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| | Division I Men : March 30, 2002 | | [ The Game StoryDenver vs Notre Dame Lacrosse on March 30, 2002] |
| | |  |  | | Denver | 8 | | Notre Dame | 15 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Jeff Biggs
Matt Brown
Darren Sasaki-scanlon
Mike Kenlay
Scott Davidson
Ben Dougherty
Blake Evans
| (3, 1)
(2, 1)
(1, 2)
(1, 1)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
| John Flandina
Devin Ryan
Brian Giordano
Travis Wells
Chris Richez
Kyle Frigon
Steve Clagett
Dan Berger
Matt Malakoff
John Mulflur
| (3, 3)
(3, 0)
(1, 2)
(3, 0)
(0, 2)
(1, 1)
(2, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Jeff Nunziato
Brian Sanders
| 5 (0.385)
5 (0.417)
| Nick Antol
| 15 (0.652)
| | | | Current Record : (4-4) | Current Record : (2-5) | | | | Team Page For 2002 | Team Page For 2002 | | | | |
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| The Game Story: | DENVER - The University of Denver men's lacrosse team, unable to overcome a
seven goal second quarter assault by No. 19 Notre Dame, suffered its first Great
Western Lacrosse League loss at the hands of the Irish, 15-8 on Saturday
afternoon (Mar. 30) at Pioneer Field. The loss, Denver's second straight on home
turf, drops them to 4-4 in the season, 0-1 in league play. Notre Dame snaps a
three-game losing streak and improves to 2-5 overall, 1-0 in conference action.
The Pioneers battled with Notre Dame in the first quarter and out-shot the
opponent 7-6, but trailed by two goals midway through the opening frame.
Sophomore Jeff Biggs (St. Louis, Mo.) stepped up with a big goal late in the
period, his 11th of the season, to cut the deficit in half at the first recess.
The Irish stormed out of the break and dominated play on both ends of the field in
the second quarter. The Notre Dame attack reeled off six unanswered goals in the
second quarter to pull away and silence Denver's hopes of an upset. The Pioneers
rallied in the final minutes of the half but were only able to muster one goal in the
quarter and entered the halftime break trailing by seven goals, 9-2. Denver's
attack, which has averaged over six goals in the first half this season was quieted
by Irish goalie Nick Antol, who recorded 11 saves on 16 shots, and held to just two
goals before the break.
The Pioneers entered the second half with an energized spirit and attempted to
regain the momentum in the third quarter, but an early fast-break goal by the Irish
squelched the Pioneer rally and silenced the hometown crowd. Each team registered
two goals in the third period to give the Irish an 11-4 advantage heading into the
final quarter. Notre Dame struck quickly with two goals in the first five minutes of
the stanza before Denver could muster a shot, but the Pioneers regrouped and
dominated the remainder of the contest. Denver's offense answered minutes later
with a two-goal rally of its own, led by freshman Darren Sasaki-Scanlon (Norwalk,
Conn.) who tallied his first career goal, and then recorded two more goals in the
final three minutes of play, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.
For the game Notre Dame out-shot Denver 32-29 and won the face-off battle
15-12, but the Pioneers were victorious in the groundball war 31-29 and stopped
12 Irish clear attempts. Freshman Matt Brown (Burnaby, B.C.) tallied two goals in
the second half to extend his scoring streak to eight games, but his seven-game
hat trick streak was snapped when he failed to convert on two shots in the waning
minutes of the contest. The Irish scored one extra-man goal on two tries and held
the Pioneers scoreless on both man-advantage attempts.
The Pioneers will return to action this Friday night (Apr. 5) when they play host to
GWLL opponent Fairfield in the second game of this three-game home stand.
Face-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. mountain time. Notre Dame will remain in
Colorado for a league tilt against Air Force on Tuesday. |
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