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April 21, 2001
Lavey Leads the Way as Hens Clinch No. 3 Seed in America East Tournament
NEWARK, DE -- Jason Lavey (Harborfields/Huntington Station, NY) scored three goals and dished out an assist as the University of Delaware posted a 10-7 America East men's lacrosse victory over the University of Hartford Saturday night at Rullo Stadium, clinching the No. 3 seed in the upcoming league tournament. Delaware, which had gone 2-2 in playing four straight one-goal games, improved to 5-8, 3-2 on the season and will be the No. 3 seed when the America East semifinals begin May 2. The Hens will travel to No. 2 seed Hofstra while top seed Towson will host either Hartford or Vermont. The finals will be held May 5 at the site of the higher seed with that winner earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks, who have now lost six of their last seven games, fell to 5-6, 1-3 and lost to the Blue Hens for the ninth time in 11 all-time meetings. Senior Dave Christopher (Springfield, PA HS) and junior Chris Bickley (Abington/Jenkintown, PA) each added two goals and freshman Andrew Benazzi (Chaminade/Glen Cove, NY) added a goal and an assist as the Blue Hens moved on for the win. Junior goalkeeper Dave Mullen (Ridley, PA HS) posted 12 saves and assisted on a goal in the third quarter when the Blue Hens took control of the game. Hartford got three goals from Kevin Garvey while Tom Hanas and Brian LaMastro each added two goals. Goalkeeper Rorke Greene stopped 17 shots. The first half featured five ties, the last with 56 seconds left in the second quarter when Bickley tallied an unassisted goal for a 5-5 halftime deadlock. But the Hens took control in the third quarter. Lavey scored from 40 yards out on an open net after a pass from Mullen to give the Hens the lead for good at 6-5 with 12:48 left. Lavey scored 72 seconds later off a feed from Benazzi and Benazzi added his first career goal with 6:41 left in the stanza for an 8-5 Blue Hen lead. Lavey, one of 10 seniors making their final home appearance at Rullo Stadium, extended his point-scoring streak to 37 straight games since 1999 and moved into eighth place on the all-time UD scoring list with 166 points on 74 goals and 92 assists. He moved past Jim Bruder who had 163 points in 1996-99. Delaware extended the lead to 10-5 on fourth quarter goals by Christopher and Keevin Galbraith before Hartford scored two goals in the final three minutes. The Blue Hens will close out their regular season this Saturday, April 28 against the University of Pennsylvania at Villanova University. AGATE: Hartford.......2.....3.....0.....2.....7 Scoring (Goals-Assists): Delaware - Jason Lavey, 3-1; Dave Christopher, 2-0; Chris Bickley, 2-0; Andrew Benazzi, 1-1, Brad Downer, 1-0; Keevin Galbraith, 1-0; Bryan Barrett, 0-1; Jason Motta, 0-1; Dave Mullen, 0-1 Hartford - Kevin Garvey, 3-0; Tom Hanas, 2-0; Brian LaMastro, 2-1; Rio Roman, 0-1; Tom Fallica, 0-1; Tyler Francey, 0-1; Shots: Hartford - 31; Delaware - 38; Groundballs: Hartford - 39, Delaware - 53; Saves: Hartford - 17 (Rorke Greene), Delaware - 12 (Dave Mullen, 56 minutes, 12 saves, 5 goals; Derrick Schmidt, 4 minutes, 0 saves, 2 goals); Faceoffs: Hartford - 6, Delaware - 15; Penalties: Hartford - 5 for 4:00; Delaware - 7 for 5:30; Extra Man Goals: Hartford - 1 for 6; Delaware- 0 for 4; Clears: Hartford -25 for 31; Delaware - 22 for 31; Attendance: 800.
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