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Delaware men’s lacrosse defeats No. 14 UMBC

Ryan Overs scored the game-winning goal in the victory over UMBC.

9:50 a.m., March 29, 2004--The University of Delaware men’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Maryland Baltimore County, which was ranked No. 14 in NCAA Division I, 11-10 on Saturday afternoon at UMBC Stadium.

UD, which entered the rankings last week at No. 20, rallied from an 8-4 halftime deficit and Ryan Overs scored the game-winning goal with 2:04 left to play.

The Fightin’ Blue Hens improved to 7-2 and will open the Colonial Athletic Association season with a home game against Hofstra University at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 3, at Rullo Stadium.

Hofstra, which was ranked No. 13, fell to 2-5 after a 6-3 loss to the University of Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon.

In Saturday’s victory over UMBC, the Hens’ Matt Alrich scored a game-high four goals, Overs had two goals and two assists and Cam Howard had one goal and three assists. Goalkeeper Chris Collins posted 12 saves.

Freshman Alex Smith added an assist and played a key role in the win as he won 17 of 25 face-offs against UMBC's Pat Muston, who entered the game ranked second nationally in face-off percentage.

UMBC (2-3) got four goals from Brendan Mundorf, while Drew Westervelt added two goals and two assists and goalkeeper Kevin Cepelak had eight saves.

Alrich scored the first goal of the game just 54 seconds into the contest but UMBC answered with five straight goals, including three by Mundorf. The Retrievers later scored three straight goals to go up 8-3 before a goal by UD’s Andy Hipple cut the lead to 8-4 at intermission.

UD gained momentum in the second half as the Hens scored the first four goals, including two by Alrich, to pull to within 8-7 with 8:09 left in the third quarter.

UMBC increased its lead on a goal by Westervelt just nine seconds later but the Hens tied the score when Ryan Metzbower and Howard scored consecutive goals to make it 9-9 with 13:44 remaining.

Hyland scored to give the Retrievers a 10-9 lead with 11:18 remaining but the Hens shut down UMBC the rest of the way.

UD freshman Dan Deckelbaum scored his first career goal with 6:26 left to tie the score at 10-10 and Overs scored the game-winner off a feed from Howard with 2:04 left.

UMBC had a chance to tie the score in the final minute as two penalties put the Hens two men down with 18 seconds left to play. Collins stopped a shot by Joe Cahill just before the final buzzer to preserve the win.

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