IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas men's lacrosse team (5-5) totaled a season-high in scoring with a 13-1 victory versus Dallas Baptist University (0-9) on Thursday afternoon. Dallas improves to .500 with back-to-back wins for the fourth time this campaign, and have prevailed a record amount in a season, since taking four games in 2011.
UD finished the home portion of its schedule 3-1, the best mark in program history at the friendly confines. Prior to the contest, Dallas recognized a trio of seniors: Charles Shaughnessy (Cimarron, Kan.), Zachary Wellwerts (McHenry, Ill.), and Cody Wooten (Aurora, Colo.).
All of them contributed on the men's lacrosse team's big day, with each tallying at least a pair of points. Shaughnessy shifted the game's momentum as he scored his first goal of his career to start the second quarter, which propelled the Navy and White to a 4-0 run in the frame.
Wooten was involved on the scoring sequence with an assist, and the attacker kept his three-game scoring streak alive with one in the same quarter with 5:27 before the break. In his final home game, Wooten dished a season-high three assists to give him four points, which tied for second in the game.
It was a back-and-forth opening stanza, as the home squad only held a 1-0 edge through the first 15 minutes.
The final six minutes of the second witnessed a shooting barrage that saw UD find the back of the cage. Junior Matthew Cyr (St. Louis, Mo.) led the offense by tying a season-high, five goals for the third time.
Fellow teammate Alex Ziolkowski (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was right behind with his highest output this year with four. It is his third hat trick in the past four matchups, and he paced the team with 11 shots on goal in 14 attempts.
Rounding out the trio of multi-scoring players for UD was Wellwerts tallying his second and third netters of his career. The attacker etched his first collegiate goal last Sunday at Centenary College.
As a whole, the Crusaders attempted a season-best, 46 shots with 30 placed on the cage. DBU managed 19 shots and 12 on goal. Dallas also picked up 51 groundballs compared to 27 by the Patriots.
Junior Ryan Murphy (Yorba Linda, Calif.) worked the entire 60 minutes for Dallas and earned 11 saves while facing 12 shots.
Saddled with the setback was Seth Pittman for Dallas Baptist, who allowed 9 goals in 45 minutes, while garnering 14 saves. Zebulon Williams also worked between the pipes, stopping a pair of saves against six shots.
Matt Albright scored DBU's lone goal to nip the shutout bid for the Crusaders. He also claimed the most shot attempts with six and four on cage.
Up Next
Dallas embarks on a season-long, seven-game road trip to conclude the remainder of the 2015 spring. The stint begins on Apr. 4-5 at Johnson & Wales and University of Colorado Denver, respectively.
