University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Men's Lacrosse Home Game Tuesday vs. Holy Cross Moved to 11 a.m. Start
3/2/2015 2:19:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
NEWARK, Del. -- Due to the chance of inclement weather later in the day, the University of Delaware men's lacrosse matchup with Holy Cross set for this Tuesday, Mar. 3, at 3 p.m. has been moved up to an 11 a.m. start.
Delaware returns home for the first time since Feb. 7 when the Blue Hens opened the home schedule with a thrilling 11-10 comeback win over Bucknell.
Delaware (2-3), which begins a seven-game homestand today, followed that win over Bucknell with a 10-3 loss at Ohio State, an 11-10 win over Mt. St. Mary's, and a 10-4 setback at Villanova this past Saturday. Bucknell, Ohio State, and Villanova were all receiving votes in the USILA Top 20 at the time of their games with Delaware.
Holy Cross (2-1), a member of the Patriot League, opened the season with a 10-9 win over first-year Colonial Athletic Association entry Fairfield and followed with a 13-12 win over then #8 Loyola before falling to Navy 7-6 this past Saturday. The victory over Loyola marked the Crusaders' first-ever win over a ranked team and vaulted them into the USILA Top 20 for the first time in school history.
• Series: Delaware and Holy Cross meet for the first time in men's lacrosse today
• Around the CAA: Towson (0-0 CAA, 3-1 overall); Fairfield (0-0, 2-2); Delaware (0-0, 2-3); Hofstra (0-0, 1-3); Drexel (0-0, 0-4); Massachusetts (0-0, 0-4).
• Today's NCAA I Men's Games: Wagner at Monmouth (1); Yale at St. John's (3); Army at Rutgers (3); Saint Joseph's at Drexel (3); Quinnipiac at Harvard (4); Towson at Navy (4); Colgate at Hobart (4); Vermont at NJIT (4); Penn at Lafayette (4:30); Michigan at Jacksonville (7); Stony Brook at Marist (tba)
• Delaware Active Career Scoring Leaders: Brian Kormondy (36g-28a); Beau Jones (23-26); Tom Holland (36-9); Steve Delargy (17-9); Jackson Finigan (10-15); Alex Martinelli (10-6); Jeff Heath (15-1)
• In Memoriam: Delaware will wear decals on their helmets this season in memory of former UD player Don Pyle and his wife Sandy, who were killed along with their four grandchildren in a house fire in Annapolis,Md. in January. Don was a member of Delaware's 1979 East Coast Conference title team and had remained a loyal supporter of UD Athletics as an event organizer and benefactor.
Bob Shillinglaw, now in his 40th season as a head coach and his 37th at Delaware, needs just five wins to reach 300 for his career at UD...Brian Kormondy has scored a point in team-leading 26 straight games since 2013, the 18th longest current streak in the nation at the NCAA Division I level...Delaware All-American faceoff candidate Tyler Barbarich returned to action for the first time since Bucknell this past Saturday and won 5 of 10 attempts...senior GK Brett Anton recorded a career-high 17 saves in the loss at Villanova Saturday and leads the CAA in saves per game (11.2)...Holy Cross leads the nation in man-up offense (3-4, .750) while Delaware leads the CAA and ranks No. 22 nationally in man-down defense (5-16, .312)...UD also leads the CAA in man-up offense (.688)...Holy Cross' Clay Haarmann was named NCAA.com Division I Offensive Player of the Week Feb. 25 for his four-goal performance vs. Loyola...Holy Cross GK Michael Ortlieb ranks No. 9 in the nation in saves per game (12.3)...Holy Cross first-year head coach Judd Lattimore served as an assistant coach on the Delaware staff in 2005 and led the Blue Hens to an 11-6 record and an NCAA Tournament berth.
