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April 26, 2000 Hartford Ends Hens' 11-Game Conference Win Streak; Teams Will Meet Again Wednesday WEST HARTFORD, CT – The University of Hartford ended the University of Delaware’s three-year conference winning streak and the Blue Hens’ chance for an outright America East title with a 10-7 men’s lacrosse victory Wednesday night at Al-Marzook Field. The game, played in a cold, steady rain, was the resumption of a game started this past Friday when heavy rain and lightning suspended the contest with Hartford leading 2-0 late in the first quarter.
Delaware, Hofstra, and Hartford (13-1, 4-1) all finished in a three-way tie for first place with 4-1 records but Hofstra receives the top seed due to the second conference tie-breaker. Hofstra allowed just 13 goals in its games vs. Delaware and Hartford while Delaware allowed 17 and Hartford 24. The No. 2 seed Blue Hens will host No. 3 seed Hartford next Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at Rullo Stadium while Hofstra will host No. 4 seed Towson in the other semifinal game. The championship game will be played at the site of the highest remaining seed Saturday, May 6. The winner will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Hartford, the nation’s top scoring team, got three goals from Frank Branca and two each from Tracey Kelusky and Bryan Bendig to down the Hens for just the second time in nine meetings. Delaware won last year’s game 25-5. Delaware received two goals from freshman Ryan Metzbower (St. Mary’s/Severna Park, MD) while Jason Lavey (Harborfields/Huntington Station, NY) added one goal and three assists and Jason Motta (Lakeland-Panas/Peekskill, NY) had one goal and one assist. Lavey’s became just the 24th UD player to reach the 100-point mark and moved into 10th place on the UD all-time assist list with 61. Hartford led 2-0 to start the night and scored the first four goals to go up 6-0 before the Hens got on the board on a goal by Metzbower with 9:35 left in the first half. But Hartford responded with another goal just 15 seconds later and the Hawks took a 7-2 halftime lead. The Hens scored the first three goals of the second half to pull to within 7-5 but Hartford’s Kelusky scored his NCAA Division I-leading 60th goal of the season with 2:35 left in the third stanza to put the Hawks up 8-5. Delaware never got closer. AGATE: Delaware……….0…..2…..3…..2…….7 Goals: Delaware – Ryan Metzbower-2, Jason Lavey, Jason Motta, R.C. Reed, Liam Wertheimer, Ken Carrrington; Hartford – Frank Branca-3, Tracey Kelusky-2, Bryan Bendig-2, Frank Fenimore, Brian LaMastro, Tom Hanus Assists: Delaware – Jason Lavey-3, Jason Motta; Hartford – Tracey Kelusky-2, Frank Fenimore, Tony Senia Saves: Delaware – 7 (Dave Mullen), Hartford – 14 (Rorke Green).
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