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Pioneers Hold Off Knights, 14-12

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Smith leads DU past Bellarmine in final home game of season

DENVER – Junior Cliff Smith (Surrey, B.C.) led the Pioneers with four goals and two assists as the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team defeated Bellarmine 14-12 at Barton Lacrosse Stadium Sunday afternoon.

“A win is a win,” head coach Jamie Munro said. “It wasn’t pretty, but we did what we had to do. It’s great to be heading into the Ohio State game 3-0 in the conference.”

Denver (9-4, 3-0 GWLL) honored its five seniors in the final home game of the 2008 season. Andrew Bourke (Denver, Colo.), Brett Koll (Fort Collins, Colo.), Carlos Navarro (Dallas, Texas), Dustin Palmer (Greenwood Village, Colo.) and Jon Paulson (Flemington, N.J.) played their final game at Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

Bellarmine (6-6, 0-4 GWLL) was led by Shane Anderson, who had two goals.

Denver jumped to a 2-0 lead in the opening 1:30 with goals by Paulson and Koll, but Bellarmine tied it up before the end of the first quarter.

The Knights took a 4-2 lead in the second after holding the Pioneers scoreless for 22:46, since the 1:30 mark of the first period, but junior Joey Murray (Denver, Colo.) brought Denver within one on his 10th goal of the season with 5:44 remaining in the half.

Murray tied the game with his second consecutive goal just 1:22 later, and sophomore Ilija Gajic (Burnaby, B.C.) buried a pass from sophomore John Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) to give the Pioneers the 5-4 lead at the 12:05 mark of the second quarter.

Smith tallied a pair of goals early in the third, but Bellarmine answered each time Smith increased the DU lead to two. Freshman Jamie Lincoln (St. Cathariens, Ontario) broke a 7-7 tie with 6:58 to play and registered his second consecutive goal just 42 seconds later. Smith recorded his third goal of the game with 5:51 remaining before the Knights made it 10-8.

Three DU goals by Lincoln, Murray and Smith in the first 6:33 of the fourth quarter gave the Pioneers a 13-8 five-goal lead. Freshman Ryan Driver (Centennial, Colo.) netted his first collegiate goal, and DU held off Bellarmine despite giving up three goals in the final 2:10.

Junior goaltender Austin Konkel (Aurora, Colo.) registered eight saves for DU while Bellarmine’s David Haas recorded 10. Scott Bowles also saw time in net for the Knights, recording four saves.

The Pioneers close out their regular season with a pair of road games. On Saturday, April 19, DU faces Ohio State at 9 a.m. MT at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio before traveling to Air Force on Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m. to end the regular season.

Air Force Falls to Quinnipiac, 11-10, in Overtime

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USAFA, Colo. - A fourth-period rally fell short as the Air Force lacrosse team dropped an 11-10 overtime decision to conference rival Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon at Cadet Lacrosse Stadium. The Falcons fall to 3-6 on the season, 1-2 in the GWLL, while the Bobcats improve to 7-3, 1-2 in the league.
Down by two goals going into the final period, Air Force scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 9-9. With 1:19 left on the clock, senior David Rose (Allentown, Pa.) notched a score as a man-up opportunity was ending to give Air Force a one-goal lead. However, Quinnipiac won the ensuing face-off and controlled the offensive action, getting the equalizer with just nine seconds remaining in regulation.
The overtime period belonged to the Bobcats, who retained possession in their offensive end throughout. A score from Todd Kaiser with 1:40 left on the clock gave Quinnipiac the win and ended the Falcons’ perfect record at home.
Quinnipiac started the game on top, getting out to a 2-0 lead before back-to-back goals from Jack Parchman (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) and Colin Lockhart (Jr., Richmond, Va.) tied the score. While the Bobcats closed out the opening period with a 3-2 lead, Air Force tied the game with a score from junior Brian Massa (Jamesville, N.Y.) and took its first lead of the game with an unassisted goal by sophomore Ridge Flick (Plano, Texas). The Falcons went on to grab a 5-4 advantage at the half.
The Bobcats again tied the game midway through the third period before junior Griffin Nevitt (Charlotte, N.C.) tallied a man-down goal to put the Falcons back on top. However, Quinnipiac went on a 4-1 run to end the quarter, including a score with just six seconds on the clock to regain their two-goal lead.
Massa led Air Force with a career-high three goals and one assist, while Rose and Lockhart added two scores each. Flick, Parchman and Tristan Newkirk (Fr., Albany, N.Y.) also added assists for the Falcons. Air Force outshot Quinnipiac, 44-32, while winning 14-of-25 face-offs. The Falcons also went 2-for-3 on the power play, while holding the Bobcats to 0-for-3 on man-up opportunities.
For the Bobcats, Ted Dimond led the offense with three goals, all in the third period, while goalkeeper Kevin Benzing tallied 16 saves on the afternoon.
Air Force is back in action next Sunday, April 20, when it travels to New Haven, Conn., to take on Yale in a non-conference match-up. The game is slated for 12:00 p.m. (ET).
Quinnipiac 11, Air Force 10 (OT)
Quinnipiac Scoring:
Goals: Ted Dimond 3, Sean Endicott 2, Bill Hayes 2, Gary Messina, Anthony Poerio, Jack Oppenheimer, Todd Kaiser. Assists: Bill Hayes 2, Gary Messina 2, Sean Endicott, Todd Kaiser, Mitch Cooper, Anthony Poerio.
Air Force Scoring:
Goals: Brian Massa 3, Colin Lockhart 2, David Rose 2, Jack Parchman, Ridge Flick, Griffin Nevitt. Assists: Brian Massa, Tristan Newkirk, Ridge Flick, Jack Parchman.

Second Annual Toyota LaxFest

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Every youth team in the CYLA and CGLA (including a few from Wyoming!) will be playing their league games for the weekend of April 26 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver. More than 320 teams will be in attendance, making this the largest-ever lacrosse event west of the Mississippi River. We are glad you will be joining us and sincerely hope that your experience with us will be a memorable one.

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Townsend Dominant in Blanking of Buffs

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Boulder, CO. (April 10, 2008) - The #1 University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team shut out their third opponent of the season on Thursday night (April 10), grabbing an 8-0 win over #16 Colorado in Boulder. Senior goaltender Graham Townsend (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville East) stole the show, stopping 28 shots en-route to the Wolverines’ 11th win of the season.

Both teams traded possessions for the majority of the first quarter as the Wolverines had trouble running their offensive sets with much efficiency. Loose balls and groundballs were a plenty in the first frame, and neither team had much luck producing quality chances. A failed clear attempt for the Wolverines mid-way through the quarter resulted in a two on zero transition opportunity for the Buffs.

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Vipers beat Raiders in OT

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It took overtime, but the Fort Collins Unified high school lacrosse reaffirmed Friday night why its regarded my most as the top team in Colorado.

Brock Waddell scored a goal with 1 minute, 23 seconds left in overtime to lift the Vipers to a thrilling 7-6 win over Regis in a battle of Colorado-lacrosse titans at French Field.

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“It was definitely a good win for us,” Vipers coach Carey Smith said. “It was a little sloppy, but we really played hard and showed a lot of heart. These kids just don’t like losing.”

The contest seemed destined to go to overtime from the start. The two squads were tied 2-2 after the first quarter, 3-3 after the second, 4-4 after the third and 6-6 at the end of regulation.

Smith praised the play of midfielder Greg Rushing, who won 13 of 17 faceoffs and scored a goal, and of goalie Jackson Nye, who made 13 saves - not one of them bigger than his last one of the night that set up the winning goal.

Devin Arruabarrena scored two goals for the defending state-champion Vipers.

Kenyon tops Colorado College, 14-8

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GAMBIER, Ohio — (April 12, 2008) Noah Flessel (Berkeley, CA/Berkeley) racked up his second six-goal game of the season, Devin Catlin (Charlottesville, VA/Western Albemarle) registered five assists, and David Page (West Chester, PA/St. Andrew’s (DE)) was sharp in goal with 11 saves. That trio set the tone Saturday afternoon for the Kenyon College lacrosse team’s 14-8 victory over the visiting Colorado College Tigers.
Flessel, who scored six goals in a win over Sewanee earlier this season, got the Lords off to a rapid start. He scored two of the team’s four first-quarter goals and two more of the team’s four second-quarter goals. Nate Pritchard (Narberth, PA/Lower Merion) assisted on Flessel’s goals in the first quarter and Catlin assisted on the ones in the second quarter, giving Kenyon an 8-4 lead at the half.

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TITANS TOP MAMMOTH

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newmammoth.gifNEW YORK – The New York Titans opened the second quarter with a five-goal run that proved to be the difference in a 14-10 victory over the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday night.

Mike McLellan scored two of his team-leading four goals during the run, helping the Titans build a 9-4 halftime lead before a crowd of 6,337 at Madison Square Garden.

The Mammoth, which has already clinched a playoff spot in the National Lacrosse League’s West Division, fell to 7-6. The Titans improved to 7-6 and helped their playoff chances in the log jammed East Division race.

Chris Gill led the Mammoth with four goals, three on the power play, and Jamie Shewchuk had a game-high seven assists. Gavin Prout chipped in with three goals and three assists.

Casey Powell and Brendan Mundorf each tallied two goals and four assists to lead the Titans to victory in their first meeting with the Mammoth.

Goaltender Chris Levis, who relieved starter Gee Nash, took the loss for Colorado after making 21 saves on 27 shots. Nash, who stopped 14 of 21 shots, was replaced after the Titans’ five-goal outburst. Matt Vinc made 35 saves and earned the victory in goal for New York.