Cornell downs Delaware in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinals

Delaware scored its objectives in a pair of spurts on Sunday afternoon within the NCAA Males’s Lacrosse Match quarterfinals.

The Blue Hens wanted a 3rd that by no means got here.

Three fourth-quarter objectives spelled the distinction as Cornell dashed Delaware’s postseason goals with a 10-8 victory at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.

Unseeded and unranked Delaware (13-6) had gained seven in a row, together with beautiful No. 2-seeded Georgetown 10-9 final Sunday evening in a first-round matchup.

However No. 7-seeded Cornell (13-4) superior to Saturday’s NCAA semifinals towards No. 6 Rutgers at Rentschler Discipline in East Hartford, Connecticut. Delaware hoped to repeat the efficiency of its 2007 group by making the Last 4.

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It appeared doable after Delaware attackman Tye Kurtz scored three straight objectives within the closing six minutes of the third interval to tie it 7-7 coming into the fourth.

However Delaware couldn’t rating till Kurtz’s fifth aim with 39 seconds left, which might pull the Blue Hens solely inside two.

Cornell led 2-0 halfway via the primary interval earlier than objectives by Kurtz, Clay Miller’s pair and All-American defender Owen Grant’s long-stick deposit put the Blue Hens up 4-2. Cornell did rating once more earlier than the primary quarter closed.

However the Blue Hens had been blanked within the second interval, as Massive Pink face-off man Angelo Petrakis scored his first aim of the season off the opening duel and attackman C.J. Kirst’s fiftieth of the 12 months made it 5-4 at halftime.

Delaware then fell behind 7-4 within the third interval earlier than, having now gone scoreless for 26 minutes, Kurtz scored 3 times within the closing 6:00, sending the groups into the ultimate interval deadlocked at 7-7.

However Cornell turned a pair of Delaware turnovers into fourth-quarter objectives to go up 9-7 earlier than Billy Coyle whipped in one other Massive Pink aim to make it 10-7 with 5:39 left.

Petrakis gained 16 of the 22 face-offs to key the Cornell win. Delaware outshot Cornell 37-36 however couldn’t convert sufficient. Delaware goalie Matt Kilkeary had 12 saves to fifteen for Cornell’s Chayse Ierlan.

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