BALTIMORE, MD – The fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team got a 9-1 run that bridged the second and fourth quarters and midfielder Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) and attackmen Steven Boyle (Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy) and Kyle Wharton (Garnet Valley, PA/Haverford School) combined for 11 goals and six assists to pace a 15-7 win over 13th-ranked Delaware at Homewood Field Tuesday evening. The win improves JHU’s record to 2-0 this season and 7-0 all-time against the Blue Hens, who slip to 2-1 with the loss.
The Blue Jays led just 6-4 after a John Austin (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) goal for Delaware with 6:53 remaining in the second quarter before Boyle ignited the 9-1 run with the first of his four goals on the night. Boyle’s goal was the last scored in the first half, which ended with Hopkins holding a 7-4 lead despite being outshot 26-15 in the first two periods.
JHU’s high-scoring trio then took over Kimmel drew a double-team at the top of the box and quickly fed senior Max Chautin (Northport, NY/Northport) for his first goal of the season less than two minutes into the third quarter and Boyle and Wharton struck less than two minutes apart a short time later to extend the lead to 10-4 midway through the period. A Martin Cahill (Malden, MA/The Governor’s Academy) goal with 3:48 remaining in the period halted the 4-0 run, but the Blue Jays struck for five goals in a span of just over four minutes midway through the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 15-5.
Kimmel again ignited the spree as he threaded a pass to Boyle on the backdoor for a man-up goal with 10:44 remaining before freshmen John Ranagan (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown) and Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill Academy) struck for unassisted goals less than 90 seconds apart to make it 13-5. A laser from Wharton with 6:29 left was followed eight seconds later by Boyle’s fourth of the game off a feed from junior Eric DiProspero (Chadds Ford, PA/Unionville) to account for JHU’s final goal.
Delaware got two more goals from Cahill in the final six minutes – the second of which came on the extra-man – to account for the 15-7 final score.
Hopkins led 2-0, 4-2 and 6-3 before Austin tallied the goal that drew the ‘Hens to within 6-4 midway through the second quarter. That two-goal margin held for more than three minutes before Boyle’s seventh goal of the season ignited the decisive 9-1 run for the Blue Jays.
In a game that saw the Blue Jays get at least a point from nine different players, it was Kimmel’s three goals and personal-best four assists for a career-high seven points that led the way. Boyle, who opened the season with an eight-point showing against Manhattan, added four goals and one assist, while Wharton matched those totals for a five-point effort of his own. The five-point showing matched Wharton’s career high.
Senior Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park) led the Blue Jay defense as he posted 12 saves. JHU held the Blue Hens’ leading scorer, senior Curtis Dickson (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Riverside), to just one goal. Dickson entered the game with 11 goals and four assists in two games.
Cahill led the Blue Hens with four goals and fellow midfielder Kevin Kaminski (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) added one goal and one assist, but no other Delaware player managed more than one point and the ‘Hens connected on just 7-of-40 shots in the game.
#13 Delaware (2-1) 2-2-1-2/7
#5 Johns Hopkins (2-0) 4-3-3-5/15
Goals: D: Cahill-4, Kaminski, Dickson, Austin. J: Boyle-4, Wharton-4, Kimmel-3, Palmer-2, Chautin, Ranagan. Assists: D: Elsmo, Kaminski, Lombard, Rollins, Smith. J: Kimmel-4, Boyle, DiProspero, Lightner, Palasek, Wharton. Saves: D: Fossner-16. J: Gvozden-12. Shots: D-40. J-34. EMO: D: 1-for-2. J: 2-for-4. Attendance: 575.
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The Florida State Men’s Lacrosse team rallied from a 5-2 deficit to earn an 8-5 win over Michigan State to win the 2010 Southern Shootout on Sunday. The win moved the Seminoles to 6-0 (2-0 SELC) on the season, and gave Head Coach Bill Harkins his 100th win at Florida State.
Florida State and Michigan State reached Sunday’s game with two wins in the tournament. The Seminoles beat Boston College 14-9 on Friday, and Georgia 12-4 on Saturday. The Spartans beat Georgia 18-4 on Friday, and Boston College 12-10 on Saturday. This marked the first time in the history of the Southern Shootout that a pair of 2-0 teams played on the final day of the tournament.
Against Michigan State, the Seminoles took a 2-1 first quarter lead on goals from Josh Eustice and Matt Dumbleton, but the Spartans scored 4 goals in the first 5 minutes of the second quarter to take a 5-2 lead. Seminole captain Jon Yates brought the Seminoles to 5-3 heading into the half. The Seminoles took the lead on third quarter goals from Tom Byrne, Garrett German, and captain Robert Lee. Eustice and Byrne tallied their second goals in the fourth quarter to secure an 8-5 come-from-behind victory for Florida State.
The Seminole defense held the Spartans scoreless for the final 40:11 of the game. Goalie John Goodrich had 19 saves for the Seminoles, and was helped by sound play by 2010 Southern Shootout Defensive Most Valuable Player Rolly O’Meilia. Harkins earned his 100th victory just six games into his seventh season at Florida State, which makes him the fastest coach to reach 100 victories in MCLA history. His career record of 100-28 gives him a winning percentage of 0.781 as Seminole Head Coach.
Stay tuned to FSULacrosse.com during the coming week for more on the Southern Shootout and Coach Harkins’ 100th victory.
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Complete Scores from 2010 Southern Shootout
Friday
Michigan State 18, Georgia 4
Florida State 14, Boston College 9
Saturday
Florida State 12, Georgia 4
Michigan State 12, Boston College 10
Sunday
Boston College 16, Georgia 2
Florida State 8, Michigan State 5
Offensive Most Valuable Player: Patrick Nemes, Michigan State
Defensive Most Valuable Player: Rolly O’Meilia, Florida State
BALTIMORE, MD – Senior attackman Steven Boyle (Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy) scored a career-high six goals and totaled a personal-best eight points and the fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team held visiting Manhattan scoreless for the first 53:12 as the Blue Jays opened the 2010 season with a 14-3 win over the Jaspers at chilly Homewood Field Friday evening. Hopkins scored all 14 of its goals in the first three quarters before Manhattan scored three unanswered to close the game.
Boyle had a hand in seven of JHU’s first nine goals as he scored five times and handed out both of his assists in the first 32 minutes of the game. He scored back-to-back unassisted goals in the first seven minutes to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead before Mike Maydick (Chatham, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) and Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) scored back-to-back goals in a seven-minute span to push the lead to 4-0 early in the second quarter.
While the Blue Jay defense was limiting the Jaspers to three combined shots in the second and third quarters, Boyle helped put the game away as he counted three goals and two assists on JHU’s five goals after Kimmel’s tally. He sandwiched assists on goals by Nate Matthews (Baltimore, MD/St. Paul’s) and Hunter Rodgers (Paradise Valley, AZ/Brophy Prep) around his third goal of the game to make it 7-0 at the half and needed just 96 seconds of the third quarter to added two more goals to make it 9-0.
Hopkins added five more goals in the final six minutes of the third quarter to make it 14-0 after three periods. Included was the first career goal by freshman Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill Academy), two more by Matthews and goals 60-seconds apart by Boyle and sophomore Will McCance (The Woodlands, TX/The Woodlands).
Manhattan’s James Synowiez (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy) sandwiched a pair of extra-man goals around a tally by Tyler Sabens (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) in the final 6:47 to account for the final scoring. The Jaspers took 16 of their 23 shots, grabbed 11 of their 24 ground balls and earned three of their five faceoff wins in the fourth quarter. Junior Jon Fiorillo (Painted Post, NY/Corning West), made his first career start in goal for the Jaspers and totaled 12 saves.
Senior Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park) registered five saves in 47 minutes of action for Johns Hopkins before giving way to sophomore Steven Burke (Potomac, MD/Bullis School), who posted four saves while allowing three goals over the final 13 minutes. Johns Hopkins allowed just seven shots and forced 19 turnovers in the first three quarters. The 53:12 the Blue Jays held the Jaspers scoreless is the longest single-game shutout streak for Johns Hopkins under head coach Dave Pietramala. The previous long was 49:11 against Mount St. Mary’s in 2008.
Boyle had twice scored four goals in a game and his previous career-high of seven points came in a 15-7 win against Navy last season. Matthews tallied the first hat trick of his career and Kimmel added an assist to go along with his second quarter goal. The Blue Jays held commanding advantages in shots (40-23), ground balls (45-24) and faceoffs (15-of-20). Senior Michael Powers (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) and junior Matt Dolente (Phoenixville, PA/Malvern Prep) were an identical 7-of-9 on faceoffs for the Blue Jays.
Johns Hopkins improved to 8-2 in season-openers under Pietramala, who picked up career victory number 130 with the win. The Blue Jays will return to action on Tuesday, February 23 when they host Delaware at 5 pm on ESPNU.
Manhattan (0-1) 0-0-0-3/3
#5 Johns Hopkins (1-0) 3-4-7-0/14
Goals: M: Synowiez-2, Sabesn. J: Boyle-6, Matthews-3, Kimmel, Rodgers, Palmer, McCance, Maydick. Assists: M: Sabens. J: Boyle-2, Kimmel, Donovan, Wharton. Saves: M: Fiorillo-12. J: Gvozden-5, Burke-4. Shots: M-23. J-40. EMO: M: 2-for-4. J: 0-for-2. Attendance: 1,400.
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Pioneers fall in triple overtime to Jacksonville Dolphins, 13-12
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team (0-2) fell 13-12 in triple overtime to the Jacksonville University Dolphins (1-2) on Sunday afternoon at the Ashley Sports Complex in Jacksonville, Fla.
Senior John Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) and freshman Cameron Flint (Georgetown, Ontario) led the Pioneers with four points each as Dickenson recorded four helpers and Flint had four goals. Sophomore Alex Demopoulos (Canton, Conn.) finished with three points as he provided two goals and one assist.
Denver goalie Zander Buteux (Madison, N.J.) tied his career-high in saves as he finished the day with 17, a mark that he previously set against No. 1 Syracuse on Friday evening.
“I thought we played well in the first two quarters, being able to build a four-point lead before halftime,” said head coach Bill Tierney. “But we struggled a bit to find our offense in the third quarter and that allowed Jacksonville to get back in the game. We have a few injuries in some very important positions right now which forced us to play some kids in some unfamiliar roles. We will take this week to get healthy and focus on Albany this weekend.”
JU’s Ryan Serville led the Dolphins with six points on three goals and three assists, while Donovan Lange finished with four points on two goals and two assists.
The Pioneers seemed to have command of the game early on, taking a 2-0 advantage off goals from Demopoulos and Flint in the opening five minutes of action. JU’s TJ Kenary got the Dolphins on the board to cut the deficit to one, but Flint answered moments later with his second of the game, followed immediately by a goal from sophomore Mark Matthews (Oshawa, Ontario).
The Dolphins’ Serville provided the final score of the quarter as he slipped an unassisted shot past Buteux with 1:24 left.
Denver used four goals in the second quarter to take an 8-3 lead before JU’s Nick Scalzo cut the deficit in half with 26 seconds left in the half.
Coming out of the break, Denver scored two quick goals as junior Andrew Lay (Denver, Colo.) and Matthews both scored. However, the Dolphins strung together six goals throughout the rest of the third quarter and into the fourth to tie the game at 10 apiece.
Senior Charley Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) broke the stalemate for the Pioneers with 7:09 remaining as he sliced a Demopoulos pass past Dolphins’ goalie Brad Hester. Netting his second of the game for the Dolphins, Kenary evened things up with 5:53 on the clock before JU’s Lange gave the Dolphins the advantage for the first time in the game.
With 15 second remaining in regulation, junior Todd Baxter (Eden Prairie, Minn.) tied the game at 12 all as he scored an unassisted goal to force overtime. Both teams battled through the first two overtime periods, before JU’s Scalzo scored the game-winner with 32 second left in the third overtime to seal the Dolphins’ first win as a DI program.
Denver returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 27 as Albany comes to the Mile-High City for a 1 p.m. face-off in Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. It will be the first home game for the Pioneers under head coach Bill Tierney. Pioneer season tickets are on sale for just $69 and include all home games as well as the Face-Off Classic. Single game tickets are just $9, with children ages two and under free. DU students are free with their Pioneer Card.
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No. 9 Notre Dame never trailed and used a Brenneman hat trick to capture victory.
DURHAM, N.C. – A hat trick from junior midfielder Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton) helped lead the No. 9 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team to an 11-7 season-opening win over No. 2 Duke on Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium. The Irish never trailed in the contest en route to defeating a team ranked in the top-two of the national polls for the first time in program history.
Senior attackmen Neal Hicks (Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School) and Colin Igoe (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) along with freshman midfielder Steve Murphy (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) all scored two goals apiece for the Irish. Senior All-America goalie Scott Rodgers (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) had 15 saves on the day.
Notre Dame (1-0) grabbed a 1-0 lead with 11:57 left in the first quarter as Igoe connected on his first shot of the game. The Irish had the first six shots of the contest and out shot the Blue Devils 46-33 on the day. Murphy made it 2-0 in favor of the Fighting Irish with just over eight minutes showing on the clock in the first quarter.
Duke got on the board with 4:29 left in the first quarter on a Max Quinzani goal. Quinzani led the Blue Devils with three goals.
The Irish came right back and scored less than a minute later to regain their two-goal advantage as Murphy notched his second goal of the game. The Blue Devils had a response of their own with 2:41 remaining in the first period as Will McKee deposited a goal to make it 3-2 in favor of Notre Dame.
The back-and-forth game continued as Igoe tallied his second goal of the game on an assist from Brenneman with 2:17 left in the first quarter. Notre Dame led 4-2 at the end of the first quarter. The Fighting Irish out shot the Blue Devils 16-8 in the period.
A man-up goal from Brenneman gave the Irish a three-goal lead (5-2) less than a minute into the second quarter. The Irish went up by four on a goal from sophomore attackman Nicholas Beattie (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) with 8:37 showing on the clock in the second quarter. Fellow sophomore Eric Keppeler (Baldwin, Md./Dulaney) picked up the assist on the score.
Duke tallied three goals in a 30-second span to slice the Irish lead to one (6-5) with 4:14 left in the first half. The scores came from Justin Turri (4:44), Zach Howell (4:34) and Parker McKee (4:14).
Notre Dame led 6-5 at halftime.
The Fighting Irish deposited the first tally of the second half as Hicks sent a shot into the back of the net with nearly five minutes elapsed in the stanza. Following Quinzani’s second goal of the game, Hicks tallied his second goal to make it 8-6 in favor of the Irish with three minutes left in the third quarter.
Brenneman scored less than a minute later, on an assist from Igoe, to give Notre Dame a three-goal advantage (9-6). Quinzani’s third tally of the day would make it a 9-7 contest in favor of the Irish after three quarters.
The Notre Dame defense, which led the nation last season with a 6.19 goals-against average, held Duke without a goal in the final quarter.
Brenneman completed his hat trick to put Notre Dame back up by three (10-7) with 5:35 left in the game. Hicks assisted on the goal. Junior midfielder David Earl (Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) put the cap on the Irish victory as he scored with one minute left to produce the final outcome.
Fighting Irish senior Trever Sipperly (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich) went 10-for-19 in faceoff attempts. Notre Dame was 10-21 in faceoffs overall.
Notre Dame has won a program-record eight straight season openers. The Fighting Irish are 23-7 all-time in season-openers, including a 17-5 record under head coach Kevin Corrigan.
The Fighting Irish return to action when they play host to Penn State in the home opener on Sunday, Feb. 28. Game time is slated for 1:00 p.m. (ET) inside the Loftus Sports Center.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Backstopped by 11 saves from senior goalie Brandon Freeman and goals from six players, including seven tallies from freshmen playing in their first collegiate game, the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team downed Villanova, 10-8, Saturday inside Woody Hayes Athletic C enter in front of 934 fans. The game was the season opener for both the Buckeyes (1-0) and Wildcats (0-1).
Rookie Jeff Tundo, from Orchard Park, N.Y., led the Buckeyes with a hat trick and added an assist for four points in his first game for the Scarlet and Gray. Classmate Logan Schuss, a native of Delta, British Columbia, had two goals and an assist for three points. Freshmen Dan Wertz and Dominique Alexander also scored for the Buckeyes in their collegiate debuts. Senior James Green added two goals for Ohio State, with junior Mike Pires also scoring. Freeman had 11 saves in the game, with five in the second quarter.
“We’re thrilled to start the year with a win,” Nick Myers, Ohio State head coach, said. “Give credit to a great Villanova team. We’ve got a lot to learn in a short time. We did some great things and some young guys stepped up for us. We need to continue to grow and play smarter lacrosse. We didn’t play smart down the stretch and we let them get back in it. That’s something we have to look at and grow from.”
Ohio State opened the game on a four-goal run and led 4-1 after the first quarter. The first three goals all came unassisted from freshmen in the first 4:01 of the contest. Schuss found the back of the net at 13:23 and Wertz followed at 11:31. Just 32 seconds later Tundo scored his first of the game at 10:59. Tundo set up junior Pires on a fast break at 8:39. The Wildcats got on the board at 3:13 with a man-up goal from C.J. Small, assisted by Kevin Cunningham.
The teams combined for six goals in the second quarter, with Ohio State entering halftime holding a 6-5 lead. Tundo scored at 11:20 to make the score 5-1, followed by a goal from the Wildcats’ Mark Scioscia less than a minute later (10:24). There was no scoring until Villanova outscored the Buckeyes, 3-1, over the final 5:38 of the quarter. Jack Rice tallied at 5:38, answered by Schuss at 4:23. The Wildcats’ Paul Webber and Matt Bell scored at 2:52 and 1:33, respectively, to make it a one-goal game for the first time since early in the first quarter.
Ohio State scored twice in the third quarter and held the Wildcats scoreless to extend its lead to three (8-5). Green scored off an assist from Schuss at 10:50 and Alexander recorded his first collegiate goal at 4:49.
Green scored on an underhand shot just 31 seconds into the fourth quarter to give Ohio State a four-goal lead (9-5). Villanova then went on a three-goal run in less than two minutes to cut the lead to 9-8. Troy Higgins scored at 10:05 before Webber scored at 8:39 and Rice followed with a man-up goal just 20 seconds later (8:19). Tundo scored the final goal of the game with 2:40 remaining in regulation to put Ohio State ahead by two.
Shots were 32-25 in favor of Villanova in the game. Senior Brandon Freeman had 11 saves for the Buckeyes. Dan Gutierrez had three stops for the Wildcats.
Ohio State returns to action with a game at Bucknell next Saturday.
POWDER SPRINGS, Ga.-Duke junior Zach Howell scored on a fastbreak 15 seconds into overtime to lift the second-ranked men’s lacrosse team to a 12-11 win over No. 19 Bucknell in front of 7,000 fans this afternoon at McEachern High School. The 12-11 score marked the first time all afternoon Duke had led as the Blue Devils battled back to even the score twice to force overtime.
“The game was great,” head coach John Danowski said. “There were about 7,000 people there and the event organizers did a great job moving snow and making the field playable. It was an awesome event.”
Senior Ned Crotty led all scorers with one goal and five assists, while both Howell and senior Max Quinzani tallied four scores. The four goals extends Quinzani’s scoring streak to 47 games. Seniors Will McKee and Mike Catalino and redshirt sophomoreJustin Turri added one goal apiece.
“Bucknell was great,” Danowski said. “They did a great job facing off and they were able to get some rebounds and were able to score a few different ways. I thought overall we did a great job in the six vs. six game today.”
Trailing nearly the entire game, Duke scored two goals in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter to force overtime. After evening the score at nine apiece, Bucknell made it 10-9 and then was able to pick up a rebound off a save from freshman goalie Dan Wigrizer and put it back in the goal to push the lead back to two at 11-9 with 5:03 left to play.
Wigrizer earned his first collegiate start for the Blue Devils and played the entire 60 minutes.
Duke responded 27 seconds later with a tally to make it 11-10 and just over two minutes later McKee tied the game off a pass from Turri to extend the game a little bit longer. Neither team was able to score in the final two minutes, including Bucknell who had the final possession of regulation.
Knowing the opening faceoff was crucial, senior defenseman Parker McKee picked up a loose ball on the faceoff and fed the ball to Crotty who quickly found Howell open for the thrilling game-winner.
“It’s great to get a win like this,” Crotty said. “It was probably a little too exciting, but it feels good to come away with the victory.”
The Bison raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter before Duke scored five goals in the second quarter to go into halftime down 8-5. Bucknell led 9-8 after three quarters, setting up the thrilling overtime finish.
Complete statistics from the game were not available at the time of release.
Duke hosts No. 9 Notre Dame in its home opener on Feb. 20 at 1 p.m., at Koskinen Stadium.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The 11th-ranked Navy men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back as the Mids claimed a 16-5 win over VMI Saturday afternoon at Rip Miller Field in what was both teams’ season opener. A strong offensive display that featured goals by 11 different Midshipmen, helped Navy weather a rare pair of three-minute stick penalties.
After more than three feet of snow blanketed the Annapolis area, including Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the contest was moved to Rip Miller Field on the grounds of the Naval Academy. It was the first time the Mids have played on that field since 2005 when the Navy-Georgetown game was played over the course of two days. Played in a torrential downpour, the game was suspended after the first quarter when referee Scott Boyle collapsed and died on the field. Due to the field conditions at a then grass-covered Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the game was completed the following day at Rip Miller Field.
Despite the chilly weather conditions, a crowd of better than 1,600 showed up to the field to cheer on Navy. The Midshipmen, who have faced VMI in the opener in each of the last three seasons, have now won nine straight season openers, outscoring their foes at an amazing 112-23 rate (12.4-2.5). The last time head coach Richie Meade’s Mids dropped a season opener was in 2001 when UMBC escaped with a 9-8 overtime win at Rip Miller Field in Annapolis.
“I?felt like we played a lot better today than how we did a year ago at this same time,” said Meade, who is in his 16th season as the Mids’ head coach. “We definitely have some things to work out before we play Loyola next week, but certainly we did some things today that we can build off.”
In a complete turnaround from last year’s performance which saw the Keydets as the aggressor, Navy scored quickly and at times, at will. Second-year midfielder Nikk Davis (Cockeysville, Md.) put the Mids on the board just under two minutes into the contest when he fired off a lefty shot from the right wing.
Navy then scored three consecutive goals in less that two minutes, as Navy took a 4-0 lead with 7:52 remaining in the opening quarter. Among the three goals was a side-winder from junior Kevin Doyle (Towson, Md.), who has worked his way onto the second midfield line after not seeing any action in 2009. Meanwhile, the third of the three goals during the run was scored on a Brendan Connors-to-Patrick Moran play when the Mids were two men up.
The Mids pushed the lead to 5-0 when sophomore midfielder Taylor Cook (Hollywood, Md.) fought his way through a crowd of defensemen, spinning twice before burying his first career goal. Thirty-three seconds later, junior attackman Andy Warner (Corning, N.Y.) scored the first of his three goals on the day. Navy’s final goal of the quarter was scored on an errant clear with senior midfielder Basil Daratsos (Niskayuna, N.Y.) picking off a pass and taking it in the for the goal.
The start of the second quarter marked two distinct changes within the game. First, VMI head coach Jeff Shirk benched keeper Sean McCoy and inserted sophomore Kelly McMinn, who would go on and play a solid contest. The second, meanwhile, was the first of two illegal stick penalties called on Navy, this time it was Warner.
The three-minute stick penalty cost Navy a pair of goals, including a Keith Long-to-Brett Leonard strike just 17 seconds into the quarter. The Mids, who managed to rack up a staggering seven penalties in the game, weathered a 1:00 minute cross check by Joe McAuliffe (Vero Beach, Fla.), but the 30-second push by Doyle leant the Keydets to their third straight extra-man goal, closing to within four goals.
Navy eluded getting shut out in the quarter when Davis fed senior midfielder Joe Lennon who cranked an overhead shot past McMinn with 1:05 to play.
The Mids opened the second half much like it did the first. The Mids drilled home three straight goals, including an acrobatic goal by Warner who caught a Brian Striffler (Virginia Beach, Va.) pass in mid air and punched it in over the keeper’s shoulder.
The Keydets briefly stopped the Mids momentum when Tim Moran scored on the run at 3:23 in the, marking VMI’s first settled goal of the contest.
Navy, though, rattled off three in a row, as the Mids closed out the quarter with a McAuliffe goal in transition. It was McAuliffe’s second career goal and the first since his freshman season.
Navy began the fourth quarter with its second stick penalty, but this time Navy’s defense was able to stave off VMI’s extra-man offense. The Mids outscored the Keydets 2-1 in the final stanza with the final goal of the contest scored by Navy rookie Cade Norris (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.).
Defensively, Navy gave up just two settled goals, both by Moran who was the Keydets’ leading scorer a year ago. Navy sophomore keeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) played a strong game, making 12 saves between the pipes.
“I thought as a team we played well,” said Wickham, who started six games for the Mids a year ago. “We had to overcome some adversity with the two stick penalties, but we stuck together and got through it.”
“We were lucky today,” Meade said in response to the stick penalties. “That’s a concern for us. There are some new stick rules that went into effect this year and stick penalties could become a huge factor in the game. I just don’t remember us getting called for stick penalties like this. We’ll sit down and address it and make sure that what we are playing with fits within the parameters.”
The Midshipmen will be back in action next Saturday when they play host to Loyola. Faceoff is slated for 12:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The game will be streamed online via Navy All-Access at www.NavySports.com, while fans can also tune in to 1430 WNAV to hear Joe Miller call the game.
PRIDE HELP THE LONG ISLAND HOMELESS
Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse team took a brief break from preparing for their third scrimmage of the preseason Saturday morning (11 a.m.) at Rutgers University by taking 31 team members to the “Have a Heart for the Homeless Candlelight Vigil” at Farmingdale (NY) State College last night (Feb.11).
The event, sponsored by the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (LICH), had the Pride joined by several other groups of volunteers, who helped set-up, sort and pack clothes and goods for both individuals and homeless shelters, deliver those goods to waiting vehicles, as well as repacking and breaking down the multi-purpose room hall at the end of the evening.
“We are truly thankful for all of our groups of volunteers,” Charles Russo, LICH Board of Directors chair said Thursday night. “The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse team has been involved with us for several years and is always there when we need them. Seth (Tierney, head coach) and his student-athletes have been here not only for the Vigil but for our other events throughout the year as well and we greatly appreciate their service.”
The LICH (formerly the Nassau-Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless (NSCH) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate homelessness on Long Island and improve the lives of Long Islanders who are homeless or facing homelessness. LICH was founded in 1985 as an advocacy and information/referral organization to help homeless individuals and families throughout Long Island. Since that time, LICH’s network has grown to include over 125 agencies and organizations and approximately 100 individuals.
The purpose of the coalition has expanded to include the coordination of homeless services provided by more than 125 agencies through the development of the Continuum of Care groups in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Since 1995, LICH has also coordinated applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for homeless funding. LICH’s successful coordination of the Continuum of Care applications have resulted in over $101 million in funding for housing and services for Long Island’s homeless since 1996. LICH has also provided technical assistance to organizations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties whose services do not meet the criteria for HUD funding, but are essential for meeting the needs of the homeless.
“We are the ones who are grateful to be involved with Mr. Russo and the great people and organizations of the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless,” Tierney said. “In our busy lives for both our staff and student-athletes, we sometimes forget the people who are less fortunate and need a helping hand. We are honored to be able to assist the LICH efforts and look forward to helping in the future.”
Homelessness is a problem on Long Island, and the numbers are steadily rising. Thousands of Long Islanders are homeless. Two-thirds are members of families; fifty percent (50%) are children. Three-quarters of Long Island’s homeless are unseen, moving from one emergency situation to the next, often living doubled or tripled up with relatives or friends. Twenty-five percent (25%) of Long Island’s homeless live on the street, in abandoned cars, vacant buildings or in dangerous housing. For more information on the LICH and how you can help, please visit their website at www.nsch.org.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Syracuse senior attackman Chris Daniello (Cross River, N.Y.) is one of 20 candidates for the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the sport of men’s lacrosse. The award, presented annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I student-athletes in several sports, focuses on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community and competition.
A 2010 team captain, Daniello has been named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in four of his first seven semesters on campus and will graduate with a degree in finance in May.
On the field, Daniello has played in 30 career games with 11 starts. He has 25 career goals and was fourth on the team in 2009 with 21 tallies to help Syracuse to its second straight national championship.
The list of 20 candidates will be narrowed down to 10 finalists midway through the regular season. Those 10 names will be placed on a ballot for nationwide voting by coaches, media and fans. The winner will be announced and recognized at the 2010 NCAA Lacrosse Championships in Baltimore, Md.
CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School and the program was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the trend of college basketball players leaving early to turn professional. The award was conceived by sportscaster Dick Enberg and was inspired by the story of former Duke star Shane Battier, who could have been an NBA lottery pick but elected to return to college where he led the Blue Devils to the national championship and earned his degree.
This marks the fourth year of the award for men’s lacrosse. Former Syracuse standout Mike Leveille won it in 2008. Cornell’s Max Seibald received the award in 2009 and the Big Red’s Matt McMonagle was the inaugural winner in 2007.
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