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| Delaware men's lacrosse moved to Rutgers March 1 |
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12:55 p.m., Feb. 24, 2003--A fourth-quarter rally came up short as the University of Delaware men’s lacrosse team dropped a 9-6 decision to host Loyola College on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Curley Field in Baltimore.
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| UD’s Matt Alrich scored two fourth quarter goals |
UD (1-1) will return to action Saturday, March 1, when the Fightin’ Blue Hens travel to Rutgers University. The game, previously slated for 1 p.m. at Rullo Stadium, now is set for noon at Rutgers because of unplayable field conditions at UD's Rullo Stadium.
Rutgers is coming off a season-opening upset of Towson University, which was ranked No. 13. Rutgers won that game 10-9 in overtime.
Against Loyola, the Hen fell behind 8-3 early in the fourth quarter but battled back to within two goals with 2:20 left to play before the Greyhounds sealed the victory.
Ryan Overs and Matt Alrich each scored two goals for the Blue Hens, and Jon Kallis and Andy Hipple also tallied goals.
Chris Collins posted nine saves in goal for the Hens, who held a 34-27 advantage in shots and a 41-40 advantage in groundballs.
Stephen Brundage led the Greyhounds with three goals and an assist while Chris Summers contributed two goals and Gunnar Goettelmann added a goal and two assists.
Loyola goalkeeper Mark Bloomquist had a big game, stopping 15 Blue Hens shots while allowing just six goals.
Delaware managed 19 first half shots, but connected on just two goals as Loyola took a 5-2 lead into intermission. Overs pulled Delaware to within 6-3 with 7:37 left in the third quarter, but Loyola's Ryan Fisher scored with just five seconds left in the stanza and Jim Fink scored an extra man goal just over a minute into the final quarter to increase the lead to 8-3.
The Blue Hens rallied from there as Overs scored an extra man goal and Alrich scored both of his goals in a span of three minutes and 32 seconds, the final one with 2:20 left that cut the lead to 8-6.
Loyola then iced the game as Brundage scored his game-high third goal of the game with 1:30 remaining to open the three-goal advantage.
After the game against Rutgers, UD will travel to Mount St. Mary’s College for a game at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 5.
The Hens will then return home for a four-game homestand with games against Manhattan College at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 9; Marist College at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 12; the University of Albany at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 15; and Towson at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 22.
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