Box Score GLENSIDE (PA) – The Delaware Valley University men's lacrosse team won the inaugural Battle for the Bucks-Mont Hammer, 11-9 at Arcadia University on Wednesday.
The Aggies evened their record at 3-3 while the Knights dropped to 2-4. The two teams announced their new rivalry series last September and plan to make the game an annual tradition. The name refers to the location of the two schools (Delaware Valley in Bucks County and Arcadia in Montgomery County), and the sledgehammer was chosen to represent the blue-collar mentality of the two young programs.
Sophomore
Chris Coyle opened up the scoring for DelVal on an extra man opportunity just under seven minutes into the contest. Arcadia bounced back with three straight goals for a 3-1 lead. However, the Aggies came right back with four consecutive tallies and led 5-3 with 9:51 remaining in the second quarter. Freshman
Austin Sensenig posted two markers and sophomore
Nick Shendge and freshman
PJ Rafferty had one apiece. The Knights recorded the final goal of the period and DelVal held a 5-4 advantage at halftime.
The Aggies dominated the third quarter, scoring four of the frame's five goals and took a 9-5 cushion into the fourth. Two Arcadia goals cut the lead in half but Shendge and sophomore
Matt Brady restored the four-goal margin, hitting the back of the net with 8:46 and 3:36 on the clock respectively. The Knights tallied twice in the final three-plus minutes but DelVal was able to hold on for the victory.
Rafferty continued his stellar rookie campaign, posting two goals and four assists for six points. He leads the squad in goals (12), assists (11) and points (23). Sensenig totaled two goals and one assist. Coyle and Shendge produced two goals apiece while freshman
Tyler Roberto notched one goal and one assist. Freshman
Jordan Smith and Brady each scored once. Freshman
Matt Tordone picked up seven ground balls and sophomore
Danny Smith had five. Tordone also went 12-for-20 on face-offs. Senior
Jon Fogarty stopped 11 shots in goal.
For Arcadia, Joe Stanton and Matt Mignogna each had two goals and one assist while Chris Jacovino posted one goal and two assists. Ryan Green scored twice and Kenny Grant and Brandon Feeney totaled one goal and one assist apiece. A.J. Beck made six saves in 40 minutes of action and Danny Lipkin stopped two shots in the final 20 minutes.
DelVal returns home for a non-conference game against Neumann University on Saturday, March 26 (1:00 p.m.).
