Syracuse University
#11 Cornell
4/13/2004 11:30:55 PM | Men's Lacrosse
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- The No. 4-ranked Syracuse men's lacrosse team defeated No. 11 Cornell, 12-10, for its fifth consecutive win. The Orangemen won at Schoellkopf Field for the first time since 1998 and improved their season record to 8-1.
Syracuse led by as many as three goals in the first quarter. Senior midfielder Sean Lindsay scored his second goal, a finish off a pass from Alex Zink at the 3:15 mark to give the Orangemen a 4-1 lead. The junior midfielder led all scorers in the first half with three goals. He placed two shots over the left shoulder of Big Red goalie Brandon Ross.
Cornell tallied back-to-back goals to start the second quarter. Ian Rosenberger converted a feed from Andrew Collins at 12:46. Defenseman Tim DeBlois tossed a pass across the goal mouth to Sean Greenhalgh on a two-on-one against SU goaltender Jay Pfeifer. That goal pulled Cornell to within 4-3 with 11:44 remaining in the second period. The two teams traded goals from that point on until halftime. SU took three two-goal leads, 5-3, 6-4 and finally 7-5 at halftime. Senior attackman Brian Nee set up Lindsay's third goal on a man-up opportunity and then scored himself for SU's seventh goal when he curled inside, took a hit and shot the ball low on Ross.
CU's Joe Boulukos, who was responsible for his team's fifth goal at the end of the second quarter, registered two more in the third period, including a man-up score that pulled the Big Red to within one (7-6) just 1:57 into the quarter.
SU senior midfielder Steve Vallone scored an unassisted goal at 9:25 and Michael Powell notched his first goal of the game with nine minutes to go in the third to put the Orangemen ahead by three (9-6). The Big Red would not go away. They slowed down the tempo with patient offensive sets and recorded two more goals, one by Boulukos and one by Dave Pittard to cut the SU lead to 9-8 with 3:12 remaining. Syracuse regained a 10-8 lead when Powell found a cutting Vallone on an extra-man play with six seconds remaining in the third. It was Vallone's fourth goal of the game.
In the fourth quarter, Powell netted two goals, his second coming with 3:37 remaining in the contest which gave SU a 12-9 advantage. Pittard and Boulukos connected for Cornell's 10th and final goal with 2:19 left.
The Big Red's record is now 5-3.
Pfeifer finished with 11 saves.
Syracuse travels to New Jersey on Saturday, April 17 to take on No. 15 Rutgers at 1 p.m. at Yurcak Field.
Syracuse 12, Cornell 10
SU 4-3-3-2=12
CU 1-4-3-2=10
SU Goals: Vallone 4, Powell 3, Lindsay 3, Nee 1, Wallace 1.
SU Assists: Powell 2, Nee 1, Park 1, Zink 1.
Cornell Goals: Boulukos 3, Pittard 3, Greenhalgh 1, Nee 1, Riordan 1, Rosenberger 1.
Cornell Assists: Collins 4, Boulukos 1, DeBlois 1, Pittard 1, Redd 1.
Shots: CU 42, SU 37
Groundballs: SU 29, CU 27
Faceoffs: SU 12-26, CU 14-26
Clears: SU 18/25, CU 13/18
EMO: SU 2/4, CU 1/6
Penalties: SU 6/4:00, CU 4/2:30
Saves: SU 11 (Pfeifer), CU 12 (Ross)
Attendance: 784
