No. 8 Irish Clobber Dartmouth, 19-7
from staff reports
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The No. 8 Notre Dame men's
lacrosse team jumped out to a 15-5 lead by halftime en route to a
19-7 win over Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon inside the Loftus
Sports Center. Senior attackman Duncan Swezey (Ambler,
Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) led the way with four goals and an assist for
the Irish in their home opener.
Notre Dame (3-0) used a 10-0 run that began in the second quarter
and ended in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Senior
midfielder Peter Christman (Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) and
junior midfielder Grant Krebs (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) both
notched three goals and an assist for the Fighting Irish, who used
10 goal scorers in the win. The 19 goals were the most for Notre
Dame since a 19-7 win over Bellarmine on March 29 of last
season.
Krebs, who matched a career-high output with three goals on the
day, put the Irish on the board first with a man-up tally just 35
seconds into the contest. Swezey followed to make it 2-0 with 11:12
remaining in the first period. The four goals and five total points
from Swezey tied a career-high total for a single game.
Dartmouth (1-2) responded with goals from Tim Daniels and Ari
Sussman (man-up) to knot the score with 9:14 left in the first
quarter.
Notre Dame regained the momentum with a 5-0 run in a span of 1:36.
Christman started the surge at the 8:38 mark of the first quarter.
Swezey scored, on an assist from Ryan Hoff (Baldwin, Md./Dulaney),
with 8:17 on the clock and Krebs followed 15 seconds later.
Sophomore midfielders Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East
Hampton) and Jake Marmul (Livonia, Mich./Detroit Catholic Centeral)
finished off the run to give the Irish a 7-2 lead with 7:32 left in
the opening quarter.
The Big Green sliced the Irish advantage to three (7-4) on goals
from Kip Dooley and Colin Delaney. Brenneman put the Irish back up
by four (8-4) by the end of the opening quarter.
Following a Dartmouth goal from Dooley, the rest of the second
quarter belonged to the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame scored seven
straight goals to end the first half. Swezey scored first and then
assisted on a goal from Hoff. Following a Christman tally, Matt
Ciambella (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) netted a man-up goal
off a feed from Neal Hicks (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School).
Hoff then scored, with the assist going to Christman, to make it
13-5 with 6:39 left in the first half. Goals from Krebs and Swezey
produced the 10-goal advantage at the intermission. David Earl
(Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) assisted on Swezey's final
goal of the stanza.
The Irish uprising continued with goals from Kelly McKenna
(Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) and Christman in the third quarter.
Brenneman assisted on Christman's score. The hat trick from
Christman was the first of his career. Notre Dame led 17-5 after
three periods.
Notre Dame enjoyed its largest lead of the day (13) when Dan Gibson
(Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School) deposited a goal with
just over two minutes elapsed in the final stanza. A Dooley goal
stopped the bleeding temporarily with 11:43 left in regulation.
Irish freshman Nicholas Beattie (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington
Kilbourne) put the Irish back on top by 13 as he scored his first
goal of the season with the assist going to Kevin Cullinane
(Southport, Conn./Fairfield Prep). A goal from Dartmouth's Dennis
Lally produced the final result.
Senior goalie Scott Rodgers (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) improved to
3-0 on the season by making eight saves in 50:42 of play. Junior
Brendan Moore (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) played the final 9:18
between the pipes and surrendered one goal.
The Fighting Irish held a 48-24 advantage in shots on the
afternoon. The Notre Dame faceoff unit combined to go 21-for-30.
Junior Trever Sipperly (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich) won 13 of his 17
attempts, while Marmul went 8-for-13. Hoff, Marmul and senior
defenseman Regis McDermott (Amityville, N.Y./Chaminade) all picked
up a game-high five ground balls for the Irish.
Big Green starting goalie Michael Novosel was pulled after allowing
seven goals in the first 7:28 of the contest. He made three saves.
Pat Marshall played the rest of the way and made 13 stops, while
giving up 12 goals.
