University of Delaware Athletics
University of Delaware
James Madison
Blue Hens Wrap Home Regular Season With Shutout over JMU
10/28/2015 10:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer
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NEWARK, Del. – Junior All-American Guillermo Delgado (Tres Cantos, Spain/Jose Luis Sampedro) posted a career-best five points Wednesday evening at a rainy Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium as Delaware defeated James Madison, 4-0.
The win was the first against the Dukes in Newark since the 2009 season. With the victory, the Hens improve to 8-6-3 overall and 4-2-1 in league play while JMU drops to 3-9-4 on the year and 2-3-1 in the CAA. Delaware also moved into third in the CAA standings with 13 points.
Delgado notched the game's first goal in the 17th minute off an assist from junior Thomas de Villardi (Vincennes, France/Lycee Notre-dame Guingamp).
The Blue Hens scored early and often to begin the second half of play as senior Ben Sampson (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) notched his second goal of the season in the 51st minute on a header off a corner kick from sophomore Carlos Perales (L'Alcúdia de Crespins, Spain/Colegio Claret Xàtiva).
Senior Nick DiRienzo (at left; Hockessin, Del./Wilmington Charter) collected his first goal of the year just three minutes later as Delgado assisted on 18-yard shot.
Delgado concluded the scoring in the 58th minute with a breakaway goal. Senior Joe Dipre (Betchworth, England/London Freemen's School) picked up his 15th career assist on the play.
Redshirt freshman Todd Morton (at right; West Chester, Pa./Henderson) collecte
d two saves in his fourth shutout of the year while the Blue Hens picked up two team saves in the win.
Morton's older brother, Kyle, registered four saves as the starting goalie for the Dukes.
“I am thrilled to send our two seniors out with such a nice gift as a win. Joe Dipre and Nick DiRienzo have been great ambassadors for our program, so for Joe to get an assist and Nick to get a goal to cap it all off was tremendous. This is a tough league and to be fair to JMU, they're missing a bunch of forwards and we capitalized off that.”
Senior Nick DiRienzo
“It felt great to get this win. We've been clicking on all cylinders recently. We are heating up at the right time, which is good going into the CAA Tournament in the next couple of weeks.”
[On first goal of season]: “I was one v one with the keeper and I saw that he was out pretty far. It was a bit risky and pretty ambitious on my part, but luckily it went in.”
HEN SCRATCHINGS
· Delaware has won four of its last five contests. During that span, the Hens have outscored their opponents, 15-5.
· Guillermo Delgado has now reached 80 career points on 35 goals and 10 assists in just three seasons. John McCloskey (1975-78) is second in school history with 82 career points (35g, 12a).
· Delgado's 35 goals are good to tie for second all-time with McCloskey. Mike Biggs (1968-70) is the career-leader with 47 scores.
· Joe Dipre has moved into fourth place in the career record books with 15 assists. John Petito (1978-82) and current Delaware assistant coach Robert Giménez (2011-13) are tied for second all-time with 16 career assists.
· Thomas de Villardi has registered at least one assist in four of the last five games.
· Eleven Blue Hens have tallied at least one point on the year..
· Prior to the game, the Blue Hens honored graduating seniors Joe Dipre and Nick DiRienzo in addition to student athletic trainers Stephanie Minite and Robert Murrian and team manager Katy Snyder.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
· Saturday, October 31 – Delaware at William & Mary * – 7 p.m. – Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field (Williamsburg, Va.)
· Saturday, November 7 – CAA Tournament Quarterfinals – Time/Location tba
· Friday, November 13 – CAA Tournament Semifinals – Time/Opponent TBD – Hofstra Soccer Stadium (Hempstead, N.Y.)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Maggie Hayon | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 920-912-6635
