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#17 Towson 14, Delaware 10
March 22, 2003

Third Quarter Flurry Lifts Tigers Past Hens in CAA Play

 

 

Ryan Metzbower tallied a season-high three goals
NEWARK, DE -- Towson University senior Hunter Lochte scored a career-high six goals and dished out an assist and the Tigers broke a tie with four straight goals in a span of two minutes and 20 seconds in the third quarter to post a 14-10 Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse victory over host University of Delaware Saturday night at Rullo Stadium.

Delaware, which led 6-5 at halftime and still owned a share of the lead with 3:12 left in the third quarter, lost its second straight game and fell to 4-4, 0-1 in CAA play. No. 17 ranked Towson snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 2-3, 2-0 CAA in downing the Blue Hens for the third straight time.

Junior Ryan Metzbower (St. Mary's/Severna Park, MD) scored a season-high three goals to lead the Blue Hens while Matt Alrich (Calvert Hall/Timonium, MD), Brad Downer (Annapolis/Annapolis, MD), and Kurt Nordhoff (Mt. Hebron/Ellicott City, MD) each scored twice. Alrich and Downer also dished out assists for the Hens.

Lochte, who tied a Rullo Stadium record with his six goals, scored twice in the first quarter and tallied a goal with just 4:46 left in the first half to cut the Delaware lead to 6-5. Lochte helped start the pivotal 4-0 run in the third quarter as he fed Brad Monaco on a goal with 3:12 left to put the Tigers up for good at 9-8. Monaco assisted on two other goals in the run.

Ryan Obloj added two goals and three assists for the game and Kenny Lynch dished out two assists for Towson, which outshot Delaware 53-38 and held a commanding 19-9 advantage on faceoffs. Goalkeeper Reed Sothoron posted 14 saves.

Delaware scored the final two goals of the opening quarter as Xander Ritz fed Nordhoff and Alrich for scores in the final 2:30 to give UD a 4-3 lead. Delaware built the lead to 6-3 with 7:46 left in the first half when Andrew Benazzi and Downer each scored for the Hens. Towson's Obloj scored and then fed Lochte for a score in the final 6:25 to cut the UD lead to 6-5 at intermission.

Towson opened the second half with three straight goals to take an 8-6 lead, but Metzbower and Alrich answered for Delaware as the Hens tied the game at 8-8 with 5:27 remaining. Towson then started its key run just over two minutes later to put the game away. Metzbower scored his second goal with 9:32 left to cut the lead to 13-9, but the Hens would never get closer.

Chris Collins posted 16 saves in the nets for Delaware.

AGATE:

Towson vs Univ. of Delaware (Mar 22, 2003)

Lacrosse Box Score

         
Towson (2-3, 2-0 CAA) vs.                         Score by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
Univ. of Delaware (4-4, 0-1 CAA)                  -------------------------------------
Date: Mar 22, 2003  Attendance: 700               Towson..............  3  2  7  2 - 14
Weather:                                          Univ. of Delaware...  4  2  2  2 - 10
         
Towson SCORING: GOALS: Lochte, Hunter 6; Obloj, Ryan 2; Florio, Matt 1; Monaco,
Brad 1; Mull, Steve 1; Pfarr, Drew 1; Rutledge, Kenny 1; Smith, Zak 1.
ASSISTS: Obloj, Ryan 3; Lynch, Kenny 2; Monaco, Brad 2; Cocchi, Danny 1; Lochte,
Hunter 1; Mull, Steve 1; Pfarr, Drew 1; Rutledge, Kenny 1.
         
Univ. of Delaware SCORING: GOALS: Metzbower, Ryan 3; Alrich, Matt 2; Downer,
Brad 2; Nordhoff, Kurt 2; Benazzi, Andrew 1.
ASSISTS: Ritz, Xander 2; Alrich, Matt 1; Downer, Brad 1; Reed, R.C. 1.
         
         
         
Shots by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Towson.............. 10 20 16  7 - 53
Univ. of Delaware... 14  8  9  7 - 38
         
Saves by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Towson..............  2  3  5  4 - 14
Univ. of Delaware...  5  7  3  1 - 16
         
Ground balls by prd   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Towson..............  6 12 13  8 - 39
Univ. of Delaware...  9  7  6  6 - 28
         
Face-offs by prd       1     2     3     4    Total
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Towson..............  5-8   4-5   8-10  2-5  - 19-28
Univ. of Delaware...  3-8   1-5   2-10  3-5  -  9-28
         
Clears by period       1     2     3     4    Total
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Towson..............  8-8   5-6   4-4   5-6  - 22-24
Univ. of Delaware...  3-4   4-5   5-8   3-6  - 15-23
         
Extra-man opps         1     2     3     4    Total
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Towson..............  0-1   0-1   1-3   0-3  -  1-8
Univ. of Delaware...  1-1   0-0   1-1   0-2  -  2-4
         
         
PENALTIES - TOWSON 5/4:00; DELAWARE 9/8:00.
         
         
SCORING SUMMARY: Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 1st 13:31 TOWSON EVEN Lochte, Hunter Lynch, Kenny 2. 1st 11:53 DELAWARE EVEN Downer, Brad Unassisted 3. 1st 8:20 TOWSON EVEN Obloj, Ryan Cocchi, Danny 4. 1st 3:53 DELAWARE EVEN Nordhoff, Kurt Downer, Brad 5. 1st 2:40 TOWSON EVEN Lochte, Hunter Pfarr, Drew 6. 1st 2:30 DELAWARE EVEN Nordhoff, Kurt Ritz, Xander 7. 1st 1:17 DELAWARE UP Alrich, Matt Ritz, Xander 8. 2nd 12:12 DELAWARE EVEN Benazzi, Andrew Reed, R.C. 9. 2nd 7:46 DELAWARE EVEN Downer, Brad Unassisted 10. 2nd 6:25 TOWSON EVEN Obloj, Ryan Unassisted 11. 2nd 4:46 TOWSON EVEN Lochte, Hunter Obloj, Ryan 12. 3rd 14:05 TOWSON EVEN Lochte, Hunter Lynch, Kenny 13. 3rd 13:22 TOWSON EVEN Florio, Matt Unassisted 14. 3rd 7:34 TOWSON UP Lochte, Hunter Rutledge, Kenny 15. 3rd 6:44 DELAWARE UP Metzbower, Ryan Unassisted 16. 3rd 5:27 DELAWARE EVEN Alrich, Matt Unassisted 17. 3rd 3:12 TOWSON EVEN Monaco, Brad Lochte, Hunter 18. 3rd 2:23 TOWSON EVEN Pfarr, Drew Mull, Steve 19. 3rd 1:51 TOWSON EVEN Smith, Zak Monaco, Brad 20. 3rd 0:52 TOWSON EVEN Mull, Steve Monaco, Brad 21. 4th 12:09 TOWSON EVEN Rutledge, Kenny Obloj, Ryan 22. 4th 9:32 DELAWARE EVEN Metzbower, Ryan Alrich, Matt 23. 4th 3:38 TOWSON EVEN Lochte, Hunter Obloj, Ryan 24. 4th 0:15 DELAWARE EVEN Metzbower, Ryan Unassisted PENALTY SUMMARY: Prd Player Team Min Offense Time ------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Holmes, Chad DELA 1:00 TRIPPING 04:29 PP 1st Lochte, Hunter TOWS 0:30 SLASHING 04:06 1st Monaco, Brad TOWS 1:00 SLASHING 01:40 PP 2nd Wright, Ian DELA 1:00 PUSHING 10:53 PP 3rd Wright, Ian DELA 0:30 PUSHING 12:39 PP 3rd Drummond, Ryan DELA 1:00 UNNECESSARY ROUGHNES 08:14 PP 3rd Lynch, Kenny TOWS 1:00 SLASHING 07:03 PP 3rd Drummond, Ryan DELA 1:00 SLASHING 04:30 PP 3rd Wright, Ian DELA 0:30 PUSHING 04:06 4th Pugh, Adam DELA 1:00 SLASHING 14:17 PP 4th Kallis, Jon DELA 1:00 SLASHING 13:11 PP 4th Turnblacer, Ted TOWS 0:30 HOLDING 07:19 PP 4th Cocchi, Danny TOWS 1:00 SLASHING 06:46 PP 4th Bloor, Taylor DELA 1:00 SLASHING 03:38 PP
Univ. of Delaware Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face Pen-Min ------------------------------------------------------------------------- G 9 Collins, Chris...... - - - - - 6 - A 2 Dunn, Sean.......... - - - - - 1 - A 3 Alrich, Matt........ 2 1 3 8 4 - - A 15 Nordhoff, Kurt...... 2 - 2 4 2 1 - M 24 Pugh, Adam.......... - - - - - 2 - 1/ 1:00 D 26 Drummond, Ryan...... - - - - - 2 - 2/ 2:00 D 30 Wasson, Jeff........ - - - - - 2 - M 34 Holmes, Chad........ - - - 2 2 3 - 1/ 1:00 M 36 Tingle, Bryan....... - - - 1 1 5 6-20 D 40 Wright, Ian......... - - - - - 1 - 3/ 2:00 ---------- Substitutes ---------- 4 Stodd, Kevin........ - - - - - - - 5 Reed, R.C........... - 1 1 2 1 - - 7 Hechtkopf, Dan...... - - - 2 2 - - 10 Benazzi, Andrew..... 1 - 1 2 1 - - 11 Ritz, Xander........ - 2 2 4 2 1 - 18 Bloor, Taylor....... - - - - - - - 1/ 1:00 19 Evans, Scott........ - - - - - - - 21 Willits, Chris...... - - - - - 1 - 22 Metzbower, Ryan..... 3 - 3 8 6 - - 25 Meunier, Bob........ - - - - - - - 28 Wiles, Luke......... - - - 1 - - - 31 Rodriguez,Paul...... - - - - - - - 32 Downer, Brad........ 2 1 3 4 3 - - 42 Knouse, Jarryd...... - - - - - - 0-1 44 Kallis, Jon......... - - - - - 1 - 1/ 1:00 46 Christhilf, Geoff... - - - - - 2 3-5 48 Grevey, Greg........ - - - - - - 0-2 Totals.............. 10 5 15 38 24 28 9-28 9/ 8:00 Univ. of Delaware ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 9 Collins, Chris...... 60:00 14 53 16 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Towson Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face Pen-Min ------------------------------------------------------------------------- G 32 Sothoron, Reed...... - - - - - 3 - M 2 Cocchi, Danny....... - 1 1 3 1 3 - 1/ 1:00 M 9 Cornett, Josh....... - - - - - 1 - D 13 Baxter, Adam........ - - - - - 5 - A 14 Spear, Todd......... - - - 4 3 1 - A 15 Obloj, Ryan......... 2 3 5 4 4 2 - D 16 Smith, Joe.......... - - - - - 1 - M 30 Smith, Zak.......... 1 - 1 1 1 6 10-14 A 40 Lochte, Hunter...... 6 1 7 11 6 2 - 1/ 0:30 D 41 Turnblacer, Ted..... - - - - - - - 1/ 0:30 ---------- Substitutes ---------- 3 Monaco, Brad........ 1 2 3 6 3 3 - 1/ 1:00 4 Adams, Neil......... - - - - - 4 - 6 Cittadino, Casey.... - - - - - - - 7 Mull, Steve......... 1 1 2 1 1 - - 17 Tracy, Tyler........ - - - - - 1 - 18 DeFelice, Ben....... - - - - - 4 9-14 20 Cunningham, Kyle.... - - - - - - - 22 Zando, Matt......... - - - 2 1 - - 23 Myers, Brian........ - - - 7 2 1 - 26 Lynch, Kenny........ - 2 2 2 1 - - 1/ 1:00 27 Rutledge, Kenny..... 1 1 2 2 2 - - 28 Fountain, Alex...... - - - 1 - - - 33 Zumpano, Chris...... - - - - - - - 35 Florio, Matt........ 1 - 1 3 2 - - 36 Pfarr, Drew......... 1 1 2 6 3 2 - 43 Chane, Peyton....... - - - - - - - 45 Santini, Evan....... - - - - - - - Totals.............. 14 12 26 53 30 39 19-28 5/ 4:00 Towson ## Player MIN GA Shots Saves --------------------------------------------- 32 Sothoron, Reed...... 60:00 10 38 14 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge