Division I Highlights 2013-1971 ..............................................8-49 Pre-NCAA Champions ..........................50 8 DIVISION I LacROSSE - CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Division I Championship Highlights 2013 LEADING SCORERS Name GP G A Pts. Rob Pannell, Cornell................................................................................3 11 11 22 Duke junior faceoff specialist Brendan Fowler won 20 of 28 faceoffs and -ju Eric Law, Denver .......................................................................................3 10 4 14 nior Jordan Wolf scored four goals to lead the Blue Devils to the 2013 NCAA Wesley Berg, Denver ...............................................................................3 12 2 14 Men’s Lacrosse Championship with a 16-10 victory against top-seeded Syra- Steve Mock, Cornell ................................................................................3 12 1 13 cuse. The national championship is the second for the Blue Devils and the Matt Kavanagh, Notre Dame ..............................................................2 7 3 10 second for head coach John Danowski. Logan Schuss, Ohio State .....................................................................2 4 5 9 Fowler garnered the Most Outstanding Player award, while David Lawson 2013 FIRST ROUND and Jake Tripucka joined him on the all-tournament team. Wolf led all scor- MAY 11 ers in the game with four goals and two assists, while Josh Offit and Josh Yale 10, Penn State 7 Dionne had three apiece. Offit posted five points overall andT ripucka had Yale 1 0 4 5 — 10 four (2 goals, 2 assists). Penn State 2 3 1 1 — 7 “Well, first we want to congratulate Syracuse University,” Danowski said. “Such a rich tradition and a classy coaching staff and great young men who Yale scoring – Colin Flaherty 3, Conrad Oberbeck 2, Brandon Mangan 1, Ryan McCarthy, 1, Kirby Zdrill 1, Harry Kucharczyk 1, John-Willi McGovern 1. played really hard. Nobody scripts being down 4-0 or 5-0, and inside I think Penn State scoring – TJ Sanders 2, Shane Sturgis 1, Jack Foster 1, Nick Dolik 1, Drew we were all freaking out. But Jake Tripucka’s first goal I think allowed every- Roper 1, Gavin Ahern 1. body to relax a little bit. Having Brendan Fowler at the faceoff X certainly Shots: Yale 35, Penn State 35. Saves: Penn State-Austin Kaut 14; Yale-Eric Natale 10. doesn’t hurt anybody’s confidence when he trots out there. And at halftime, Attendance: 951. we basically said that we need to play Duke lacrosse over the next 30 min- Denver 19, Albany 14 utes ... I think we were settled down at halftime, and then just continued to Denver 3 6 6 4 — 19 play the game.” Albany 3 3 4 4 — 14 Duke fell behind 5-0 to start the game, but outscored the Orange 12-1 to Denver scoring – Wesley Berg 8, Eric Law 4, Cameron Flint 4, Sean Cannizzaro 2, Eric grab a 13-7 lead with 10:47 left in the fourth quarter en route to the six-goal Adamson 1. victory. Albany scoring – Lyle Thompson 4, Ty Thompson 3, Tim Cox 2, Miles Thompson 1, Syracuse raced out to a 5-0 lead in the opening 15:42 before Jordan Wolf put Derrick Eccles 1, Matt Garziano 1, Mike Woods 1, Jon Newhouse 1. the Blue Devils on the scoreboard for the first time at the 12:54 mark of the Shots: Denver 40, Albany 40. Saves: Denver-Ryan LaPlante 8, Jamie Faus 7; Albany- Blaze Riorden 12. second quarter. Attendance: 2,621. After the Orange responded to make it 6-1, Tripucka got to the crease for his North Carolina 16, Lehigh 7 22nd goal of the season and the first of his two of the afternoon to spark a Lehigh 2 2 2 1 — 7 4-0 run that sent the Blue Devils into the locker room trailing by one at 6-5. North Carolina 1 6 3 6 — 16 Four different Blue Devils netted goals in the run, including freshman Myl- Lehigh scoring – David DiMaria 2, Patrick Corbett 2, Kyle Stiefel 1, Dante Fantoni 1, es Jones. Duke’s defense was buckled down in the second quarter, allow- Klay Heston 1. ing just two goals and held the Orange scoreless in the final 11:47. Led by North Carolina scoring – Chad Tutton 3, Jimmy Bitter 3, Steve Pontrello 2, Marcus Fowler, the Blue Devils dominated faceoffs in the second quarter, winning 7 Holman 1, Greg McBride 1, Chafee Walker 1, R.G. Keenan 1, Davey Emala 1, Ryan of 8 and picking up 13 ground balls to Syracuse’s six. Duke also outshot the Creighton 1, Spencer Parks 1, Patrick Kelly 1. Orange 13-6 in the second session after allowing 15 in the opening frame. Shots: North Carolina 53, Lehigh 30. Saves: North Carolina-Burke Kieran 8; Lehigh- Matt Poillon 18, Griffin Farha 0. “Well, obviously with such a big stage I think people just want to make plays,” Attendance: 1,405. Dionne said. It’s a natural occurrence. But I think our coaching staff did a great job at settling us down. To reiterate what Coach said, we wanted to Notre Dame 9, Detroit 7 Detroit 2 3 2 0 — 7 play Duke lacrosse and I think everyone saw that and it was evident when Notre Dame 0 1 2 6 — 9 we started doing that and when our seniors got patient, we got patient.” Fowler continued his dominance at the X in the third quarter, winning all Detroit scoring – Brandon Beauregard 3, Alex Maini 2, Mike Birney 1, Tom Masterson seven restarts and ultimately 13 consecutive as the Blue Devils completed 1. Notre Dame scoring – Matt Kavanagh 4, Sean Rogers 2, Conor Doyle, 2 Ryan Foley 1. the comeback with a Lawson score 2:02 into the third period. The scoring Shots: Notre Dame 30, Detroit 27. Saves: Notre Dame-John Kemp 10; Detroit-A.J. pace slowed as neither team scored through the next seven minutes. Levell 10. “Obviously winning faceoffs and getting the ball back makes it a lot easier to Attendance: 1,099. score goals,” Fowler said. “But early I violated a few times, kind of let it get to my head a little bit. Once I cooled down a little and stuck to what I do every MAY 12 day, got into a groove there and just felt pretty good going out there every Duke 12, Loyola Maryland 11 time.” Loyola 3 4 1 3 0 0 — 11 The Orange ended its 22:19 scoreless drought at the 4:28 mark of the third Duke 1 3 4 3 0 1 12 to go back up 7-6, but Duke responded with seven unanswered goals for the Loyola scoring – Zach Herreweyers 3, Mike Sawyer 2, Sean O’Sullivan 1, Scott Rafliff 13-7 lead with 10:47 to play in the game. The first six of those goals came in a 1, Josh Hawkins 1, Nikko Pontrello 1, Brian Schultz 1, Matt Sawyer 1. span of 5:17 from the sticks of four different players.T ripucka capped off the Duke scoring – Case Matheis 3, Josh Dionne 2, Jordan Wolf 2, David Lawson 1, Josh run with an unassisted score at the 10:47 mark. Offit 1, Class Deemer 1, Jake Tripucka 1, Jones Myles 1. Shots: Duke 61, Loyola 37. Saves: Duke-Kyle Turri 13; Loyola-Jack Runkel 22. Syracuse was able to pull back within four again off of a pair of JoJo Marasco Attendance: 1,654. goals before Wolf and Offit added a combined three more for the Blue Devils in two minutes to ice the victory as the time winded down. Syracuse 12, Bryant 7 Bryant 4 1 2 0 — 7 Kyle Turri finished with 10 saves to become just the fifth goalie in Duke his- Syracuse 3 2 4 3 — 12 tory to register 10-plus saves in three NCAA tournament contests. Dylan Do- nahue led all Syracuse scorers with four points, while Marasco finished with Bryant scoring – Colin Dunster 3, Peter McMahon 3, Shane Morrell1. three (2 goals, 1 assist). Dom Lamolinara made 11 saves for the Orange in 60 Syracuse scoring – Dylan Donahue 3, Kevin Rice 2, Luke Cometti 2, Billy Ward 1, JoJo Marasco 1, Ryan Barber 1, Matt Walters 1, Scott Loy 1. minutes of action. Shots: Syracuse 30, Bryant 28. Saves: Syracuse-Dominic Lamolinara 8; Bryant- All-Tournament Team: Duke: Brendan Fowler (MOP), Jordan Wolf, David Gunnar Waldt 10, Tom Carey 0. Lawson, Jake Tripucka; Syracuse: JoJo Marasco, Sean Young, Dylan Donahue, Attendance: 2,826. Dominic LaMolinara; Cornell Rob Pannell; Denver: Eric Law. DIVISION I LacROSSE - CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS 9 Cornell 16, Maryland 8 Syracuse 9, Denver 8 Cornell 4 2 4 6 — 16 Denver 3 2 2 1 — 8 Maryland 1 3 2 2 — 8 Syracuse 1 1 2 5 — 9 Maryland scoring – John Haus 2, Jake Bernhardt 1, Kevin Cooper 1, Mike Chanenchuk Denver scoring – Eric Law 3, Eric Adamson 2, Cameron Flint 1, Taylor Young 1, Chase 1, Charlie Raffa 1, Owen Blye 1, Jesse Bernhardt 1. Carraro 1. Cornell scoring – Rob Pannell 4, Steve Mock 4, Matt Donovan 2, Connor Buczek 1, Syracuse scoring – Luke Cometti 3, JoJo Marasco 2, Derek Maltz 2, Dylan Donahue Max Van Bourgondien 1, Connor English 1, Thomas Keith 1, Dan Lintner 1, John 1, Scott Loy 1. Edmonds 1. Shots: Denver 24, Syracuse 40 Saves: Syracuse-Dominic Lamolinara 8; Denver-Ryan Shots: Maryland 35, Cornell 31. Saves: Maryland-Niko Amato 10, Kyle Bernlohr 0; LaPlante 10, Jamie Faus 4. Cornell-AJ Fiore 12. Attendance: 28,444. Attendance: 2,739. Ohio State 16, Towson 6 2013 CHAMPIONSHIP Towson 2 2 1 1 — 6 Ohio State 4 4 4 4 — 16 MAY 27 at Philadelphia, Pa. Towson scoring – Andrew Hodgson 3, Matthew Hughes 2, Greg Cuccinello 1. Duke 16, Syracuse 10 Ohio State scoring – Jesse King 4, Logan Schuss 3, Carter Brown 3, David Planning 2, Duke 0 5 5 6 — 16 Dominique Alexander 1, Turner Evans 1, Kacy Kapinos 1, Nick Liddil.