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Army 7, Delaware 6

March 31, 2001

 

Matt Lehmann Scored Two Goals and Dished Out An Assist

NEWARK, DE -- Junior Jimmy Vlahakis scored a game-high three goals, including the game-winner with 10:51 left in the final quarter, to lead Army to a 7-6 non-league men's lacrosse victory over host University of Delaware Saturday night at Rullo Stadium.

Vlahakis broke a 6-6 tie, the third deadlock of the game, with his third goal to lift Army (4-3) to its third straight victory and send Delaware (2-7) to its fifth straight loss at home. Delaware was coming off a 14-9 win over St. Joseph's Wednesday that had snapped a five-game losing streak overall.

Mike Kamon added two goals for the Black Knights while Tim Pearson dished out three assists, reaching 80 for his career to tie the school record set by Tom Sheckells in 1963-65. Army goalkeeper Dominik Nogic posted 15 saves, including several point blank stops in the second half.

Matt Lehmann (St. Mary's/Severna Park, MD) led Delaware with two goals and an assist while Jason Lavey (Harborfields/Huntington Station, NY) added a goal and two assists, scoring at least one point for the 36th straight game since 1999. Brad Downer (Annapolis/Annapolis, MD) added a goal and one assist for Delaware.

Delaware opened the scoring just eight seconds into the contest as Keevin Galbraith (Malvern/Paoli, PA) won the opening faceoff and scored for a 1-0 lead, the only goal of the opening half. The goal was the fastest to start a game in Delaware history. Army tied the score early in the second quarter but the Hens answered with four straight goals, two by Lehmann, to go up 4-1 with 7:46 left in the half.

Army rallied to take a 5-4 lead into halftime as the Black Knights scored the final four goals of the half, two by Vlahakis. Army then upped the lead to 6-4 on a goal by Kamon 1:15 into the third quarter.

But Delaware came back to tie the score at 6-6 as Lehmann fed Downer for an extra man goal with 11:32 left in the third quarter and Lavey scored off a feed from Mike Thearle on a man-down situation just over three minutes later. But Delaware would not score again.

Army scored the only goal of the final quarter when Vlahakis took a feed from Pearson and scored past Delaware's Dave Mullen (nine saves). Delaware had several chances to score in the final minutes but were hurt by several turnovers and some big saves by Nogic.

AGATE:

Army………..0………..5………1………1……….7
Delaware…....1………..3………2………0……….6

Scoring (Goals-Assists):

Delaware - Matt Lehmann, 2-1; Jason Lavey, 1-2; Brad Downer, 1-1; Keevin Galbraith, 1-0; Chris Bickley, 1-0; Mike Thearle, 0-1; Army &endash; Jimmy Vlahakis, 3-1; Mike Kamon, 2-0; Jeff Bryan, 1-0; Al Tafoni, 1-0; Tim Pearson, 0-3; Marko Kostovic, 0-1

Shots - Delaware - 37, Army - 37; Groundballs: Delaware- 25, Army - 49; Saves - Delaware - 9 (Dave Mullen); Army - 15 (Dominik Nogic); Faceoffs: Delaware - 4, Army - 13; Penalties: Delaware - 11 for 9:00; Army - 5 for 3:30; Extra Man Goals: Delaware - 3 for 5; Army - 2 for 11; Clears: Delaware - 23 for 32; Army- 22 of 27; Attendance: 400.

 

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