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10-03-07
Delaware Men's Lacrosse Team Releases 2008 Schedule
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NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware men's lacrosse team, coming off a
magical run to the NCAA Final Four last season, faces a challenging slate in
2008. The Blue Hens, led by senior goalkeeper Tommy Scherr (right), today
released their schedule, a 15-game docket featuring four teams that made the
NCAA field in 2007.
The Hens, who went 13-6 last season en route to the CAA crown and their first-
ever NCAA semifinal berth, lost last year's top three scorers - Adam Zuder-
Havens, Jordan Hall, and Dan Deckelbaum - to graduation. and also said
goodbye to USILA second-team All-American Alex Smith, the NCAA leader in
face-off percentage and the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year. But
senior goalkeeper Tommy Scherr returns, as does sophomore sensation Curtis
Dickson and five other players who scored eight goals or more a year ago.
Scherr, a team captain, ranked 14th in the nation in save percentage (.583) in
'07, while Dickson tallied 21 goals and seven assists as a freshman attack last
year. Junior Chris Hichborn (14 goals, six assists) will join Dickson on the front
line, while senior Vincent Giordano (16 goals, eight assists) and sophomore
Kevin Kaminski (16 goals, two assists) are set to control the midfield for coach
Bob Shillinglaw.
Delaware begins the season Feb. 9 at Saint Joseph's. The Hens routed the
Hawks, 23-6, in Newark last year, but the competition heats up a week later,
when UD travels to Baltimore for a showdown with UMBC. The Retrievers, who
posted an 11-6 record last year, will look to avenge their 10-6 loss to Delaware
in the NCAA quarterfinals.
On Feb. 23, Marist comes to Newark for the Blue Hens' home opener. But
Shillinglaw's squad can't enjoy the comforts of home for long, as UD visits a
talented Rutgers bunch on March 1 and hosts powerhouse Albany a week later.
The Great Danes pounded Delaware, 13-7, last year, when they went 15-3 on
the way to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Things don't get any easier for Delaware on March 12, when the Hens visit a
Georgetown squad that earned an NCAA berth of their own and scored a 9-8
win in last year's match-up.
UD will take on an underrated Stony Brook squad on March 15, while Villanova
comes to Rollo Field for the Hens' CAA opener a week later. Last year in
Philadelphia, Delaware outlasted the Wildcats, 19-18, behind two late goals
from Dickson.
The Hens face Lehigh and Brown in the last week of March. Both games will
serve as tune-ups for an April 5 showdown with archrival Towson, which
suffered a 10-7 loss to Delaware in last season's CAA championship game.
On April 9, the Hens will get another major test from Drexel. UD avenged a
regular-season defeat to the Dragons with an 11-7 victory in the CAA semifinals
last season. Delaware closes out CAA play with games against Hofstra, Robert
Morris, and Sacred Heart, three teams it defeated in 2007.
Delaware's 2008 opponents posted a combined 116-104 record (.527) a season
ago. Delaware faced 12 of those 15 teams in '07, going 10-4 against them.
Delaware Men's Lacrosse 2008 Schedule: February 9 - at Saint Joseph's, 1 p.m.;
February 16 - at UMBC, 1 p.m.; February 23 - Marist, 1 p.m.; March 1 - at
Rutgers, 1 p.m.; March 8 - Albany, 1 p.m.; March 12 - at Georgetown, 3 p.m.;
March 15 - Stony Brook, 1 p.m.; March 22 - Villanova, 7 p.m.; March 25 - at
Lehigh, 1 p.m.; March 29 - Brown, 3 p.m.; April 5 - at Towson, 7:30 p.m.; April
9 - Drexel, 7 p.m.; April 12 - at Hofstra, TBA; April 19 - Robert Morris, 1 p.m.;
April 26 - at Sacred Heart, 1 p.m.
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