Tuesday, March 17
Ulrich Sports Complex
7:00 pm
Lehigh University
vs
Denver
Mountain Hawks host #5/6 Denver Tuesday night in big nonleague tune-up
3/16/2015 4:39:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Coming off another close loss on Saturday, the Lehigh men's lacrosse team returns home for a midweek tune-up against the preseason #1 team in the country, the Denver Pioneers. Opening faceoff on Tuesday is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are looking to defeat a top-five team for the first time since beating #4 North Carolina 9-8 in March of 2012.
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Tickets for Tuesday's game are only five dollars for the general public and can be purchased in advance at LehighTickets.com. Students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their Lehigh ID. The Goodman Bus Service will run at 6:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. and will leave from the Dialogue Center on Taylor Street (between Taylor Street and Grace Hall).
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This season, the Lehigh men's lacrosse team is helping to change the game for cancer patients and their families by pledging their season in support of #ProjectGameDay (PGD) benefiting the HEADstrong Foundationâ„¢. On Tuesday Lehigh will take the field wearing HEADstrong's iconic lime green shoelaces and will officially kick-off their fundraising campaign. The game will help to raise awareness and funds to support the HEADstrong mission of improving quality of life for those affected by cancer. You can make a difference by clicking here to assist the goal.Â
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#ProjectGameDay is an online fundraising campaign allowing individuals and teams to transform any game, any season or any sport into a service project focused on changing the game for cancer patients and their families in the community. PGD allows teams the ability to create a team profile, identify a game and fundraising goal, challenge opponents and share fundraising efforts with the community by using emails and social media posts. Rather than teams directly fundraising through traditional ways and sources, PGD allows teams to maximize their giving potential by igniting and rallying their social networks and contacts. Please visit www.HEADstrong.org to learn how you can get involved.
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Over the years Lehigh has worked closely with the HEADstrong Foundation, headlining the Second Annual Relentless Cup in 2014 as well as past participation in the annual Nicholas Colleluori Classic held every October.
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This past Saturday's game at Navy saw a number of momentum shifts. The Midshipmen rode strong play at the faceoff X to take a 6-1 lead, Lehigh responded to take an 11-9 advantage, but Navy scored four straight goals and wouldn't look back. Senior Dan Taylor led the Lehigh offense with six points via four goals and two assists while classmate Patrick Corbett tallied a hat trick with three goals and one assist, his second hat trick in three games this season. Junior Reid Weber and senior Kurtis Kaunas each finished with two goals and one assist. In the process, Kaunas eclipsed 50-career points.
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After winning just 1-of-12 first-quarter faceoffs, the Mountain Hawks came back to win 5-of-7 over the middle quarters and outscore Navy 6-2 in that span. Lehigh was 0-for-7 from the faceoff X in the fourth quarter and struggled to get much going. Kaunas' second goal in as many shots gave his squad an 11-9 advantage with 13:02 remaining, but Navy scored four straight until a last-second desperation shot from Weber pulled Lehigh within one (13-12) but with just four seconds remaining.
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Junior Casey Eidenshink led the close defense with six groundballs and two caused turnovers. Classmate Tripp Telesco had two groundballs and a caused turnover while senior Lukas Mikelinich tallied three groundballs. Lehigh was strong on the ground as Weber had five and Corbett tied a career high with four. The Mountain Hawks held a 38-37 edge in GBs for the game, including a 21-10 advantage over the middle quarters.
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The loss snapped a five-game winning streak against Navy. In 2011, Lehigh beat Navy for the first time in 98 years and hadn't lost since. Taylor has enjoyed tremendous success against Navy, especially over the past two seasons. Over the last three games, he's tallied 11 goals and six assists for 17 points. Going back to his sophomore year, he's posted 21 points (14 goals and seven assists) over his last four games against the Midshipmen. Two of Corbett's three goals were assisted by Taylor as five of his eight goals this season have been assisted by Taylor.
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Denver has made three of the last four Final Fours, all under head coach Bill Tierney. The Pioneers return much of their team, which led to their preseason #1 ranking in both national polls. So far this season, Denver is 4-2 with wins over Duke, Air Force, Furman and Notre Dame and losses to North Carolina and Ohio State. Maryland transfer Connor Cannizzaro leads the team in scoring with 29 points behind 17 goals and 12 assists. Zach Miller is next with 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) while Wesley Berg has 18 points (12 goals, six assists). Erik Adamson (12 goals, two assists) and Tyler Pace (six goals, eight assists) each had 14 points. Trevor Baptiste has been stellar at the faceoff X, winning 99-of-146 with a team-high 41 groundballs. Mike Riis leads the team with four caused turnovers to go with 25 groundballs. Ryan LaPlante has started all six games in goal, owning a 9.64 GAA and .472 save percentage. In each of the last two seasons, LaPlante split time with Jamie Faus, who graduated last year.
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Lehigh trails Denver 3-0 in the all-time series. The squads first met in 2001, a 14-12 loss in Denver. The teams played again in 2010 (8-7 loss) and 2013 (18-10 defeat), both on the road.
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Tuesday's game will feature Denver's Berg and Taylor who are currently #2 and 5 in the nation in career points among active players with 195 and 178 points, respectively. Both are from Canada. Berg is also first with 142 career goals. Army's John Glesener, who the Mountain Hawks face on Saturday, is #4 with 179 career points.
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Lehigh will remain home to host #13/19 Army on Saturday at 1 p.m. That game will be televised live nation-wide on American Sports Network.
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Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook and follow on Twitter for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Coming off another close loss on Saturday, the Lehigh men's lacrosse team returns home for a midweek tune-up against the preseason #1 team in the country, the Denver Pioneers. Opening faceoff on Tuesday is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are looking to defeat a top-five team for the first time since beating #4 North Carolina 9-8 in March of 2012.
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Tickets for Tuesday's game are only five dollars for the general public and can be purchased in advance at LehighTickets.com. Students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their Lehigh ID. The Goodman Bus Service will run at 6:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. and will leave from the Dialogue Center on Taylor Street (between Taylor Street and Grace Hall).
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This season, the Lehigh men's lacrosse team is helping to change the game for cancer patients and their families by pledging their season in support of #ProjectGameDay (PGD) benefiting the HEADstrong Foundationâ„¢. On Tuesday Lehigh will take the field wearing HEADstrong's iconic lime green shoelaces and will officially kick-off their fundraising campaign. The game will help to raise awareness and funds to support the HEADstrong mission of improving quality of life for those affected by cancer. You can make a difference by clicking here to assist the goal.Â
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#ProjectGameDay is an online fundraising campaign allowing individuals and teams to transform any game, any season or any sport into a service project focused on changing the game for cancer patients and their families in the community. PGD allows teams the ability to create a team profile, identify a game and fundraising goal, challenge opponents and share fundraising efforts with the community by using emails and social media posts. Rather than teams directly fundraising through traditional ways and sources, PGD allows teams to maximize their giving potential by igniting and rallying their social networks and contacts. Please visit www.HEADstrong.org to learn how you can get involved.
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Over the years Lehigh has worked closely with the HEADstrong Foundation, headlining the Second Annual Relentless Cup in 2014 as well as past participation in the annual Nicholas Colleluori Classic held every October.
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This past Saturday's game at Navy saw a number of momentum shifts. The Midshipmen rode strong play at the faceoff X to take a 6-1 lead, Lehigh responded to take an 11-9 advantage, but Navy scored four straight goals and wouldn't look back. Senior Dan Taylor led the Lehigh offense with six points via four goals and two assists while classmate Patrick Corbett tallied a hat trick with three goals and one assist, his second hat trick in three games this season. Junior Reid Weber and senior Kurtis Kaunas each finished with two goals and one assist. In the process, Kaunas eclipsed 50-career points.
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After winning just 1-of-12 first-quarter faceoffs, the Mountain Hawks came back to win 5-of-7 over the middle quarters and outscore Navy 6-2 in that span. Lehigh was 0-for-7 from the faceoff X in the fourth quarter and struggled to get much going. Kaunas' second goal in as many shots gave his squad an 11-9 advantage with 13:02 remaining, but Navy scored four straight until a last-second desperation shot from Weber pulled Lehigh within one (13-12) but with just four seconds remaining.
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Junior Casey Eidenshink led the close defense with six groundballs and two caused turnovers. Classmate Tripp Telesco had two groundballs and a caused turnover while senior Lukas Mikelinich tallied three groundballs. Lehigh was strong on the ground as Weber had five and Corbett tied a career high with four. The Mountain Hawks held a 38-37 edge in GBs for the game, including a 21-10 advantage over the middle quarters.
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The loss snapped a five-game winning streak against Navy. In 2011, Lehigh beat Navy for the first time in 98 years and hadn't lost since. Taylor has enjoyed tremendous success against Navy, especially over the past two seasons. Over the last three games, he's tallied 11 goals and six assists for 17 points. Going back to his sophomore year, he's posted 21 points (14 goals and seven assists) over his last four games against the Midshipmen. Two of Corbett's three goals were assisted by Taylor as five of his eight goals this season have been assisted by Taylor.
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Denver has made three of the last four Final Fours, all under head coach Bill Tierney. The Pioneers return much of their team, which led to their preseason #1 ranking in both national polls. So far this season, Denver is 4-2 with wins over Duke, Air Force, Furman and Notre Dame and losses to North Carolina and Ohio State. Maryland transfer Connor Cannizzaro leads the team in scoring with 29 points behind 17 goals and 12 assists. Zach Miller is next with 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) while Wesley Berg has 18 points (12 goals, six assists). Erik Adamson (12 goals, two assists) and Tyler Pace (six goals, eight assists) each had 14 points. Trevor Baptiste has been stellar at the faceoff X, winning 99-of-146 with a team-high 41 groundballs. Mike Riis leads the team with four caused turnovers to go with 25 groundballs. Ryan LaPlante has started all six games in goal, owning a 9.64 GAA and .472 save percentage. In each of the last two seasons, LaPlante split time with Jamie Faus, who graduated last year.
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Lehigh trails Denver 3-0 in the all-time series. The squads first met in 2001, a 14-12 loss in Denver. The teams played again in 2010 (8-7 loss) and 2013 (18-10 defeat), both on the road.
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Tuesday's game will feature Denver's Berg and Taylor who are currently #2 and 5 in the nation in career points among active players with 195 and 178 points, respectively. Both are from Canada. Berg is also first with 142 career goals. Army's John Glesener, who the Mountain Hawks face on Saturday, is #4 with 179 career points.
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Lehigh will remain home to host #13/19 Army on Saturday at 1 p.m. That game will be televised live nation-wide on American Sports Network.
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Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook and follow on Twitter for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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