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UD mens lacrosse team falls to No. 6 Georgetown
The Fightin Blue Hens trailed Georgetown just 5-3 late in the second quarter when the Hoyas Walid Hajj scored three goals in a 5-0 run to put the game away. UD, which has received votes in the national NCAA Division I lacrosse polls, fell to 5-2 heading into Saturday's home game against No. 18 U.S. Air Force Academy. Game time is 1 p.m. at Rullo Stadium. Against Georgetown, UD senior Matt Alrich scored three goals and now has 17 on the season, tops in the Colonial Athletic Association. Alrich has goals in 22 straight games. Freshmen Cam Howard and Jordan Hall added goals for the Hens, and Howard also had an assist. UD goalkeeper Chris Collins had 18 saves. Georgetown, which advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals last season, outshot the Hens 47-18, held a 53-22 advantage in groundballs and won 14 of the game's 18 face-offs. Hajj finished with a game-high four goals, and Neal Goldman scored three goals and had two assists. Nick Miaritis had one goal and three assists, and Derek Mills had two assists. Goldman scored two goals in the first quarter to give the Hoyas a 3-0 lead but the Hens rallied as Alrich scored consecutive goals off feeds from Dan Deckelbaum and Howard to cut the lead to one at 3-2. Georgetown responded with goals by Goldman and Miaritis to increase the margin to 5-2 midway through the second quarter when Howard scored an unassisted goal to cut the lead to 5-3. Georgetown then reeled off five straight goals, the first three by Hajj, that spanned the 5:34 mark of the second quarter and the 13:07 mark of the final quarter. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |