Men's Lacrosse suffers Friday Loss to Franciscan University
IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas men's lacrosse team (2-6) dropped a Friday afternoon match to Franciscan University (2-2). The Crusaders took an early 1-0 advantage, but allowed nine unanswered goals from the road team. They fell eventually 12-4.
Senior Matthew Cyr (St. Louis, Mo.) got the early goal for Dallas about five minutes into the contest. It was his third goal of the campaign at the time, and his first since picking up a pair in the season-opener at Dallas Baptist University.
A little under a minute later, Mark Hanlon for the Barons evened the scoreboard. He was not done, as he won the groundball off the faceoff and drove the field before placing the go-ahead goal with 9:06 minutes left in the quarter. Franciscan added another goal in the frame to lead 3-1.
Four more goals would be etched on the guest side of the board, and UD trailed 7-1 at intermission. Another pair of goals in the third quarter capped the 9-0 run for Franciscan.
Silencing the scoring streak was freshman Peter Early (San Antonio, Texas) in the fourth quarter. Nearly 17 minutes eclipsed between goals on either side in the game. Early extended his scoring streak to eight games with the netter.
After Franciscan countered with a goal, Early took advantage of a power play goal, and Cyr fired his second goal with just under two minutes remaining in regulation. UD had cut the deficit to six points (10-4), but the Barons returned the favor with two goals of their own. Paul Modzelewski dished assists on the final two scoring plays.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Early now leads the squad with 14 goals and 17 points. The attacker has recorded at least two goals in the past three games and has four on the season. Cyr has managed seven points.
- The duo mentioned above both broke double figures in shots with Early taking 11 and Cyr taking 10. Early placed nine on cage.
- Senior Alex Ziolkowski (Ann Arbor, Mich.) led the team with six groundballs and went 8-for-28 on faceoffs won. Franciscan won the groundball battle 38-31. Teams were even in the second quarter with 10 apiece.
- Dallas was 16-of-28 in successful clears and 10-of-13 in the second half.
- Senior Ryan Murphy (Yorba Linda, Calif.) notched 20 saves.
- Franciscan attempted 51 shots compared to UD's 30. The Barons placed 32 on goal. They were 21-for-31 in clears.
- Individually Hanlon led the offense with four goals with five of his shots on target. Jonas McCaig also garnered a hat trick with 11 shots and a team-high eight groundballs. Hanlon was right behind with seven.
- Peter Herrmann earned the win with a complete 60 minutes in the goalkeeper position. He stopped 13 shots for saves against 17 faced.
UP NEXT
Dallas wraps up a season-long stretch of home games with the eighth in a row on Monday, March 14 at 4 p.m.