Men's Lacrosse Holds On to Down Stony Brook 16-12 on Senior Day

Saturday, April 13

Newark, Del.

12 PM

University of Delaware

7-3,5-0

Stony Brook

4-8,2-3

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
SBU	1	0	4	7	12
DELAWARE	5	4	5	2	16

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Men's Lacrosse Holds On to Down Stony Brook 16-12 on Senior Day

4/13/2024 4:09:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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NEWARK, Del. – Despite a late-game surge from the Seawolves, the University of Delaware men's lacrosse team held on to defeat Stony Brook 16-12 Saturday afternoon on Senior Day, extending Delaware's win streak to four games. The Blue Hens improve to 7-3 on the year and remain a perfect 5-0 in CAA action while the Seawolves drop to 4-8 and 2-3 in league play.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Senior JP Ward notched his 100th-career assist on the game's first goal of the day, matching his season-high of five in the game.
Ward becomes the third Blue Hens player in Delaware men's lacrosse history to reach both 100-career goals and assists.
Mike Robinson and Brendan Powers each finished with four goals and two assists on the day
Ward, John McCurry, and Cam Acchione all tallied two goals.
Hank D'Ambrogi and Tyler Owings rounded out the scoring with a single goal each.
Senior goaltender Kevin Ellington recorded a new career-high 21 saves for his fourth straight win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

It was all Hens in the first two quarters as Owings opened the day's scoring with a goal on Ward's 100th-career assist at the 10:10 mark. McCurry and Cam Acchione followed suit with goals at the 5:42 and 4:49 marks to take a 3-0 lead. Stony Brook's Dylan Pallonetti put the Seawolves on the board with 4:27 left in the first, but two straight goals from Robinson and Powers put UD in the driver's seat up 5-1 through one quarter of play.
Just thirty seconds into the second quarter, Ward found the back of the Stony Brook net to make it 6-1 followed by a highlight reel goal from Robinson to make it a 7-1 Blue Hens advantage. With 8:25 before the break, Cam Acchione scored his first of the day on an extra-man opportunity making it 8-1 before Robinson completed his first-half-hat-trick at the 1:35 mark to give UD a 9-1 lead headed into the locker room.
McCurry opened the third with his second goal of the game before Powers netted back-to-back goals to make it an 11-goal advantage for the Hens at 12-1 with 10:44 to play in the quarter. The Seawolves began to claw back as Sean Carlo and Jack Dougherty scored Stony Brook's first goals since the first quarter to make it 13-3 in favor of the Hens. After two more Stony Brook goals, Powers tallied his fourth to end the third and Delaware took a 14-5 lead into the final quarter.
In the fourth, Ward put the Hens ahead 15-5, but the Seawolves did not quit as Stony Brook outscored UD 7-1 the rest of the way, including back-to-back goals three seconds apart. After trailing by 10 to start the final quarter, the Seawolves cut it to a three-goal deficit, 15-12 with 4:29 left, but a huge save from Ellington and one final goal from Robinson sealed the win for the Hens.

GAME NOTES

Saturday's game was Ellington's sixth game with double digit saves and fourth game of 15 or more saves in a game.
This was Robinson's fourth game this season with four or more goals.
Ward extended his points streak to 46 straight games.

UP NEXT
Delaware returns to action on Saturday, April 20 as the Blue Hens head to Philly for a bout with Drexel. Game time is set for 1 p.m.

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