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Loyola 14, Delaware 3
February 26, 2000

 

Loyola Shuts Down University of Delaware 14-3 in Men's Lacrosse Opener

 

NEWARK, DE -- Loyola scored the first four goals of the game and shut down the University of Delaware offense for 36 minutes at one span to post a 14-3 non-league men's lacrosse victory in the season opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at Rullo Stadium.

Loyola, a 1999 NCAA quarterfinalist after being ranked No. 1 for most of the season, won its 24th straight regular season game to set a new NCAA Division I record, breaking the mark of 23 set by Princeton in 1996-98. The Greyhounds (1-0) downed Delaware for the 15th straight time in the series.

The Blue Hens (0-1), who lost four All-Americans including 1999 national Player of the Year John Grant from last year's 14-3 squad that advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, did not score until eight minutes into the game and were held scoreless for a span of 36 minutes from the first quarter until midway through the third stanza.

All-American Mike Battista (Newton North HS, Ma.) led the way for Loyola with three goals and an assist while Tim Goettleman (Manhasset, NY HS), Bobby Horsey (East/West Chester, PA), and Gavin Prout (Gannon/Whitley, Ontario) each scored twice and dished out an assists. Loyola starting goalkeeper Jason Born (Mt. St. Joseph's/Catonsville, MD) posted eight saves and allowed just two goals in three quarters of work.

Freshman Ryan Metzbower (St. Mary's/Severna Park, MD) scored Delaware's first goal with 7:02 left in the first quarter to pull the Hens to within 4-1, but Loyola answered 10 seconds later and outscored the Hens 4-0 in the second stanza to take a 9-1 lead at intermission. The Hens added two second half goals as Jason Motta (Lakeland-Panas/Peeksill, NY) scored off a feed from Jason Lavey (Harborfields/Huntington Station, NY) with 6:04 left in the third quarter and Motta fed Lavey for the final goal with 11:47 left to play to cut the lead to 12-3.

The Hens' three goals were their lowest output since a 20-2 season opening loss to Virginia in 1990. The loss was only Delaware's second in 10 games at Rullo Stadium.

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Scoring Summary

Loyola........5.....4.....3.....2.......14 (1-0)
Delaware....1.....0.....1.....1....... 3 (0-2)

Goals: Loyola - Mike Battista - 3, Tim Goettleman - 2, Bobby Horsey - 2, Gavin Prout - 2, Gunnar Goettleman, Michael Sullivan, David Fields, David Mascarella; Delaware - Jason Lavey, Ryan Metzbower, Jason Motta;

Assists: Loyola - T. Goettleman, Battista, Prout, Sullivan, Fields; Delaware - Lavey, Motta;

Shots: Loyola - 37, Delaware - 33; Groundballs: Loyola - 40, Delaware - 37; Saves: Loyola - 10 (Jason Born, 45 minutes, 8 saves, 2 goals; Mark Bloomquist - 15 minutes, 2 saves, 1 goal); Delaware - 18 - (David Mullen - 30 minutes, 13 saves, 9 goals ; Derrick Schmidt - 30 minutes, 5 saves, 5 goals); Clears: Loyola - 30 of 37; Delaware - 20 of 38; Faceoffs: Loyola - 14, Delaware - 7; Extra Man Goals: Loyola - 5 of 6; Delaware - 2 of 6; Penalties: Loyola - 6 for 5:30; Delaware - 9 for 8:00; Attendance: 801

 

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