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The Utah men’s lacrosse team took on Lindenwood University on Wednesday, April 12. The Utes came away with a huge win, 22-8. Jordan Hyde led the Utes with six goals on the day, while MJ McMahon tallied four assists. Connor Hollison put on a goalkeeping clinic for the Utes, making seven saves and only. ....
Apr 24, 2021 CLEVELAND – Saturday s match-up between Utah lacrosse and Cleveland State showed great promise for what s to come between the two future ASUN opponents as Utah held on for the 11-9 road victory thanks to a late 3-0 run and 15 saves from keeper Zion Dechesere inside the Krenzler Bubble.
Ryan Rogers broke the seal to open scoring for both teams after lunging towards the crease and snuck one past the Cleveland State keeper at the 11:26 mark. The Vikings answered right back to tie things up at the 10:15 mark and from that point on neither team scored despite CSU continually attacking the Utah defense. Utah s offense finally broke through after Sammy Cambere connected with Josh Rose for a huge strike down field. Utah (4-6) extended the lead to 3-1 with 30 ticks left in the first quarter when Tyler Bradbury found Jonathan Rose on the far side of the field. ....
After an early goal by the Hounds, Bradbury made a beautiful pass to Peter Hagan cutting in front of the goal on the nearside to bring the Utes within 5-3 and 10:55 left in the half. However, the home team was able to string along three more goals before halftime as Utah trailed 8-3 heading into the break.
The Utes came out of the break aggressive and got back-to-back goals from Josh Rose and Branden Wilson in the opening three minutes to get within 8-5. The Hounds regrouped and answered with two goals of push the lead back up to 10-5. Drew Wasserman found MJ McMahon out of the faceoff win from Brams after Loyola s second score but the home team didn t waste time as it counted after missed shot by McMahon out of the faceoff. ....
Utah gave No. 5 Denver everything it had to open the 2021 college lacrosse season on Saturday. After the Utes jumped out to a 3-1 halftime lead, the Pioneers roared back in the second half to come out on top. For a team tasked with replacing its injured starting goalie Zion Dechesere as well as two starting poles plus 80% of its offensive scoring from a season ago, Utah never gave up. When Ethan Walker found JJ Sillstrop for a behind-the-back dagger to make it 9-6, the Utes kept fighting. Unsurprised by the way his team competed and never gave up against a team with loftier expectations of getting to Championship Weekend, head coach Brian Holman spoke to IL about his biggest takeaway moving forward. ....
(Photo Courtesy of Denver Athletics) In what was No. 5 Denver’s first competitive action in over 10 months, Pioneer coach Bill Tierney said postgame that though he expected there to be an immense enjoyment of the experience his team had ripped away from them last March, all was normal once some early mistakes were made. “It didn’t take long to be frustrated,” Tierney said. “It didn’t take long to get back to being another lacrosse game that you hope like hell to win, and we were lucky to do so.” The usual sluggish start that have been a staple of early February college lacrosse in recent years was exacerbated not only by the long layoff, but also by a valiant underdog effort from the Utes in the Pioneers’ 9-8 victory on Saturday afternoon in Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. ....