PREVIEW: Men's Lacrosse at Carroll University (4/1) | University of Dubuque (4/2)
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THE LEAD
The University of Dallas men's lacrosse team embarks on its farthest road game to date with a trip up north to Wisconsin. The Crusaders will take on Carroll University on Saturday at 1 p.m. before traveling down to Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday to face the University of Dubuque at 12 p.m.
Dallas is 2-8 on the campaign and are looking to turn the calendar forward to April. In March, the Crusaders went 0-5 as part of a five-game slide. This included four matches at home. Most recently, UD fell last Friday to Calvin College and Sunday to Piedmont College.
UD NOTES
- Peter Early (San Antonio, Texas) is the leading scorer on the team with 15 goals. He also has a team-high seven assists and team-high 22 points. 30-of-44 shots have been on cage (68.2 SOG%). His point-streak ended at seven matches last Sunday.
- Tyler Smith (Snoqualmie, Wash.) is second on the squad in goals (8) and points (13). He leads in groundballs (77).
- Ben Blessard (Falls Church, Va.) rounds out the top three in goals (7) and points (12). His five assists are tied with Smith.
- Bogar Trout III (Tecumseh, Mich.) and Seamus McGuire (Colorado Springs, Colo.) were the most recent scorers for Dallas on Sunday.
- Christian Lopez (Las Vegas, Nev.) ranked third in NCAA according to latest rankings with 163. Those are NCAA countable matches. The freshman goalkeeper has notched 177 in 10 matches and 600 minutes this year. In the past two home matches, the keeper turned away a combined 48. He was one save shy of his personal best with 26 on Sunday.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENTS
(Carroll University)
- The Pioneers are 3-7 on the season and have dropped their last three.
- The most recent contest was a 28-3 setback at home versus Illinois Wesleyan University.
- Saturday's match concludes a current three-game homestand. Carroll is 2-4 at the friendly confines.
- The Pioneers have played some other common foes to Dallas with University of Northwestern (MN) and Fontbonne University. CU prevailed 9-8 to Northwestern in the season opener and lost 7-6 in overtime against Fontbonne. Both matches were in Waukesha.
- Carroll is averaging 6.60 goals-per-game and shooting 21.4 percent.
- A trio of players have reached double figures in goals. Jeffery Schultz is the leader with 20 and has seven helpers for a team-leading 27 points.
- Dannon Ivey and Dominic Sabbarese round out that top scoring unit with 12 and 10, respectively.
- Christopher Bechtel and Paul Kerchberger each have thrown 10 assists and scored seven times for 17 points (tied second on team).
- A pair of goalies have shared at least 200 minutes between the pipes. A third has also played in half of the 10 contests and surpassed 100 minutes.
- Abraham Escarda has made the most appearances (8) and starts (6) to log 270:23 minutes. He has 63 saves and a 58.9 save percentage. John Annand has put in 210 minutes and stopped 42 shots on cage. Dakota Hwika is another goalie that has made five appearances and played 124:30 minutes. He has 30 saves.
- Dallas claimed an 11-3 victory last season in the first ever meeting between the programs at Waukesha.
- Early had two goals and Blessard added one among the active players for Saturday's match.
- Kerchberger netted two for the Pioneers.
(University of Dubuque)
- The Spartans are 5-4 on the spring and have won their last two matches.
- The most recent was a two-goal victory (7-5) at Monmouth College to finish a five-game road trip.
- Friday the Spartans host University of Northwestern, and are 2-0 at home. They last played in front of the home crowd on March 4.
- A quartet of players have achieved double-digits for goals paced by Matt Penalvert's 19. He has eight assists for 27 points. Josh Berry-Wingate (16), Michael Jango (14), and Tyson Svoboda (13) are the other players in this group of goal scorers.
- Michael Julius has eight scoring results for sixth on the team, but a team-best 11 assists. Joe Furnstahl has chipped in nine goals for fifth in that column.
- Kyle Mullins has been the primary goalkeeper with 465:59 minutes played. He has 105 saves and a 51.2 save percentage.
- Dallas fell 8-3 in these programs' first ever meeting at Irving last year.
- The Spartans led 5-3 at half, and scored the remaining three goals.
- Julius netted a hat trick for the opposition.
- Joshua McClendon (Redondo Beach, Calif.) is the one returner with a goal in that match, but will not be active Saturday due to injury.
UP NEXT
Dallas takes a weekend off before playing its final weekend in Colorado. The journey begins Apr. 14 at Johnson & Wales University – Denver, who recently announced joining the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The finale to the spring is the next day at another SCAC affiliated school, Colorado College.