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| | Division I Men : April 11, 2004 | | [ The Game StoryDenver vs Notre Dame Lacrosse on April 11, 2004] |
| | |  |  | | Denver | 12 | | Notre Dame | 14 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Matt Brown
Darren Sasaki-scanlon
Erik Swanson
Adam Miller
Greg Wiegel
Ryan Zordani
Geoff Snider
Jeff Biggs
Adam Goodwin
| (5, 0)
(0, 3)
(2, 0)
(1, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
| Patrick Walsh
Matt Karweck
Matt Ryan
Brian Giordano
Matt Howell
Chris Richez
Drew Peters
Frank Matarazzo
Matt Malakoff
Dan Berger
| (4, 3)
(1, 3)
(1, 3)
(3, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Brian Sanders
| 18 (0.563)
| Stewart Crosland
| 20 (0.625)
| | | | Current Record : (6-3) | Current Record : (5-4) | | | | Team Page For 2004 | Team Page For 2004 | | | | |
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| The Game Story: | DENVER - Junior Matt Brown (Burnaby, B.C.) scored five goals but it was
not enough as the University of Denver men's lacrosse team lost its first
conference game of the season to Notre Dame, 14-12, on Sunday, April 11,
at Pioneer Field. The Fighting Irish's Patrick Walsh scored four goals
and added three assists in a hard fought battle, where the score was tied
four times and there were three lead changes. The loss snaps Denver's
three-game winning streak and moves their record to 6-3 (1-1) on the
season, while the Irish improve to 5-4 (2-1).
After recording a game-high six goals against Fairfield, sophomore Greg
Weigel (Port Republic, Md.) opened the game with a goal to give the
Pioneers an early lead. The Irish's Patrick Walsh, Brian Giordano and
Drew Peters responded with three unanswered goals with 5:42 remaining to
give Notre Dame a 3-1 lead. A penalty on Chris Jarvis led to an extra-man
goal by junior Erik Swanson (Glenview, Ill.) for the Pioneers and left
Denver trailing by one. With 10 seconds remaining in the quarter, Notre
Dame's Chris Richez added another tally to put the score at 4-2 at the
end of the first quarter.
A little over four minutes into the second quarter, sophomore Adam Miller
(Columbus, Ohio) capitalized on a turnover by Notre Dame's D.J. Driscoll
and scored his seventh goal of the season to leave Denver again trailing
by one. Just 36 seconds later, senior Jeff Biggs (St. Louis, Mo.) sent a
pass to Brown who tied the game at 4-4. With 8:49 remaining in the half,
Brown scored his second goal of the game to give Denver its second lead
of the game. Freshman Ryan Zordani (Littleton, Colo.) tallied his second
career-goal with 5:45 left in the half to increase Denver's lead to two.
Notre Dame's Matt Malakoff added a goal but Brown completed his hat trick
to give the Pioneers a 7-5 advantage. Walsh claimed his second goal of
the game to give Notre Dame a 7-6 lead at the half.
To begin the third quarter, Denver's Brown tallied his fourth goal of the
game off a feed from Miller to leave Notre Dame trailing 8-6. Swanson
notched his second goal of the game but the Irish's Dan Berger and
Giordano each tallied a goal to cut Denver's lead to one with 3:35
remaining in the quarter. Walsh completed his hat trick for Notre Dame
with 1:30 remaining and a goal by Matt Karweck gave the Irish a 10-9 lead
heading into the final quarter.
Sophomore Geoff Snider (Calgary, Alberta) tied the score for Denver at
10-10 with 10:46 left in the game. Notre Dame was relentless as Frank
Matarazzo took the ball off the faceoff and scored five seconds later to
regain the lead for the Irish and put the score at 11-10. Giordano
completed his three-goal game and Walsh scored another goal as Notre Dame
sealed the win by extending its lead to three with 8:18 remaining in the
game. Brown and sophomore Adam Goodwin (Columbus, Ohio) each added goals
in the last four minutes of the game, left but Notre Dame held on for the
14-12 win.
Walsh led all scorers with four goals and three assists. Brown added five
goals for the Pioneers and Swanson tallied two on the day. Junior goalie
Brian Sanders (Columbus, Ohio) tallied a season-high 18 saves in the
loss, while facing 27 shots.
The Pioneers continue conference play next Saturday, April 17, when they
travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to face Air Force at 1 p.m. MT.
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