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Albany 16, Delaware 12
March 15, 2003

Blue Hens See Three-Game Win Streak Come to an End

 

Scott Evans (19) scored twice for the Blue Hens

NEWARK, DE -- Michael Solazzo scored four goals, including three in a pivotal 6-1 run in the third quarter that propelled University at Albany to a 16-12 non-league men's lacrosse victory over the University of Delaware Saturday at Rullo Stadium.

The Blue Hens, who had their longest win streak in three seasons snapped at three, got three goals each from freshmen Kurt Nordhoff (Mt. Hebron/Ellicott City, MD) and Xander Ritz (Radnor/Wayne, PA) but fell to 4-3 on the season. Albany, coached by former Blue Hen assistant Scott Marr, snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 2-2.

Nordhoff, who also dished out two assists, scored all three of his goals in the final six minutes of the game as the Blue Hens' rally fell short. Ritz, who also dished out an assist, scored all three of his goals in the second half. Scott Evans (Kenner/Peterborough, Ontario) added two goals and an assist while Delaware's leading scorer, Matt Alrich (Calvert Hall/Timonium, MD), scored a goal and added an assist. Alrich has now scored at least one goal in all seven UD games this season and leads the team with 16.

Albany, which outshot Delaware 45-38 and held a 16-14 advantage on faceoffs, also got two goals and four assists from Luke Daquino and two goals each from Tim Primrose, Jon Smith, and Brendan Russell.

The Great Danes came out firing, scoring the first four goals of the game in the opening eight minutes before the Hens got on the board when Andy Hipple scored off an Alrich feed with 6:18 to go in the opening stanza.

Daquino added his second goal of the game and assisted on another as part of a three-goal run in the second quarter to spot the Great Danes to an 8-3 lead at intermission.

After Delaware cut the Albany lead to 8-5 on goals by Bob Meunier and Luke Wiles to open the second half, the Great Danes responded with a 6-1 run to take control. Solazzo scored three straight for Albany in a run that didn't end until Delaware's Ritz scored with 1:24 left in the third quarter to cut the lead to 14-7.

Delaware made one last run in the final quarter as Ritz and Nordhoff each scored two goals in a 4-0 run that cut the Albany lead to 15-11 with 4:20 left to play. But Albany's Bobby Gabriel scored one minute later to put the game away.

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Lacrosse Box Score

         
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2003 Univ. of Delaware Men's Lacrosse Albany vs Univ. of Delaware (Mar 15, 2003 at Newark, Delaware) Albany (2-2) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot Univ. of Delaware (4-3) ------------------------------------- Date: Mar 15, 2003 Attendance: 525 Albany.............. 5 3 7 1 - 16 Weather: Sunny, 50 degrees Univ. of Delaware... 1 2 4 5 - 12 Albany SCORING: GOALS: Solazzo, Micheal 4; Daquino, Luke 2; Primrose, Tim 2; Russell, Brendan 2; Smith, Jon 2; Donaldson, Randy 1; Fiasconaro, Matthew 1; Gabriel, Bobby 1; Martocchia, Chris 1. ASSISTS: Daquino, Luke 4; Gabriel, Bobby 2; Fiasconaro, Matthew 1; Martocchia, Chris 1; Solazzo, Micheal 1. Univ. of Delaware SCORING: GOALS: Nordhoff, Kurt 3; Ritz, Xander 3; Evans, Scott 2; Alrich, Matt 1; Hipple, Andy 1; Meunier, Bob 1; Wiles, Luke 1. ASSISTS: Nordhoff, Kurt 2; Alrich, Matt 1; Evans, Scott 1; Meunier, Bob 1; Reed, R.C. 1; Ritz, Xander 1. Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Albany.............. 16 9 12 8 - 45 Univ. of Delaware... 9 8 7 14 - 38 Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Albany.............. 4 4 1 6 - 15 Univ. of Delaware... 5 4 3 3 - 15 Ground balls by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Albany.............. 10 10 14 5 - 39 Univ. of Delaware... 9 8 9 8 - 34 Face-offs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Albany.............. 5-7 4-5 4-12 3-6 - 16-30 Univ. of Delaware... 2-7 1-5 8-12 3-6 - 14-30 Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Albany.............. 7-8 4-6 4-6 9-10 - 24-30 Univ. of Delaware... 6-8 4-5 1-1 9-9 - 20-23 Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Albany.............. 0-0 0-1 1-3 0-2 - 1-6 Univ. of Delaware... 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 - 3-5 PENALTIES - ALBANY 6/4:30; DELAWARE 7/6:00.
SCORING SUMMARY: Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 1st 12:47 ALBANY EVEN Daquino, Luke Unassisted 2. 1st 11:35 ALBANY EVEN Solazzo, Micheal Daquino, Luke 3. 1st 8:23 ALBANY EVEN Primrose, Tim Unassisted 4. 1st 6:26 ALBANY EVEN Martocchia, Chris Fiasconaro, Matthew 5. 1st 6:18 DELAWARE EVEN Hipple, Andy Alrich, Matt 6. 1st 1:56 ALBANY EVEN Russell, Brendan Unassisted 7. 2nd 8:33 DELAWARE EVEN Evans, Scott Nordhoff, Kurt 8. 2nd 5:33 ALBANY EVEN Primrose, Tim Solazzo, Micheal 9. 2nd 4:29 ALBANY EVEN Daquino, Luke Unassisted 10. 2nd 4:12 ALBANY EVEN Russell, Brendan Daquino, Luke 11. 2nd 0:43 DELAWARE UP Alrich, Matt Unassisted 12. 3rd 13:31 DELAWARE EVEN Meunier, Bob Unassisted 13. 3rd 12:33 DELAWARE UP Wiles, Luke Unassisted 14. 3rd 9:49 ALBANY EVEN Smith, Jon Unassisted 15. 3rd 8:50 ALBANY EVEN Solazzo, Micheal Gabriel, Bobby 16. 3rd 8:41 DELAWARE EVEN Evans, Scott Unassisted 17. 3rd 6:33 ALBANY EVEN Solazzo, Micheal Gabriel, Bobby 18. 3rd 5:30 ALBANY EVEN Solazzo, Micheal Daquino, Luke 19. 3rd 2:02 ALBANY UP Smith, Jon Martocchia, Chris 20. 3rd 1:37 ALBANY EVEN Donaldson, Randy Unassisted 21. 3rd 1:24 DELAWARE EVEN Ritz, Xander Evans, Scott 22. 3rd 1:01 ALBANY EVEN Fiasconaro, Matthew Daquino, Luke 23. 4th 7:31 DELAWARE EVEN Ritz, Xander Nordhoff, Kurt 24. 4th 5:59 DELAWARE EVEN Nordhoff, Kurt Meunier, Bob 25. 4th 5:11 DELAWARE EVEN Ritz, Xander Unassisted 26. 4th 4:20 DELAWARE UP Nordhoff, Kurt Ritz, Xander 27. 4th 3:04 ALBANY EVEN Gabriel, Bobby Unassisted 28. 4th 1:45 DELAWARE EVEN Nordhoff, Kurt Reed, R.C. PENALTY SUMMARY: Prd Player Team Min Offense Time ------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Solazzo, Micheal ALBA 1:00 SL 00:00 PP 2nd Holmes, Chad DELA 0:30 SLASHING 08:22 PP 2nd Fiasconaro, Matthew ALBA 0:30 PUSHING 01:09 PP 3rd TEAM ALBA 0:30 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 12:59 PP 3rd Willits, Chris DELA 1:00 SLASHING 05:09 PP 3rd Willits, Chris DELA 1:00 SLASHING 05:09 PP 3rd Wright, Ian DELA 1:00 SLASHING 02:29 PP 4th Overs, Ryan DELA 1:00 SLASHING 14:05 PP 4th Grevey, Greg DELA 0:30 PUSHING 13:38 PP 4th Vaccaro, Roy ALBA 1:00 TRIPPING 05:10 PP 4th Solazzo, Micheal ALBA 1:00 UNNECESSARY ROUGHNES 03:04 4th Wright, Ian DELA 1:00 UNNECESSARY ROUGHNES 03:04 4th TEAM ALBA 0:30 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 00:07 PP
Univ. of Delaware Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face Pen-Min ------------------------------------------------------------------------- G 9 Collins, Chris...... - - - - - 3 - A 3 Alrich, Matt........ 1 1 2 4 3 2 - A 14 Hipple, Andy........ 1 - 1 1 1 - - M 24 Pugh, Adam.......... - - - - - 3 - D 26 Drummond, Ryan...... - - - - - 1 - D 30 Wasson, Jeff........ - - - - - 3 - M 34 Holmes, Chad........ - - - - - 3 - 1/ 0:30 M 36 Tingle, Bryan....... - - - 1 1 3 6-13 D 40 Wright, Ian......... - - - - - 2 - 2/ 2:00 A 41 Overs, Ryan......... - - - 3 2 - - 1/ 1:00 ---------- Substitutes ---------- 1 Conlon, Steve....... - - - - - - - 4 Stodd, Kevin........ - - - - - - - 5 Reed, R.C........... - 1 1 2 1 1 - 7 Hechtkopf, Dan...... - - - 2 2 1 - 10 Benazzi, Andrew..... - - - - - - - 11 Ritz, Xander........ 3 1 4 7 4 - - 13 Wood, J.D........... - - - - - - - 15 Nordhoff, Kurt...... 3 2 5 3 3 1 - 18 Bloor, Taylor....... - - - - - - - 19 Evans, Scott........ 2 1 3 4 4 2 - 21 Willits, Chris...... - - - - - - - 2/ 2:00 22 Metzbower, Ryan..... - - - 2 1 1 - 25 Meunier, Bob........ 1 1 2 3 2 - - 28 Wiles, Luke......... 1 - 1 2 2 - - 31 Rodriguez,Paul...... - - - - - 1 - 32 Downer, Brad........ - - - 4 1 1 - 44 Kallis, Jon......... - - - - - - - 46 Christhilf, Geoff... - - - - - 6 8-17 48 Grevey, Greg........ - - - - - - - 1/ 0:30 Totals.............. 12 7 19 38 27 34 14-30 7/ 6:00 Univ. of Delaware ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 9 Collins, Chris...... 60:00 16 45 15 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Albany Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face Pen-Min ------------------------------------------------------------------------- G 4 Rae, Kevin.......... - - - - - 1 - M 1 Olmstead, Ryan...... - - - - - 7 - M 5 Driscoll, Chris..... - - - 3 3 5 12-25 A 8 Solazzo, Micheal.... 4 1 5 12 7 2 - 2/ 2:00 M 10 Russell, Brendan.... 2 - 2 5 3 3 - A 11 Smith, Jon.......... 2 - 2 8 5 1 - A 14 Daquino, Luke....... 2 4 6 4 2 2 - D 19 Vaccaro, Roy........ - - - - - 1 - 1/ 1:00 D 23 McSweeney, Patrick.. - - - - - 2 - D 31 Smith, Luke......... - - - - - 2 - ---------- Substitutes ---------- 2 Green, Matthew...... - - - 1 - 2 - 3 Primrose, Tim....... 2 - 2 4 4 1 - 6 Bove, Emil.......... - - - - - 3 - 9 Donnellan, Sean..... - - - - - 1 - 12 Smith, Jeremy....... - - - 1 1 - - 13 Busino, Lee......... - - - - - 1 - 15 Gabriel, Bobby...... 1 2 3 1 1 2 - 16 Dunne, Eric......... - - - - - 1 - 17 Fiasconaro, Matthew. 1 1 2 1 1 - 1-1 1/ 0:30 18 Preble, Christopher. - - - 2 1 - - 21 Kivlen, Chris....... - - - - - - - 24 Donaldson, Randy.... 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 28 Eleby, John......... - - - - - - - 32 Janneh, Bakary...... - - - - - 1 2-3 36 Stankard, Jim....... - - - - - - - 40 Martocchia, Chris... 1 1 2 2 2 - - Totals.............. 16 9 25 45 31 39 16-30 6/ 4:30 Albany ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 4 Rae, Kevin.......... 60:00 12 38 15 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge