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Severna Park, Md. - The No. 19 Denison
University men's lacrosse team closed its spring break trip on a
high note with a 14-7 non-conference win over St. Mary's College of
Maryland Saturday afternoon on Lynch Field at the Severn School in
Severna Park, Maryland.
Sophomore attackman Emmett Jones (Colorado
Springs, Colo.) commanded the Big Red offense with a game-high five
goals, including three in a 4:28-minute span in the fourth
period. Freshman midfielder Davis Lukens
(Marietta, Ga.) contributed two goals, while senior attackman
Nate Hall (Columbus, Ohio) added a goal and three
assists.
St. Mary's (2-4) hung tough with nationally ranked Denison,
striking first at 12:02 as freshman attackman John
Dehm (Trumbull, Conn./Middlesex [Mass.]) found the back of
the net with an unassisted goal. The Big Red responded with
three straight goals to claim the lead for good. Sophomore
attackman Dennis Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn)
converted a feed from sophomore middie Colin Gload
(Parkton, Md./Hereford) to pull the Seahawks within 3-2 with three
seconds left in the first period.
Denison's (3-1) defense held the Seahawks scoreless for the
next two periods as the Big Red scored three times in the
second quarter to take a 6-2 lead at halftime.
Jones tallied the next five goals as he netted
the only two scores in the third stanza to increase Denison's lead
to 8-2.
Jones then opened up the fourth period with
three straight followed by Lukens' second of the
day to give their team a 12-2 edge with 9:05 left in the
contest. Rosson put an end to Denison's
9-0 run with his 11th tally of the season at 8:11.
Hall notched his lone goal of the day at 5:04 before the
Seahawks scored four of the game's final five, including a pair
from sophomore attackman Chris Becraft (Rockville,
Md./Good Counsel), for the 14-7 final.
The Big Red rattled off 44 shots to St. Mary's 29, while Denison
claimed the loose ball battle by a 36 to 24 margin. Junior
middie Connor Detjen (Winnetka, Ill.) picked up a
game-high seven ground balls as Detjen won
10-of-19 face-offs.
Senior Marc DiPasquale (Fallston, Md./Boys'
Latin) helped the Seahawks in the face-off department, winning
13-of-24. DiPasquale and senior defenseman
Ryder Henry (Washington, D.C./St. John's
College) led the home team in ground balls with four each.
Becraft and Rosson led the
SMCM offense with two goals each, while junior captain Ryan
Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti) had a goal and an assist.
Freshman Gregg Shannon (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) made
11 saves for Denison, while sophomore Pat Simpson
(Arnold, Md./Broadneck) had 11 as well for the Seahawks.
St. Mary's returns to action next Wednesday, March 25 as the
Seahawks travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia to resume Capital
Athletic Conference play against the University of Mary Washington
at 4:00.
