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.

DeSales returns to action on Saturday, April 21st as they travel to Messiah College for another MAC Conference game beginning at 1:00 pm.

2007-04-18