May 2, 2004

Box Score

Newark, Del. - Juniors Greer Hanlon (Libertyville, Ill.) and Erik Swanson (Glenview, Ill.) each scored two goals but it was not enough as the University of Denver men's lacrosse team fell to Delaware, 15-9, in non-league men's lacrosse action Saturday night at Rullo Stadium.

The Blue Hens, who won their second straight game, improved to 10-5 on the season and reached the 10-win mark for the eighth time in school history and for the first time since the 2000 season. Denver falls to 8-5 (3-2) on the season.

The Pioneers got two goals and an assist from Hanlon, Swanson scored twice, sophomore Greg Weigel (Port Republic, Md.) added a goal and two assists, and goalkeeper Brian Sanders (Columbus, Ohio) recorded 16 saves.

Denver jumped out to a 2-0 lead as the Pioneers held Delaware scoreless for the first quarter before Trentzsch got the Hens on the board just 44 seconds into the second stanza. That goal was part of a five-goal run by the Blue Hens that put them up 5-2 and vaulted them to a 6-4 lead at halftime.

The Pioneers cut the lead to 7-5 early in the third quarter on a goal by Swanson with 12:02 left, but Smith started a three-goal run by the Hens that was followed by two goals by Alrich to put the lead back up to 10-5. Denver cut the lead to three at 10-7 with 3:40 left on a goal by Weigel and again at 11-8 on Matt Brown's (Burnaby, B.C.) only score of the game with just five seconds left in the third stanza.

But the Hens put the game away in the final quarter as Trentzsch and Andy Hipple scored in the first two and a half minutes of the final stanza to push the lead to 13-8 and Alrich added some insurance with two goals in the final seven minutes.