Denver Beats Hobart In ECAC Opener
from press release
DENVER – The University of Denver
men’s lacrosse team (6-4, 1-0 ECAC) opened Eastern College
Athletic Conference play with a 17-13 victory over the Hobart
Statesmen (2-6, 0-3 ECAC) on Saturday afternoon at Peter Barton
Lacrosse Stadium.
The crowd of 1,500 fans witnessed a game that included a combined
30 goals, 76 shots, 69 ground balls and 21 saves, to go along with
five lead changes and four tied scores.
“With a win like this you try not to accentuate the negative
things that happened during the game, but rather focus on the
positive things that helped us to stay in the game early, go on
those scoring rallies and eventually stop Hobart’s scoring
rallies to seal the win,” said head coach Bill Tierney.
“The offense was really prepared today and shot the lights
out against a really good goalie and I couldn’t be happier
with their performance today. We struggled a bit on defense and
that is something that we are going to work on as we prepare for
Bellarmine and Quinnipiac next weekend.”
Sophomore Alex Demopoulos (Canton, Conn.) led the Pioneers with
four goals and two assists to finish with six points, while
sophomores Mark Matthews (Oshawa, Ontario) and Patrick Rogers
(Portland, Ore.) both netted three goals apiece.
Also jumping into the scoring column for the Pioneers was junior
Andrew Lay (Denver, Colo.) with two goals, while seniors Nick
Gradinger (Del Mar, Calif.), Dillon Roy (Denver, Colo.) and Charley
Dickenson (Dallas, Texas), and freshmen Colin Scott (Ridgefield,
Conn.) and Alejandro Brown (Amherst, Mass.) all added a goal
each.
Along with scoring his first goal of the season, Roy also finished
the day with a career-high 12 ground balls, caused three turnovers
and won 13-of-24 face-offs for a 54.2 face-off winning
percentage.
For the third straight game, senior Peter Lowell (Freeport, Maine)
made 10 saves to secure his third win of the season.
PIONEER NOTES
* This is the third consecutive game that
Matthews has scored three goals for the Pioneers. He has also
registered one point or more in the last four games.
* Demopoulos’ six points ties a
career-high that he set earlier this season against Albany
(2/27/10) and marks the 10th straight game that he has tallied one
or more points. Demopoulos is the first Pioneer this season to
score four goals in a game.
* Gradinger’s goal was the first of his
career, while Roy’s was his eighth, first of the season. Both
are starting defenders for the Pioneers.
* DU’s 17 goals, 11 assists and 28 points
ties a season-high that the Pioneers previously set against Albany
(2/27/10).
