Outlaws Silence Cannons on the Road
from press release
BOSTON -- The Denver Outlaws evened their record at 1-1 on the
road against the Boston Cannons today, with a 15-14 decision at
Harvard Stadium. A trio of Outlaws contributed the bulk of the
offense, with midfielder Brendan Mundorf (UMBC) leading all scorers
with five goals. Midfielder Josh Sims (Princeton) was close behind
with four goals and attackman Matt Brown (Univ. of Denver) rounded
out Denver's leaderboard with a hat trick. Goalie Jesse Schwartzman
(Johns Hopkins) also had a big night, stopping 18 of the 31 goals
he faced. Cannons attackman Ryan Boyle paced his offense with a hat
trick of his own.
Just after the opening face-off the Outlaws came out of the gates
firing, with Brown leading the charge. The University of Denver
Alum recorded a hat trick in the opening 15 minutes off of three
shots. Meanwhile the Cannons were answering back with goals of
their own and at the 11:09 mark the score stood at 3-3. The road
team finished strong though as Sims and midfielder Greg Downing
(Fairfield) each recorded goals withing a minute and a half to give
the Outlaws a 5-3 lead going into the break.
In the 2nd quarter both teams battled through half of the quarter
before two goals in a five second span from Ryan Boyle and Chris
Eck (6:40 and 6:45 respectively) ignited the Cannons faithful and
tied the score at 5-5. Denver's Mundorf responded though and kicked
off a 3-1 Outlaws run with his unassisted goal at 7:24. As the
first half wound down the Orange and Black sat comfortably with a
8-6 advantage.
An early goal in the third (1:58) could have signaled another
swing in momentum. However Sims, Mundorf and Downing continued to
harass Boston goalie Kip Turner and the trio found the back of the
net a combined five times to give Denver a 13-8 lead. During that
run, Mundorf recorded three goals. Just when it looked like the
Outlaws were going to pull away for an easy win, the Cannon's
scored three late goals in the third, including a two-pointer from
Matt Casey to end the quarter at 13-11 Denver.
Just 45 seconds into the fourth Boston found the back of the net
once again to pull within one. That's when coach Reese decided to
take a timeout and talk over things with his troops. Right after
the talk, Denver's defensive line answered the call and forced a
60-second shot clock violation. Mundorf then continued his scoring
streak and helped put the boys in black up by two (14-12)
with his goal at 2:28. This is when the Cannon's mounted their
final assault, going on a 3-1 run to bring the home team back
within one with under a minute remaining. Schwartzman came up with
a huge save for the Outlaws with 21 seconds remaining though and
his players drained the clock with precision to end the game at
15-14.
