Chester, PA, (April 17, 2007) – The DeSales University men’s lacrosse team suffered its fourth straight loss falling at Widener University, 13-6, in an MAC Conference game on a windy Tuesday afternoon in Chester, PA.

 

        The Bulldogs fall to 7-6 overall and 2-5 in the MAC, while WU improves to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the MAC.  Trailing 5-2 at the half, DSU allowed six third-period goals to fall behind, 11-5, and were never able to get any closer.  Widener out-shot DeSales, 51-27, and held a 32-16 edge in ground balls.  WU also won 16-of-22 face-offs.

 

        Leading the scoring attack for the Bulldogs was junior Dan Thomer (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) with two goals.  Sophomore Matthew Brancaccio (Greenvale, NY/North Shore), freshman Adam Eddinger (Bally, PA/Boyertown), sophomore Danny Larkin (Holladay, UT/Olympus) and senior Jon-Erik Stamatelos (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) all had one goal and freshman Jarryd Stamatelos (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) had the lone assist.

 

        Ja. Stamatelos made 11 saves in between the pipes and sophomore Craig Rogers (Havertown, PA/Haverford) had a team-high four ground balls in the loss.