Men's Lacrosse Downs UAlbany for First Win of the Season

Saturday, February 26

Philadelphia, Pa.

12 p.m.

Drexel University

1-2

University at Albany

0-2

UALBANYM

Drexel

Photo by: Greg Carroccio/Sideline Photos

Men's Lacrosse Downs UAlbany for First Win of the Season

2/26/2022 3:41:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Aidan Coll tied a career-high with five goals and Max Semple added four as the Drexel Dragons earned their first win of the season, beating the UAlbany Great Danes 14-12 on Saturday afternoon.

BY THE NUMBERS

Coll exploded for the five goals and added an assist in the game, also scooping three ground balls.
Semple found rope with all four of his shots on cage.
Jack Mulcahy was the primary distributor, dishing four helpers and adding a goal of his own.
Casey Waller and Sean Donnelly had a goal and an assist each.
Brennan Greenwald led the defense with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
In net, Ross Blumenthal made 10 saves.
The Dragons were strong pushing defense to offense, with successful clears on 23-of-24 attempts.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Drexel raced out of the gates, going up 3-0 just 5:29 into the game as Mulcahy scored at the 14:03 mark and then Semple and Coll each netted their first of the day 1:04 apart. The Great Danes found their footing and after scoring their first tally of the contest midway through the opening period, scored twice more in quick succession as the game was tied 3-3 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second, Coll got Drexel the lead back with two goals in the first 1:47 of the frame. UAlbany scored to pull back to 5-4, but Luke Stansfield and Zach Augustine provided DU a boost, scoring off assists from George Grippo and Mulcahy respectively as Drexel opened a 7-4 lead with 4:27 to go before halftime. Meanwhile in net, Blumenthal stood tall, making four saves in the quarter.

The Great Danes did score again before the break, but Semple bookended intermission with his second and third markers of the afternoon, as the Dragons opened their largest lead of the day at 9-5 with 13:46 to go in the third. UAlbany rallied, scoring four times in the period, sending the game into its final 15 minutes tied at 9-9.

Coll posted his fourth goal of the afternoon as the opening score of the fourth quarter before the Great Danes netted 38 seconds apart, taking their first lead of the day at 11-10 with 12:25 to go. Drexel had to wait a few moments before Coll answered, finding the back of the cage for a fifth time with 8:39 remaining. That ignited a four goal run for Drexel as Semple, Waller, and Donnelly each scored with Waller's proving to be the eventual game-winner.

The Dragons are off until next Saturday when they travel to Westbury, N.Y. to take on the Long Island University Sharks. Opening faceoff is scheduled for noon.