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Drexel 10, Delaware 7
April 23, 2003

Dragons Knock Blue Hens Out of CAA Tournament Contention

 

 

Matt Alrich scored twice to up his team and CAA-leading total to 32 for the season

PHILADELPHIA - Brendan Morgan scored a game-high three goals and dished out two assists as Drexel University earned a spot in the upcoming Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse tournament while knocking the University of Delaware out with a 10-7 win over the Blue Hens Wednesday afternoon.

The Blue Hens suffered their fourth straight loss to fall to 5-9 overall and remain winless in CAA play with a mark of 0-4. The loss knocked the Blue Hens out of contention for one of four spots in the CAA playoffs which will be held April 30 and May 3 at higher seeds. Delaware, which is now 0-10 in two seasons in the CAA, has lost all of its games this season by five goals or less, including five by three goals or less.

Delaware junior Matt Alrich upped his team and league-leading goal total to 32 as he netted two goals to pace the Blue Hens. Scott Evans also scored twice while Xander Ritz notched a goal and two assists and Bob Meunier scored once and collected one assist. Goalkeeper Chris Collins posted 12 saves. Alrich's goal total of 32 is the most for a UD player since All-American John Grant scored 56 during the 1999 NCAA quarterfinal season.

The Dragons, who defeated Delaware for the second straight year after the Hens had won 23 straight games in the series, also got two goals each from Jarett Mizzi and Jesse Rumble and a goal and two assists from Sean Moloney. Goalkeeper Ryan Harney was tough in the nets, posting 15 saves as the Hens outshot the Dragons 37-31.

Drexel broke a 3-3 tie by scoring two goals in the final three minutes of the first half to take a 5-3 lead into intermission. Morgan scored one of the goals and assisted on the other by Moloney.

After Drexel took a three-goal lead early in the third quarter, the Hens cut the lead to 6-4 on a goal by Evans with 11:22 left in the third stanza. After the teams traded goals, Drexel then reeled off three straight goals to increase its lead to 10-5. Delaware scored twice in the final quarter but could never get closer.

Delaware will close out the season this Saturday when the Blue Hens travel to CAA foe Villanova for a 7 p.m. game.

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Univ. of Delaware vs Drexel (Apr 23, 2003)


Lacrosse Box Score

         
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2003 Univ. of Delaware Men's Lacrosse Univ. of Delaware vs Drexel (Apr 23, 2003 at Philadelphia, PA) Univ. of Delaware (5-9, 0-4 CAA) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot Drexel (5-7, 2-3 CAA) ------------------------------------- Date: Apr 23, 2003 Attendance: 200 Univ. of Delaware... 2 1 2 2 - 7 Weather: Windy, cold Drexel.............. 3 2 4 1 - 10 Univ. of Delaware SCORING: GOALS: Alrich, Matt 2; Evans, Scott 2; Metzbower, Ryan 1; Meunier, Bob 1; Ritz, Xander 1. ASSISTS: Ritz, Xander 2; Hipple, Andy 1; Meunier, Bob 1; Nordhoff, Kurt 1. Drexel SCORING: GOALS: Morgan, Brendan 3; Mizzi, Jaret 2; Rumble, Jesse 2; Friel, Pat 1; Metz, Sean 1; Moloney, Sean 1. ASSISTS: Moloney, Sean 2; Morgan, Brendan 2; Friel, Pat 1. Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 9 9 9 10 - 37 Drexel.............. 7 7 7 10 - 31 Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 3 3 3 3 - 12 Drexel.............. 4 4 4 3 - 15 Ground balls by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 7 7 7 10 - 31 Drexel.............. 8 8 8 10 - 34 Face-offs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 10-10 Drexel.............. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 10-10 Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 18-24 Drexel.............. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 15-19 Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total --------------------------------------------------- Univ. of Delaware... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 1-2 Drexel.............. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 1-3 PENALTIES - DELAWARE 3/1:30; DREXEL 2/2:00.
SCORING SUMMARY: Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 1st 13:32 DREXEL EVEN Mizzi, Jaret Friel, Pat 2. 1st 11:03 DELAWARE EVEN Metzbower, Ryan Hipple, Andy 3. 1st 4:27 DELAWARE EVEN Alrich, Matt Nordhoff, Kurt 4. 1st 1:27 DREXEL EVEN Rumble, Jesse Unassisted 5. 1st 0:02 DREXEL EVEN Friel, Pat Morgan, Brendan 6. 2nd 6:26 DELAWARE EVEN Ritz, Xander Unassisted 7. 2nd 2:39 DREXEL EVEN Moloney, Sean Morgan, Brendan 8. 2nd 0:56 DREXEL EVEN Morgan, Brendan Unassisted 9. 3rd 13:54 DREXEL EVEN Morgan, Brendan Moloney, Sean 10. 3rd 11:22 DELAWARE EVEN Evans, Scott Meunier, Bob 11. 3rd 8:17 DREXEL EVEN Mizzi, Jaret Unassisted 12. 3rd 4:30 DELAWARE UP Evans, Scott Unassisted 13. 3rd 3:13 DREXEL EVEN Metz, Sean Unassisted 14. 3rd 0:38 DREXEL EVEN Morgan, Brendan Unassisted 15. 4th 11:49 DREXEL UP Rumble, Jesse Moloney, Sean 16. 4th 10:22 DELAWARE EVEN Meunier, Bob Ritz, Xander 17. 4th 3:50 DELAWARE EVEN Alrich, Matt Ritz, Xander PENALTY SUMMARY: Prd Player Team Min Offense Time ------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Holmes, Chad DELA 0:30 SLASHING 01:40 PP 3rd Alrich, Matt DELA 0:30 SLASHING 06:48 PP 4th Drummond, Ryan DELA 0:30 SLASHING 12:00 PP 3rd Slotman, Matt DREX 1:00 SLASHING 05:26 PP 4th Sage, Geoff DREX 1:00 SLASHING 00:26 PP
Drexel Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GK 6 Harney, Ryan........ - - - - - 4 - - - A 2 Moloney, Sean....... 1 2 3 7 - 3 - - - A 3 Friel, Pat.......... 1 1 2 3 - 1 - - - A 7 Mizzi, Jaret........ 2 - 2 5 - 3 - - - M 10 Metz, Sean.......... 1 - 1 2 - 1 - - - M 19 Rumble, Jesse....... 2 - 2 4 - 1 - - - M 21 Kennedy, Dan........ - - - 1 - - - - - D 23 Morgan, Brendan..... 3 2 5 7 - 2 - - - D 37 Bancroft, Matt...... - - - 1 - - - - - D 45 Fillipone, Mike..... - - - 1 - - 0-2 - - ---------- Substitutes ---------- 5 Avato, Greg......... - - - - - - 0-1 - - 15 Witt, Kyle.......... - - - - - 1 - - - 22 Fishman, Justin..... - - - - - 5 10-17 - - 26 Lodewick, Andrew.... - - - - - 1 - - - 34 Demunda, Eric....... - - - - - 1 - - - 40 Slotman, Matt....... - - - - - 1 - - - 1/ 1:00 42 Sage, Geoff......... - - - - - 3 - - - 1/ 1:00 44 Naples, Tom......... - - - - - 6 - - - Totals.............. 10 5 15 31 0 33 10-20 0 0 2/ 2:00 Drexel ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 6 Harney, Ryan........ 60:00 7 34 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
Univ. of Delaware Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GK 9 Collins, Chris...... - - - - - 4 - - - A 3 Alrich, Matt........ 2 - 2 5 - - - - - 1/ 0:30 A 11 Ritz, Xander........ 1 2 3 4 - - - - - A 14 Hipple, Andy........ - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - M 22 Metzbower, Ryan..... 1 - 1 3 - 2 - - - M 24 Pugh, Adam.......... - - - - - - - - - D 26 Drummond, Ryan...... - - - - - 2 - - - 1/ 0:30 D 30 Wasson, Jeff........ - - - - - 1 - - - M 36 Tingle, Bryan....... - - - - - 10 10-19 - - D 40 Wright, Ian......... - - - - - 1 - - - ---------- Substitutes ---------- 4 Stodd, Kevin........ - - - - - - - - - 5 Reed, R.C........... - - - - - - - - - 10 Benazzi, Andrew..... - - - 1 - - - - - 13 Wood, J.D........... - - - - - - - - - 15 Nordhoff, Kurt...... - 1 1 4 - - - - - 18 Bloor, Taylor....... - - - - - - - - - 19 Evans, Scott........ 2 - 2 7 - - - - - 21 Willits, Chris...... - - - - - 4 - - - 25 Meunier, Bob........ 1 1 2 9 - 2 - - - 28 Wiles, Luke......... - - - 1 - 1 - - - 32 Downer, Brad........ - - - 1 - - - - - 34 Holmes, Chad........ - - - - - 2 - - - 1/ 0:30 41 Overs, Ryan......... - - - 1 - 1 - - - 46 Christhilf, Geoff... - - - - - - 0-1 - - Totals.............. 7 5 12 37 0 31 10-20 0 0 3/ 1:30 Univ. of Delaware ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 9 Collins, Chris...... 60:00 10 31 12 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
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