and dished out three assists and Aidan Genik, who scored five
goals in his collegiate debut last week vs. Dartmouth, was held without
a goal but dished out two assists.
Blue Hen goalkeeper Noah Fossner posted 14 saves and faceoff specialist
Tommy Lee was outstanding, winning 19 of 24 draws and also adding a goal
and an assist for Delaware.
The Hawks cut the lead to one-goal twice in the second half on goals by
Bender, pulling to within 9-8 with 10 seconds left in the third quarter
and to within 10-9 with 9:50 remaining in the game. But Delaware
responded each time and never allowed Hartford tie the score as a goal
by Pat Lombard with 3:06 left to play provided the Hens with some insurance.
Coveleski scored two goals in the first six minutes of the game to help
the Blue Hens move out to a 3-1 lead after one quarter and the Hens
pushed that lead to 8-3 at the half as they outscored Hartford 5-2 in
the stanza. Delaware scored the first four goals of the second quarter
to move ahead as Lombard, D.J. Widlake, Dickson, and defenseman Matt
Stefurak each delivered. Lee won a faceoff and scored seconds later with
2:24 left to send the Hens up five goals going into the break.
But the Hawks refused to go down without a fight as they outscored the
Hens 5-1 in the third stanza to get back into the game. Hartford scored
the first three goals of the second half as Bearse scored twice and then
fed Michael Cudmore to narrow the UD margin to 8-6 with 8:03 left in the
third stanza. After Coveleski scored to push the UD lead to 9-6,
Hartford’s Compitello scored off a Bearse feed with 5:05 left and Bender
tallied with just 10 seconds left to cut the lead to 9-8.
Dickson, who has scored multiple goals in five straight games dating
back to last season, gave the Hens some breathing room with his second
goal of the game just 40 seconds into the final stanza, but Hartford
answered again on a goal by Bender with 9:50 remaining to cut the lead
to 10-9. Neither team managed to score for the next seven minutes before
Lombard scored with 3:06 to ice the win for the Hens.
Source: University of Delaware Sports Information Dept.
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