Photo Courtesy of Mark Campbell

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The University of Delaware’s undefeated men’s lacrosse season came to an end Wednesday afternoon as Georgetown scored six goals in the second quarter to take the lead and used an eight-goal third period to take command on the way to an 18-10 men’s lacrosse victory in a battle of Top 20 powers.

The No. 7 ranked Blue Hens (5-1), competing with their highest ranking since the 1999 season, suffered their first loss of the season and remained winless in seven meetings all-time with the Hoyas. Delaware was looking to start the season off 6-0 for the second time in three years. The Hoyas also snapped the Hens’ unbeaten season in 2006 when the Hens were 7-0 at the time.

No. 12 Georgetown, coming off a 9-8 overtime loss to No. 4 Syracuse Sunday, improved to 2-2 as Brendan Cannon scored four goals and dished out three assists, Andrew Baird notched four goals, and Ricky Mirabito and Andrew Brancaccio each netted hat tricks.

Delaware, coming off an 8-7 triple overtime victory Saturday, got two goals each from Beau Davis (at right), Curtis Dickson, and Tommy Lee with Davis also dishing out assist and Vincent Giordano scored once and adding an assist. The 18 goals was the most allowed by the Hens this season and the most since a 19-18 win over Villanova last April.

Dickson, who entered the game ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in goals scored, upped hit season total to 19 and extended his streak of scoring at least one goal to 15 games. Lee scored the first two goals of his career and also won 8 of 14 faceoff attempts. Goalkeeper Tom Scherr posted 11 saves but allowed 18 goals.

The game was relatively even statistically as each team won 16 faceoffs, Georgetown outshot the Hens 50-45, Delaware held a 33-31 advantage in groundballs, and Delaware’s 20 turnovers were three less than the Hoyas. Georgetown did convert on three extra man opportunities.

Georgetown scored the only goal of the first quarter when Mirabito tallied with just 4:27 left in the frame, but the the Hens opened the second quarter with a flurry, getting consecutive goals from Giordano, Davis, and Lee in a span of 1:39 to go up 3-1. The lead would be short-lived however as the Hoyas answered with a run of four straight goals, two by Cannon, to take the lead for good at 5-3 with 8:57 left in the half.

Delaware cut the lead to 5-4 when Davis scored his second goal with 8:40 left before halftime, but the Hoyas scored the final two goals of the half to take a 7-4 lead into intermission and then scored the first four goals of the second half to take the 11-4 lead. Delaware never got closer than six the rest of the way.

Delaware will return home Saturday to host Stony Brook in non-league action at 5 p.m. at Rullo Stadium.

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