Parmer Tallies Four Goals as Men’s Lacrosse Upsets #18/19/18 Utah, 13-12

Saturday, February 8

Salt Lake City, UT

2 PM

University of Delaware

1-0

#18/19/18 Utah

1-1

Delaware

Utah

Photo by: Sharon Lukacz-Kolar

Parmer Tallies Four Goals as Men’s Lacrosse Upsets #18/19/18 Utah, 13-12

2/8/2025 4:53:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. – In his first-collegiate game, Bennett Parmer scored four goals, including the game-winner with under a minute to play in the University of Delaware men's lacrosse team's 13-12 upset of the #18/19/18 Utah Utes. The Blue Hens start the season off 1-0, while the Utes fall to 1-1.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Parmer scored his first-career hat-trick en route to four goals in his collegiate debut.
Brendan Powers, Jason Kolar, and John McCurry each added two goals.
Cory Capri and Jack Kolbe potted their first goal in a Delaware uniform.
Patrick Gillin tallied his first-career goal.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Utah netted the first two goals of the contest before Parmer tallied to cut it to 2-1. UD trailed 3-1 after one.
After the Utes scored early in the second, three straight goals by UD's Powers, Gillin, and Parmer evened the game at four with 8:09 to play in the first half. The home team took a 7-5 advantage into the locker room after striking for multiple man-up goals to end the half.
Parmer scored just eight seconds into the third quarter for the hat-trick, cutting it to 7-6. Kolar and Capri made it three-unanswered for the Hens to give the Blue & Gold their first lead of the game at 8-7. Kolbe potted a man-up goal with 4:09 to go in the third, putting the lead back up to one for the Hens. Delaware took a 9-8 advantage into the final frame.
With 5:52 to play, the game sat even at 10 before the Hens took the lead thanks to a goal from McCurry.The teams traded goals, finding a stalemate with 1:48 to go in regulation. With 54 seconds to play, Parmer split a double team and scored a man-down goal to give the Hens a 13-12 lead.

GAME NOTES

Ben DeLuca has now passed Mickey Heinecken for sole possession of second place in program history for most wins as a head coach with 66.
The result marked the first ranked win since May 5, 2022 over #2 Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament.
Ten players made their first appearance in a Blue Hen uniform: Duncan Barnes, Aiden Bodonyi, Capri, Drew Duncan, Nathan Furgeson, Lange Gaspar, Kolbe, Parmer, Liam Powell, and Jackson Shields.
Seven players made their collegiate debuts: Barnes, Bodonyi, Duncan, Furgeson, Gaspar, Parmer, and Powell.

UP NEXT
Delaware will host St. John's on Saturday, February 15 for its home opener at Delaware Stadium. The game is scheduled for noon and will air on FloSports.

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