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Archive for March 9th, 2008
DENVER - Senior attack Brett Koll (Fort Collins, Colo.) netted the overtime game-winner as the No. 19 University of Denver men’s lacrosse team defeated Penn 12-11 in on Sunday afternoon in the final game of the Eighth Annual Face-Off Classic.
“I’m proud of our guys for fighting back,” head coach Jamie Munro said. “When you get hit with penalties, hit the pipes, it makes you think you’re really struggling. We persevered, and it was a big deal for us to win today.”
Junior midfielder Joey Murray (Denver, Colo.) led the Denver (3-3) with three goals while senior attack Jon Paulson (Flemington, N.J.) had two goals and one assist.
Penn (2-2) scored four second quarter goals to take a 6-4 lead heading into the second half of play.
The Quakers netted a pair of man-up goals in the first 6:30 of the third quarter to take an 8-4 lead, but sophomore midfielder John Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) brought the Pioneers within three at 8-5 with 2:55 remaining in the quarter.
Sophomore midfielder Ilija Gajic (Burnaby, B.C.) cut the deficit to two with his fourth goal of the season less than four minutes into the fourth quarter.
Penn extended its lead back to three with a J.J. Lian goal less than two minutes later, but Paulson netted his second goal of the game to bring DU back within two with 8:42 remaining.
Murray recorded a hat trick in the final 5:15 to give Denver its first lead of the game at 11-10 with 1:18 to play, but Penn’s Craig Andrzejewski tied the score at 11-11 with only 26 seconds remaining.
Just 53 seconds into the overtime period, however, Koll gave the Pioneers their second consecutive victory on his fifth goal of the season.
“We had to win these two games in a big way,” Koll said. “Joey came up huge. Our defense stepped up, and offensively we just got it done.”
Penn was led by Andrzejewski, who had two goals and three assists for five points. In net, Chris Casey had 12 saves for the Quakers. Junior goalie Austin Konkel (Aurora, Colo.) registered nine saves.
Brown defeated Air Force, 13-7, earlier in the day.
The 2008 Face-Off Classic All-Tournament team included at attack Thomas Muldoon (Brown), Andrzejewski and Pioneer freshman Jamie Lincoln (St. Cathariens, Ontario), at midfield Griffen Nevitt (Air Force), Garvey Heidermann (Penn) and Murray, at long stick midfield Dan Gnazzo (Air Force), at defense Jake Hardy (Brown), DU sophomore Dillon Roy (Denver, Colo.) and Tommy Dodge (Penn), and Chris Casey (Penn) at goalie.
Koll was named the tournament MVP.
The Pioneers face Cornell in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. before traveling to Stony Brook on March 22. DU returns home on Monday, March 24 to face Presbyterian at 7:30 p.m.
Denver, Colo. - Trailing by as many as nine goals, the Air Force lacrosse team was unable to get past Brown in a 13-7 loss Sunday morning at the annual Pioneer Face-off Classic, hosted by the University of Denver at Barton Lacrosse Stadium. The Falcons fall to 1-3 on the season, while the Bears move to 2-2.
Brown scored five unanswered goals in the opening period before a score from junior longstick midfielder Dan Gnazzo (Eden Prairie, Minn.) put the Falcons on the board with 4:18 remaining in the quarter. The Bears extended their advantage to 10-3 at the half, with Air Force’s Griffin Nevitt (Charlotte, N.C.) scoring a pair of man-up goals in the second period.
The Bears shut out the Falcons in the third quarter, getting out to a nine-goal advantage, their largest lead of the game. Although Air Force outscored Brown 4-1 in the final period, including a score with just 33 seconds left on the clock, it was not enough to overcome the early deficit in the 13-7 loss.
Nevitt finished with three goals and an assist. Jack Parchman (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) added a goal and an assist, Ridge Flick (So., Plano, Texas) and Kevin Crumrine (Edgewater, Md.) scored a goal each and David Rose (Sr., Allentown, Pa.) and Peter Krasco (Sr., Medford, Mass.) each added an assist.
At the conclusion of the tournament, Nevitt and Gnazzo were each named to the Pioneer Face-off Classic all-tournament team. Nevitt tallied six goals and an assist on the weekend to lead the Air Force offense. Meanwhile, Gnazzo, who scored his first career goal against the Bears, finished with nine ground balls and three caused turnovers in the two games.
The Falcons return to action next weekend, March 16, when they travel to College Park, Md., to face sixth-ranked Maryland.
Brown 13, Air Force 7
Brown Scoring:
Goals: Kyle Hollingsworth 4, Andrew Feinberg 3, Thomas Muldoon 2, Collins Carey 2, Teddy Daiber, Jeff Hall. Assists: Brady Williams 2, Kyle Hollingsworth 2, Thomas Muldoon, Andrew Feinberg, Reed Deluca, Collins Carey, NIcholas Melvin.
Air Force Scoring:
Goals: Griffin Nevitt 3, Dan Gnazzo, Jack Parchman, Ridge Flick, Kevin Crumrine. Assists: Jack Parchman, David Rose, Griffin Nevitt, Peter Krasco.
