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| | Division I Men : April 18, 2003 | | [ The Game StoryDenver vs Butler Lacrosse on April 18, 2003] |
| | |  |  | | Denver | 12 | | Butler | 8 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Adam Miller
Adam Swain
Geoff Snider
Erik Swanson
Andrew Huelskoetter
Jeff Biggs
Greer Hanlon
Darren Sasaki-scanlon
Matt Brown
Mike Kenlay
| (3, 1)
(2, 1)
(2, 1)
(1, 1)
(2, 0)
(0, 2)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
| Rich Pavlick
Kyle Tietjen
Dan Torgersen
Douglas Mathias
Lawrence O'toole
Chris Mckay
| (3, 1)
(1, 2)
(2, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Jeff Nunziato
| 9 (0.529)
| Brendan Winkler
| 14 (0.538)
| | | | Current Record : (6-4) | Current Record : (5-6) | | | | Team Page For 2003 | Team Page For 2003 | | | | |
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| The Game Story: | Denver - The University of Denver men's lacrosse team defeated the Butler
Bulldogs by a score of 12-8 tonight at Pioneer Field, evening its Great Western
Lacrosse League (GWLL) record at 1-1. The win was the Pioneers' third in three
attempts, a span where Denver has out-scored the opposition 42-18. Freshman
Adam Miller (Columbus, Ohio) led the Crimson and Gold in scoring with three goals
and an assist for his first-career hat trick. Overall, the Pioneers dominated the
stats, out-shooting Butler 42-25, collecting 10 more groundballs (30-20) while
winning 13 of the 23 face-offs (.565). Denver now climbs to 6-4 overall while the
Bulldogs fall to 5-6 (1-2 GWLL).
The Pioneers struck first, with Miller notching his seventh goal of the season at
12:57. Junior Andrew Huelskoetter (St. Louis, Mo.) brought the lead to two 3:49
later when he spun off a defender and fired in a shot just inside the left post. BU
picked up the pace in the last eight minutes with two goals, split by Miller's second
tally of the night at 4:19.
The second quarter began much like the first, with Denver scoring the first two
goals. Miller netted his hat trick goal off a failed Bulter clear at 13:35 to kick things
off. Less then two minutes later freshman Geoff Snider (Calgary, Alberta) scored
his tenth goal of the year from a long-distance pass from junior Jeff Biggs (St.
Louis, Mo.). The tide shifted to the Bulldogs shortly after though, with Butler
scoring three goals in a span of 2:45 to tie the game with 7:12 remaining in the
half. Freshman Adam Swain (West Simsbury, Conn.) wouldn't let the deadlock
stand though and he took advantage of a man-up opportunity with five seconds
left to bring the score to 6-5.
Momentum stayed with the home team in the third and the Pioneers took control of
the game with the only three goals of the quarter. Huelskoetter and sophomore
Darren Sasaki-Scanlon (Norwalk, Conn.) scored first with goals at 13:50 and
12:29, respectively. Sophomore Matt Brown (Burnaby, B.C.) capped off the outing
with his first goal of the game when he threaded the needle from an impossible
angle with 10 seconds left.
Denver head coach Jamie Munro gave the word to wrap things up in the fourth and
Swain oblidged with his second goal of the night at 12:56. Snider followed suit 30
seconds later to give the Pioneers their biggest lead of the night (six goals). The
Bulldogs tried a late rally and scored the next two goals at 11:18 and 8:42 to pull
within four, but the margin never got closer. The teams closed out the final three
minutes with a goal each. Sophomore Erik Swanson (Glenview, Ill.) scored the final
Denver tally at 3:16.
The team will play again this Sunday (April 20) at 12:00 p.m. when the No. 14 Ohio
State Buckeyes come to Denver for another conference game. The Buckeyes are
3-0 in the GWLL and coming off a 7-2 victory over Air Force tonight. |
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