Men's Lacrosse falls to Southwestern University
IRVING, Texas - The University of Dallas men's lacrosse team (3-10) was defeated 21-2 on Saturday versus Southwestern University (7-8). The Pirates scored a pair of four-goal quarters in the opening half and had plenty of momentum to break a three-game slide. Dallas has now lost the past three.
Jared Welsh broke a scoreless game with his first goal just over two and a half minutes from the start. Jordan Riggs added another goal a minute later to double the edge. A nine minute scoring drought from both sides ended as Matt Zagurski netted a goal being up a man and 2:20 left until the first break. Sebastian Gualy completed the scoring with a goal at the three-second tick.
It was not the lone scoring sequence that occurred in the closing moments of a quarter. Senior Matthew Cyr (Ann Arbor, Texas) found the back of the cage with a second above the halftime buzzer. Classmate Alex Ziolkowski (Ann Arbor, Mich.) provided the assist. Ziolkowski also broke UD onto the scoreboard earlier that frame at the 13:09 mark. His 14th goal of the campaign ended a 5-0 Southwestern run, as the guests had a goal exactly 21 seconds prior by Matthew Montagne to start the quarter.
Dallas trailed 8-2 at intermission, but a 13-0 second stanza was enough to put the Navy and White away for the Pirates.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Dallas was outshot 57-18.
- Half of UD's shots were on cage.
- Cyr led with six shot attempts. Freshman Peter Early (San Antonio, Texas) contributed four and Ziolkowski added three. He picked up five groundballs, and the team notched 30.
- Senior Ryan Murphy (Yorba Linda, Calif.) recorded 22 saves.
- Southwestern was led by Welsh with four goals. He dished three assists and was among a trio with at least that many.
- Riggs posted a game-high, four assists. His hat trick matched Welsh with seven points. Montagne rounded out the unit with three helpers.
- Matt Amerie and Sabastian Gualy each chipped in hat tricks of their own.
- Conrad Littlefield started the first half and was credited the win. He made two saves. Kyle Kuberski saved all five shots faced in the final 30 minutes.
UP NEXT
The Crusaders host "Senior Day" tomorrow as part of a 12 p.m. match with Benedictine College (KS).