Men's Lacrosse Falls 13-8 to Michigan in Rain Soaked Battle in Delaware Stadium

Saturday, March 2

Newark, Del.

12 PM

University of Delaware

2-2

Michigan

5-1

Michigan

DELAWARE

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Men's Lacrosse Falls 13-8 to Michigan in Rain Soaked Battle in Delaware Stadium

3/2/2024 4:47:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware men's lacrosse team fell 13-8 to No. 11/13-ranked Michigan Saturday afternoon in front of a crowd of 1558 on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The Blue Hens fall to 2-2 on the year while the Wolverines improve to 5-1.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

JP Ward recorded his second hat trick of the year, scoring all three of his goals in the first quarter.
Nick Jessen and Matt Acchione tallied two goals apiece.
Mike Robinson had a season-high three assists with Brendan Powers and Jessen each tallying one.
Freshman defender Louie Atkinson and faceoff man Logan Premtaj each had two caused turnovers.
In goal, Kevin Ellington recorded nine saves on the day.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The game remained scoreless until halfway through the first quarter when Michigan's Michael Boehm put the Wolverines on the board at the 7:24 mark. With 3:55 left in the first, freshman Tyler Owings knotted the game at one apiece and by the 2:38 stamp, Ward put the Hens ahead 3-1 after two quick goals. The Michigan offense responded with a goal from Justin Tiernan, but UD held a 3-2 lead after the opening quarter.
In the second, Ward extended Delaware's lead to two, 4-2, but the Wolverines quickly tied the game at 4-4 with 9:07 left until the break. Back-to-back goals from Tiernan and Ryan Cohen put Michigan ahead 6-4 and despite a man-up goal from Acchione, the Wolverines took a 6-5 lead into the locker room.
Michigan wasted no time coming out of the break as the Wolverines put up three goals in less than three minutes into the second half to take a 9-5 advantage. The Hens answered back with two goals from Jessen, but Michigan took an 11-7 lead into the fourth.
In the fourth, Acchione put Delaware within three, 11-8, with his second man-up opportunity of the game, but two late Michigan goals put the game on ice for the Wolverines.

GAME NOTES

Saturday's contest was Acchione's first multi-goal performance of the year.
Owings made his first-career start.

UP NEXT
Delaware heads to West Long Branch, N.J. on Saturday, March 9 for its first CAA contest of the season as the Blue Hens take on the Monmouth Hawks. Game time is set for 11 a.m.

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