North Carolina
Delaware
Men's Lacrosse Routs Delaware 13-4
March 10, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 10, 2001
NEWARK, DEL. - Fifteenth-ranked North Carolina led from start to finish Saturday night as the Tar Heels posted a 13-4 win over Delaware at Rullo Stadium in men's lacrosse action.
The Tar Heels were led by senior attackman Jeff Sonke who had six points in the game, just one shy of his career high set against Lehigh last season. Sonke had five goals, one short of his career high in that same Lehigh game, and one assist. Sonke has had six points in two successive games for Carolina. He had three goals and three assists in an 11-10 win over Navy last Saturday in Annapolis, Md. Sonke scored the game-winning goal in that contest with only one second left on the clock in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore midfielder Austin Garrison tallied his first three goals of the season and freshman attackman Andrew Lucas and junior midfielder Tim Gosier added a pair of goals as UNC defeated Delaware for the second straight year and the fourth time in the last five years. The Tar Heels now lead the all-time series 7-5.
Carolina's defense was outstanding as it limited the Fightin' Blue Hens to only four goals, the fourth successive opponent this season that Carolina has limited to 10 goals or less. The four goals allowed by Carolina are the fewest allowed by the Tar Heels since March 14, 1999 when UNC defeated Denver 7-4 at Denver, Colo. It was the largest margin of victory for the Tar Heels since March 13, 1999 when UNC downed Air Force 18-5 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Carolina improved to 3-1 on the season with the win over the Blue Hens. Delaware dropped its third straight decision and is now 1-4 on the campaign.
After a trio of unassisted goals by Sonke and midfielders Gosier and Kyle Bell the Tar Heels led 3-0 after the first quarter.
Sonke and Gosier both scored their second goals of the game in the second quarter and Garrison added his first as UNC increased its lead at the half to 6-2. All three Tar Heel goals in the second quarter were unassisted.
After the teams traded goals in the early stages of the third quarter to make it 7-3 with Garrison getting his second goal of the game, again in an unassisted fasion, Carolina ran off the next three scores on goals by Garrison, Sonke and Lucas to lead 10-3 after three quarters. Senior attackman Judd Lattimore assisted Sonke to make the score 9-3 and then junior midfielder Dane Almassy assisted Lucas to push the margin to 10-3.
After Brad Downer cut the lead for the Blue Hens to 10-4 in the second minute of the fourth quarter Carolina closed the scoring with two successive goals by Sonke and another tally by Lucas. Sophomore attackman Steven Will assisted on Sonke's second goal of the fourth quarter and then Sonke had his assist on the final goal of the game.
Senior Robert D'Urso played the whole way in goal for Carolina and made a career high 11 saves while allowing only four goals. D'Urso has been the Tar Heels goalkeeper since junior Kris Blindenbacher, who had started 16 matches in a row, suffered a concussion in practice on March 1. Delaware made 17 saves including 14 by starter Dave Mullen who played 56 minutes.
UNC outshot the Blue Hens 37-25, while Delaware won the ground ball battle 29-28. The Blue Hens also won 11 faceoffs to only six for Carolina.
The Tar Heels will be off for a week before making their first home appearance in 27 days next Saturday when they host Butler at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field.
Scoring Summary
North Carolina.......3.......3.......4.......3..........13 (3-1)
Delaware...............0.......2.......1.......1........... 4 (1-4)
1st Quarter
13:53 - North Carolina - Jeff Sonke NC 1-0
11:22 - North Carolina - Tim Gosier NC 2-0
2:15 - North Carolina - Kyle Bell NC 3-0
2nd Quarter
13:54 - North Carolina - Jeff Sonke NC 4-0
11:05 - Delaware - Jason Lavey (Chris Bickley) NC 4-1
10:53 - North Carolina - Austin Garrison NC 5-1
9:27 - North Carolina - Tim Gosier NC 6-1
8:41 - Delaware - Chris Bickley NC 6-2
3rd Quarter
14:35 - North Carolina - Austin Garrison NC 7-2
12:39 - Delaware - Dave Christopher (Willie Hopkins) NC 7-3
11:13 - North Carolina - Austin Garrison NC 8-3
9:15 - North Carolina - Jeff Sonke (Judd Lattimore) NC 9-3
2:46 - North Carolina - Andrew Lucas (Dane Almassy) NC 10-3
4th Quarter
13:36 - Delaware - Brad Downer (Willie Hopkins) NC 10-4
8:01 - North Carolina - Jeff Sonke NC 11-4
4:11 - North Carolina - Jeff Sonke (Steven Will) NC 12-4
3:57 - North Carolina - Andrew Lucas (Jeff Sonke) NC 13-4
Statistics:
Scoring (Goals-Assists)
North Carolina - Jeff Sonke, 5-1, Austin Garrison, 3-0, Andrew Lucas,
2-0, Tim Gosier, 2-0, Kyle Bell 1-0, Judd Lattimore, 0-1, Dane Almassy,
0-1, Steve Will, 0-1
Delaware - Chris Bickley, 1-1, Jason Lavey, 1-0, Dave Christopher, 1-0,
rad Downer, 1-0, Willie Hopkins, 0-2
Shots: NC - 37, Delaware - 25, Ground Balls: NC - 28, D - 29, Saves: NC - 11 (Robert D'Urso), Delaware - 17 (Dave Mullen, 56 minutes, 13 goals, 14 saves, Derrick Schmidt, 4 minutes, 0 goals, 3 saves), Penalties: NC - 4 for 3:30, Delaware - 11 for 8:00, Extra Man Opportunities: NC - 3 for 10, Delaware - 0 for 4, Faceoffs: NC - 6, Delaware - 11, Attendance: 900.
