Syracuse Spoils Tierney's Denver Debut
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Midfielder JoJo Marasco creates space Friday en route to a one-goal, one-assist performance in No. 1 Syracuse's 15-9 win over visiting Denver at the Carrier Dome. © Greg Wall |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Senior Cody Jamieson
scored a career-high four goals to lead top-ranked Syracuse (1-0)
past Denver, 15-9, in the season opener for both teams at the
Carrier Dome on Friday, Feb. 19. The game marked Hall of Fame coach
Bill Tierney's debut at Denver.
Jamieson scored on four of his six shots against the Pioneers
(0-1). He led an Orange offense that saw 11 different players score
goals and six players record at least two points.
The Orange’s other offensive leaders were junior attackman
Stephen Keogh, who contributed two goals, and senior Chris
Daniello, junior Jeremy Thompson, junior Jovan Miller and freshman
JoJo Marasco, who each had a goal and an assist. Miller also
collected six ground balls to tie for team-high honors in that
category.
Sophomore Alex Demopoulos (Canton, Conn.) led the Pioneers with
four goals, while sophomore backup goalie Zander Buteux (Madison,
N.J.) finished the night with 17 saves.
“I thought we settled things down in the second quarter and
were able to get some good scoring opportunities,” said head
coach Bill Tierney. “Galloway did a great job tonight,
proving why he is one of the best goalies in the nation. It’s
not going to happen overnight for us, but tonight was a good
barometer to see where we are at and what we still need to work
on.”
Syracuse got off to fast start Friday with two goals in the opening
minute and never let up. Miller tallied the first goal of the year
for Syracuse just 41 seconds into the contest. Sophomore Kevin Drew
followed with an unassisted tally on the team’s next
possession to put the hosts up 2-0 at the 14:07 mark of the first
quarter.
The two early goals kick-started a blitzkrieg that saw the Orange
score on eight of its 13 shots in the opening period on its way to
an 8-2 advantage after 15 minutes. Syracuse tallied the last four
goals of the quarter, including two in the span of six seconds to
close the period’s scoring. After Thompson assisted on a Josh
Amidon goal at the 3:31 mark, he won the next faceoff and found the
cage himself with 3:25 left in the quarter to push the SU lead to
six.
Overall, seven different SU players registered goals in the first
quarter, including Jamieson who found the cage twice.
The Orange continued to pour it on, leading 10-3 at the half, and
taking its largest margin (14-4) after a three-goal run in the
third quarter that featured back-to-back Jamieson tallies.
The Pioneers rallied late, scoring five of the game’s last
six goals to close the gap. They outscored the Orange, 4-1, in the
fourth quarter, but never seriously threatened the hosts.
SU junior goalie John Galloway made 11 saves in just over three
quarters of action. He made six in the third period alone,
including five in the opening minutes to keep Denver from climbing
back into the game.
Alex Demopoulos scored four goals to lead the Pioneers. The only
other multi-point scorer for Denver was Charley Dickenson (two
assists). Starting Denver goalie Peter Lowell was knocked out early
after surrendering eight goals in the first 11:35. Zander Buteux
played the remainder of the game between the pipes and totaled 17
saves.
The Orange dominated the faceoff circle Friday, winning 19 of the
game’s 27 draws. Senior Gavin Jenkinson was 9-for-13 on
faceoffs and Thompson was 7-for-11. Their prowess helped key the
offense in the early going as Syracuse won 11 of the game’s
first 15 draws to help build its advantage.
Game Notes: Senior Brandon Conlin received the
first start of his career on close defense in place of junior John
Lade, who missed the game due to injury … Thompson started
his first game as a member of the Orange … He was part of
SU’s first midfield line … Sophomore Joe Moore
recorded the first point of his career with an assist in the third
quarter … Redshirt freshmen Spenser Parnell and Pete Coleman
both scored their first collegiate goals in the contest.
