Fourth Quarter Rally Falls Short, #14 Bears Fall to #9 Cornell, 10-9
May 1, 2004
Ithaca, NY - Brown's furious fourth-quarter rally fell short as the 14th-ranked men's lacrosse team dropped a 10-9 decision to ninth-ranked Cornell. The loss drops the Bears to 9-4 overall and 2-3 in the Ivy League, while the win lifts the Big Red to the Ivy League title.
Trailing 10-5 in the fourth quarter, junior Britton Derkac started the Brown rally with his first goal of the game with 9:24 remaining. Junior Chazz Woodson scored his second and third goals of the game to draw Brown to within two goals of the Big Red, 10-8, with 3:13 left to play. Sophomore Kyle Wailes drew the Bears to within one goal, 10-9, with his second goal of the game with 12 seconds remaining.
The Bears outscored the Big Green by a 6-1 margin in the fourth quarter. Overall, Brown scored seven of the game's last eight goals.
Wailes finished the game with two goals and two assists to lead the Brown scorers, while Woodson netted three goals. In addition to Derkac, Chris Mucciolo, Rory Hyland and David Madeira scored one goal each for the Bears.
Brown senior goalie did his best to keep the Bears in the game all day, making 14 saves. Big Red goalie Matt McMonagle made 8 saves in net for Cornell.
Brown will complete its 2004 regular season at home next Saturday, May 8, against 7th ranked Princeton. Game time is 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson Field.
Score By Quarters Brown 1 1 1 6 9
Cornell 2 5 2 1 10
Brown Goals: Chazz Woodson 3, Kyle Wailes 2, Chris Mucciolo 1, Rory Hyland 1, Britton Derkac 1, David Maderia 1 Brown Assists: Kyle Wailes 2, Will Davis 1, David Madeira 1
Cornell Goals: Andrew Collins 2, Kevin Nee 2, Justin Redd 2, Joe Boulukos 2, Mike Riordan 1, Sean Greenlaugh 1 Cornell Assists: Andrew Collins 3, Tim DeBlois 1, Joe Boulukos 1, Dave Pittard 1
Goalie Saves: Brown: Mike Levin - 14 saves, 10 goals against, 60:00 Cornell: Matt McMonagle - 8 saves, 9 goals against, 60:00
Shots: Brown 39, Cornell 38 Gound Balls: Brown 22, Cornell 27 Face-Offs: Brown 12, Cornell 9
# Prd Time Team Scoring play Type BRWN COR 1 1st 14:08 COR Greenhalgh, Sean (DeBlois, Tim) EVEN 0 1 2 1st 10:22 COR Boulukos, Joe EVEN 0 2 3 1st 06:39 BRWN David Madeira (Kyle Wailes) EVEN 1 2 4 2nd 12:58 BRWN Chris Mucciolo EVEN 2 2 5 2nd 09:37 COR Collins, Andrew (Boulukos, Joe) EVEN 2 3 6 2nd 08:32 COR Riordan, Mike EVEN 2 4 7 2nd 06:27 COR Redd, Justin (Collins, Andrew) MAN-UP 2 5 8 2nd 03:38 COR Boulukos, Joe EVEN 2 6 9 2nd 01:16 COR Nee, Kevin (Collins, Andrew) EVEN 2 7 10 3rd 14:52 COR Nee, Kevin (Collins, Andrew) MAN-UP 2 8 11 3rd 13:38 COR Redd, Justin EVEN 2 9 12 3rd 11:06 BRWN Chazz Woodson EVEN 3 9 13 4th 13:23 BRWN Rory Hyland (Kyle Wailes) EVEN 4 9 14 4th 12:07 BRWN Kyle Wailes (Britton Derkac) EVEN 5 9 15 4th 10:12 COR Collins, Andrew (Pittard, Dave) EVEN 5 10 16 4th 09:24 BRWN Britton Derkac EVEN 6 10 17 4th 06:13 BRWN Chazz Woodson (Will Davis) EVEN 7 10 18 4th 03:13 BRWN Chazz Woodson (Madeira) EVEN 8 10 19 4th 00:12 BRWN Kyle Wailes EVEN 9 10
