Syracuse Pulls Away from Notre Dame Late
from press release
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – A four-goal effort
from Stephen Keogh propelled No. 2 Syracuse to a 12-6 win over
19th-ranked Notre Dame in BIG EAST men’s lacrosse action on
Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 4,063 fans at Arlotta
Stadium. The Fighting Irish conclude the regular season with a 7-6
overall record, including a 2-4 mark in BIG EAST play.
Selections for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse
Championship will be revealed on Sunday, May 9.
Notre Dame used six different goal scorers in the contest.
Sophomore attackman Nicholas Beattie (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington
Kilbourne) had a team-high three points on one goal and two
assists. The crowd was the largest ever to witness a Notre Dame
men’s lacrosse game at home.
Syracuse (12-1, 5-0) led 5-0 after the first quarter. The Orange
opened the game’s scoring on a Joel White goal with 9:05 left
in the first period. Goals from Pete Coleman and Keogh 29 seconds
apart put Syracuse up 3-0 with just over seven minutes left in the
opening quarter. Following White’s second goal, Keogh netted
his second tally with 3:28 left in the quarter.
Notre Dame (7-6, 2-4) put a halt to the Orange surge by scoring
four straight goals, including the game’s only two tallies of
the second quarter. A man-up goal from senior attackman Colin Igoe
(Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) put the Fighting Irish on
the board with 10:49 left in the second quarter. Beattie sliced the
Orange lead to three with 6:18 left in the first half. Syracuse led
5-2 at the intermission.
Sophomore attackman Sean Rogers (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Holy Trinity)
continued Notre Dame’s uprising on a goal with just under
three minutes elapsed in the second half. A man-up score from
junior midfielder Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton)
put the Irish to within one (5-4) with 9:45 remaining in the third
quarter.
The Orange responded with tallies from Josh Amidon and Jeremy
Thompson to claim a 7-4 lead midway through the third period. Prior
to the Amidon goal, the Notre Dame defense held Syracuse scoreless
for a stretch of 24:48
The Fighting Irish would not quit as goals from seniors Grant Krebs
(Annapolis, Md./St. Mary’s) and Neal Hicks (Atlanta,
Ga./Lovett School) put Notre Dame back to within one score (7-6)
with just over three minutes left in the quarter.
Syracuse scored the game’s final five goals, including three
man-up tallies. Cody Jamieson gave the Orange a two-goal lead (8-6)
after three quarters of play. Two goals from Keogh and additional
tallies from Amidon and Tim Desko in the final quarter produced the
final outcome.
Orange goalie John Galloway made eight saves, while Notre Dame
senior Scott Rodgers (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) had nine stops. The
Irish out shot the Orange 32-30.
The bracket for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse
Championship will be revealed on Sunday, May 9. The live
‘Selection Show’ can be seen on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m. (ET)
and a complete 16-team bracket and schedule can be found on
www.ncaa.com. The show also will air on ESPNEWS beginning at
approximately 10:00 p.m. (ET). The first round of the NCAA
Championship will take place May 15 & 16 at campus sites.
