Albany, N.Y. - Freshman Miles Thompson had three goals in leading UAlbany to an 11-9 victory over Delaware in the Great Danes' home opener on Saturday, March 5 at John Fallon Field.
Delaware (4-2) closed within 4-3 early in the second quarter on Sean Finegan's unassisted goal. UAlbany (1-1) then rattled off five unanswered, including defenseman Travis Lyons' first career goal with 1:56 remaining in the period. The 6-foot-1 junior picked up a ground ball at midfield and worked his way into the zone to hit the top right corner.
The Great Danes, who fell to nationally-ranked Drexel in their season debut one week ago, scored four straight times to begin the third quarter for a 9-3 advantage. Ty Thompson and Miles Thompson, who are cousins, found the net two minutes and 14 seconds apart. Miles later uncorked a behind-the-back shot into the cage. Joe Resetarits connected off Brian Caufield's pass with 7:02 left in the stanza.
The Blue Hens, who are receiving votes in this week's USILA national poll, regrouped with four of the game's next five goals. Finegan tallied twice in the run, including his ninth of the season, that got his team within 10-7. UAlbany's Matt Johnson scored unassisted with 7:54 remaining to help hold down the rally.
Noah Fossner made 10 saves for the Blue Hens, who reached last year's Colonial Athletic Association championship final and earned an NCAA berth. Nick Elsmo added two goals and two assists. UAlbany's Edmund Cathers, a freshman, made his first start in the cage and stopped 10 shots.
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UAlbany 11, Delaware 9
Delaware - Scoring: Sean Finegan 3-1, Nick Elsmo 2-2, Kevin Kaminski 2-0, Eric Smith 1-0, Anthony Ruiz 1-0; Goalkeeper(s): Noah Fossner (60:00, 10 saves, 11 GA).
UAlbany - Scoring: Miles Thompson 3-0, Joe Resetarits 2-1 Ty Thompson 2-0, Matt Johnson 2-0, Derek Kreuzer 1-0, Travis Lyons 1-0, Brian Caufield 0-2, Rocky Bonitatibus 0-1, Mike Woods 0-1; Goalkeeper(s): Edmund Cathers (60:00, 10 saves, 9 GA).
Paw Prints: UAlbany avenged last year's 16-9 loss at Delaware ... the Blue Hens have won five of the nine meetings between the programs ... Delaware defeated Bellarmine in overtime, 12-11, in its last outing on Feb. 27 ... Joe Resetarits extended his point-scoring streak to 21 consecutive games ... Brian Caufield has 135 career points (62 goals, 73 assists) ... Miles Thompson's three goals came after he was held off the scoreboard in his first game as a collegian against Drexel ... Matt Johnson equaled his career-high with two goals ... the senior also scored twice against Siena and Vermont last year.
UAlbany 11, Delaware 9 (Mar 05, 2011, John Fallon Field, Albany, N.Y.)
Lacrosse Box Score
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Delaware vs Albany (Mar 05, 2011 at Albany, N.Y.)
Delaware (4-2) vs. SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
Albany (1-1) -------------------------------------
Date: Mar 05, 2011 Attendance: 882 Delaware............ 2 1 3 3 - 9
Weather: 45 degrees Albany.............. 4 1 5 1 - 11
Delaware SCORING: GOALS: Finegan,Sean 3; Elsmo,Nick 2; Kaminski,Kevin 2;
Smith,Eric 1; Ruiz,Anthony 1.
ASSISTS: Elsmo,Nick 2; Finegan,Sean 1.
Albany SCORING: GOALS: Miles Thompson 3; Joe Resetarits 2; Ty Thompson 2; Matt
Johnson 2; Derek Kreuzer 1; Travis Lyons 1.
ASSISTS: Brian Caufield 2; Rocky Bonitatibus 1; Joe Resetarits 1; Mike Woods 1.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Delaware............ 8 10 9 13 - 40
Albany.............. 10 6 10 4 - 30
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Delaware............ 5 6 5 5 - 21
Albany.............. 7 7 10 8 - 32
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Delaware............ 4-7 2-3 2-9 1-5 - 9-24
Albany.............. 3-7 1-3 7-9 4-5 - 15-24
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Delaware............ 4-4 5-5 6-7 3-3 - 18-19
Albany.............. 6-6 6-9 5-5 4-7 - 21-27
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Delaware............ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-3 - 0-5
Albany.............. 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 - 0-6
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Delaware............ 1 3 3 3 - 10
Albany.............. 1 5 1 3 - 10
TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Delaware............ 4 4 4 3 - 15
Albany.............. 4 6 4 7 - 21
Penalties - Delaware 6/6:00; Albany 5/5:00.
Officials:.
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Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Delaware vs Albany (Mar 05, 2011 at Albany, N.Y.)
Albany
Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min
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GK 1 Edmund Cathers...... - - - - - 2 - 2 -
A 2 Miles Thompson...... 3 - 3 5 4 2 - 5 - 1/ 1:00
A 3 Ty Thompson......... 2 - 2 4 3 - - 1 -
A 5 Joe Resetarits...... 2 1 3 6 6 2 - 3 -
M 26 Keith Olson......... - - - - - 12 15-24 1 -
D 27 Scott Raffensperger. - - - - - - - - - 1/ 1:00
M 35 Jack Nickla......... - - - - - 1 - - -
A 39 Matt Johnson........ 2 - 2 3 3 1 - - - 1/ 1:00
D 44 Travis Lyons........ 1 - 1 1 1 2 - - -
D 45 Mike Banks.......... - - - - - - - 2 1 2/ 2:00
---------- Substitutes ----------
4 Daley Baker......... - - - - - 1 - - -
10 Rocky Bonitatibus... - 1 1 2 - 1 - 3 -
11 Matt Mackenzie...... - - - - - 1 - - -
19 Dwayne Stewart...... - - - 2 1 1 - - -
20 Ryan Feuerstein..... - - - 2 - 1 - - -
23 Derek Kreuzer....... 1 - 1 4 2 - - 1 -
24 Matt Novosel........ - - - - - - - - -
25 Mike Woods.......... - 1 1 - - 2 - - 1
28 Brian Caufield...... - 2 2 1 1 2 - 3 -
30 Kyle Crotty......... - - - - - 1 - - -
40 Cody Futia.......... - - - - - - - - -
Totals.............. 11 5 16 30 21 32 15-24 21 2 5/ 5:00
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Albany Minutes GA W/L Saves
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1 Edmund Cathers...... 60:00 9 W 10
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Delaware vs Albany (Mar 05, 2011 at Albany, N.Y.)
Delaware
Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min
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D 1 Fitzgerald,Connor... - - - - - 1 - - - 1/ 1:00
A 2 Smith,Eric.......... 1 - 1 4 3 2 - 2 - 1/ 1:00
M 5 Kaminski,Kevin...... 2 - 2 10 5 - - 1 -
M 9 Elsmo,Nick.......... 2 2 4 9 3 - - 2 1
M 12 Mills,John.......... - - - 4 - - - 1 -
GK 13 Fossner,Noah........ - - - - - - - - 1
A 14 Finegan,Sean........ 3 1 4 6 4 1 - 2 1
D 18 Dowling,Pat......... - - - - - 3 - - - 1/ 1:00
D 29 Stefurak,Matt....... - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2/ 2:00
A 30 Kaleikau,Grant...... - - - 3 2 2 - 1 -
---------- Substitutes ----------
4 Burns,Taylor........ - - - 1 1 - - - -
8 Diachenko,Nick...... - - - - - - - - -
16 Tanneberger,Andrew.. - - - - - - - 1 -
19 Keefer,Mitch........ - - - - - - - 2 -
23 Gilson,Brendan...... - - - - - - - - -
24 Johnson,Garrett..... - - - - - 4 - - -
27 Ruiz,Anthony........ 1 - 1 2 1 1 - 1 -
32 Rohacik,Andrew...... - - - - - - 1-3 - -
37 Mills,Dan........... - - - - - - - - -
38 Bastone,John........ - - - - - 1 - - -
41 Connelly,James...... - - - - - - - - - 1/ 1:00
45 Sebastiani,Dom...... - - - 1 - - - - -
46 McRoy,Connor........ - - - - - - - - -
47 Wojciechowski,Will.. - - - - - 2 - 1 1
56 Cooney, Dan......... - - - - - 3 8-21 - -
Totals.............. 9 3 12 40 19 21 9-24 15 4 6/ 6:00
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Delaware Minutes GA W/L Saves
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13 Fossner,Noah........ 60:00 11 L 10
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Delaware vs Albany (Mar 05, 2011 at Albany, N.Y.)
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists H-V
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1. 1st 11:23 DELAWARE EVEN Elsmo,Nick....................... Unassisted.............................. 0-1
2. 8:31 ALBANY EVEN Joe Resetarits................... Mike Woods.............................. 1-1
3. 8:07 ALBANY EVEN Miles Thompson................... Unassisted.............................. 2-1
4. 6:42 ALBANY EVEN Ty Thompson...................... Rocky Bonitatibus....................... 3-1
5. 3:26 DELAWARE EVEN Kaminski,Kevin................... Elsmo,Nick.............................. 3-2
6. 1:26 ALBANY EVEN Matt Johnson..................... Unassisted.............................. 4-2
7. 2nd 11:42 DELAWARE EVEN Finegan,Sean..................... Unassisted.............................. 4-3
8. 1:56 ALBANY EVEN Travis Lyons..................... Unassisted.............................. 5-3
9. 3rd 12:44 ALBANY EVEN Ty Thompson...................... Joe Resetarits.......................... 6-3
10. 10:30 ALBANY EVEN Miles Thompson................... Brian Caufield.......................... 7-3
11. 9:15 ALBANY EVEN Miles Thompson................... Unassisted.............................. 8-3
12. 7:02 ALBANY EVEN Joe Resetarits................... Brian Caufield.......................... 9-3
13. 4:43 DELAWARE EVEN Finegan,Sean..................... Unassisted.............................. 9-4
14. 2:00 DELAWARE EVEN Elsmo,Nick....................... Unassisted.............................. 9-5
15. 1:16 ALBANY EVEN Derek Kreuzer.................... Unassisted.............................. 10-5
16. 0:13 DELAWARE EVEN Smith,Eric....................... Finegan,Sean............................ 10-6
17. 4th 13:53 DELAWARE EVEN Finegan,Sean..................... Unassisted.............................. 10-7
18. 7:54 ALBANY EVEN Matt Johnson..................... Unassisted.............................. 11-7
19. 5:27 DELAWARE EVEN Ruiz,Anthony..................... Elsmo,Nick.............................. 11-8
20. 3:57 DELAWARE EVEN Kaminski,Kevin................... Unassisted.............................. 11-9
PENALTY SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team ##-Player Min Offense
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1st 11:23 ALBANY 45-Mike Banks 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
2nd 05:26 DELAWARE 18-Dowling,Pat 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
04:52 DELAWARE 41-Connelly,James 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
04:24 ALBANY 2 -Miles Thompson 1:00 PP UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS...................
3rd 14:48 DELAWARE 1 -Fitzgerald,Connor 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
12:44 DELAWARE 2 -Smith,Eric 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
4th 07:14 DELAWARE 29-Stefurak,Matt 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
07:14 ALBANY 39-Matt Johnson 1:00 PP UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.................
07:14 DELAWARE 29-Stefurak,Matt 1:00 PP UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.................
05:41 ALBANY 45-Mike Banks 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
05:41 ALBANY 27-Scott Raffensperger 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
