Men's Lacrosse
Men's Lacrosse: DU Downs Elizabethtown 23-6
Brady Burton scored a career-high 7 goals in Denison's 17-goal rout of Elizabethtown on Sunday. Burton now has 57 career goals in just 17 games.
Date: March 2, 2008
Location: GRANVILLE
Brady Burton (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) scored a career-high seven goals and helped the Big Red on a 12-0 streak during the second and third quarter en route to a 23-6 victory over Elizabethtown at Deeds Field-Piper Stadium on Sunday.
The win improved Denison's record to 2-0 this season and also marked the second straight game the Big Red has put 23 goals on the board. Denison has outscored their opponents 46-3 in the two first games of the season, marking the most prolific scoring start to a campaign after two games in the 53-year history of the program.
In all, 10 different Big Red players scored at least one goal. Burton led the way with seven goals off 13 shots. He was followed by Dan Maude's (Wayne, Pa./Haverford School) four goals off six shots. Freshman Colin Molloy (Stamford, Conn./Fairfield Prep) chipped in three goals. Senior Rick Mackessy (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) added five assists for DU.
Senior goalie Alex Baruch (Richmond, Va./St. Christopher's) played 42 minutes and posted nine saves while allowing four goals. Dan Wallace closed out the game with 18 minutes in cage. He stopped five Elizabethtown shots and allowed two goals.
The Big Red dominated the face-off circle, winning 23-of-33. Sophomore Conner Detjen (Winnetka, Ill/Loyola Academy) was 10-for-13 to lead DU.
Denison was 4-for-5 in extra-man opportunities and scored in a shorthanded situation in the first quarter via an unassisted goal by Maude.
Denison outshot the Blue Jays 52-24 and scooped up 44 ground balls. Denison will hit the road next Saturday when they take on #2 Gettysburg on Saturday (March 8) at 1 p.m.
Notable:
Prior to the game the family of Clayton Manos served as honorary captains for the Big Red. The Denison lacrosse team has dedicated the season in memory of Manos, a 17 year-old junior from Granville High School who was killed in an automobile accident on Dec. 2, 2007.