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Delaware 23, Hartford
11 Lavey Stars as Hens Use 15-Goal Run To Rout Hartford
NEWARK, DE -- Junior Jason Lavey had a hand in 10 goals with five goals and five assists and the University of Delaware broke open the game with a string of 15 straight goals on its way to a 23-11 victory over the University of Hartford in the America East men's lacrosse semifinals Wednesday night at Rullo Stadium.
The No. 1 seed Blue Hens (10-5), ranked No. 15 in the nation, avenged a 10-7 loss to No. 2 seed and 19th ranked Hartford (14-2) just one week ago with the victory. The Blue Hens will travel to top seed Hofstra Saturday for the America East championship game at 2 p.m. at Hofstra Stadium. The winner will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Hofstra advanced with an 18-10 win over No. 4 seed Towson Wednesday night. Delaware, the defending America East champion, broke away from a 4-4 tie by scoring the last five goals of the second quarter to take a 9-4 lead into intermission. The momentum did not stop there as the Hens ouscored the Hawks 10-0 in the third stanza to go up 19-4 heading into the final quarter. Lavey, the nation's ninth leading point scorer with 60 entering the game, accounted for eight points during the 15-0 flurry with four goals and four assists. The Hens got multiple goal efforts from seven different players as freshman R.C. Reed scored a career-high four goals, freshman Matt Alrich scored three, senior Chris Purpura tallied three times, and freshman Ryan Metzbower, senior Liam Wertheimer, and junior Dave Christopher all scored twice. Hartford, which leads the nation in wins and scoring offense (15.93), got three goals each from senior Bryan Bendig and senior Nick Defino. The Hawks were playing without the nation's leading scorer, Tracey Kelusky (83 points), who injured a rib in last week's game vs. Delaware. Hartford tied the game at 4-4 on a goal by Frank Branca with 13:07 left in the first quarter but did not tally again until Brian LaMastro scored three minutes into the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 19-5. The Hawks scored seven fourth quarter goals but it wasn't enough. Delaware's 23 goals was the most scored by the Hens since a 25-5 win over Hartford early last season. AGATE:
Hartford......2.......2.......0.......7.......11 Goals: Hartford - Brian Bendig-3, Nick Defino-3, Frank Branca-2, Brian LaMastro, Derek Suddons, Darius Barber; Delaware - Jason Lavey - 5, R.C. Reed-4, Matt Alrich-3, Chris Purpura-3, Ryan Metzbower-2, Liam Wertheimer-2, Dave Christopher- 2, Cullen Roberts, Fielding Crawford Assists: Hartford - Brian Bendig, Frank Branca, Brian LaMastro; Delaware - Jason Lavey - 5, Ryan Metzbower-2, Liam Wertheimer - 2, Jason Motta - 2, Fielding Crawford, Jeff Wasson Shots: Hartford - 31, Delaware - 45 Saves: Hartford - 13 (Rorke Greene, 45 minutes, 19 goals, 12 saves; Paul Caracci, 15 minutes, 4 goals, 1 save); Delaware - 13 (Dave Mullen, 45 minutes, 4 goals, 9 saves; Chris Morin, 10 minutes, 3 goals, 3 saves; Derrick Schmidt, 5 minutes, 4 goals, 1 save) Groundballs: Hartford - 45, Delaware - 55 Penalties: Hartford - 10 for 8:30; Delaware - 7 for 5:30 Extra Man Goals: Hartford - 1 for 7; Delaware - 5 for 10 Faceoffs: Hartford - 17, Delaware - 19 Clears: Hartford - 20 for 37; Delaware - 27 for 33; Attendance: 584
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