Mark Campbell

Box Score

NJIT NJIT 0-1

DELAWARE DELAWARE 1-0

NJIT NJIT

0-1

Final

Feb. 05, 2022

DELAWARE DELAWARE

1-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
NJIT NJIT	2	2	4	1	9
DELAWARE DELAWARE	8	2	5	4	19

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 2/5/2022 3:00:00 PM

Men's Lacrosse Defeated By No.16/19 Delaware In Season Opener

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Lehigh

2/12/2022 | 11:30 AM

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Feb. 12 (Sat) / 11:30 AM

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NEWARK, DEL. — The NJIT men's lacrosse team opened the 2022 season on Saturday afternoon with a road trip to face the No. 16/19 University of Delaware Blue Hens. The Highlanders were unable to pull off the upset, falling to Delaware 19-9 at Delaware Stadium.

HIGHLIGHTS

NJIT was led by a pair of new Highlanders. Sophomore transfer Arthur Miller led the team with three goals and freshman Gage Adams registered a team-best four points (2 G, 2 A). Gavyn Willson matched the game high with three assists. Darren Romaine scored his first career goal, and returners Owen Corry (1 G), Collin Fogerty (1 G), and Garrett Muscatella (1 G, 1 A) also found their way onto the stat sheet.
The Highlanders gathered 27 total ground balls, led by Billy Kroeger (8) and Beck Gozdenovich (3).
Fogerty, Teddy Grimley, and Matthew Bowerman were responsible for the team's three caused turnovers.
Kroeger was strong at the faceoff X, going 20-25 and spearheading NJIT's 21-29 day at midfield (Isaac Vanzomeren was 1-4 on the day).

1ST QUARTER

NJIT nearly scored the first goal of the game within the opening minute but Collin Fogerty's attempt was waved off by officials.
After surrendering seven straight goals to open the game, NJIT was able to score back-to-back goals in under 30 seconds from Darren Romaine (2:42 from Muscatella) and Muscatella (2:17)
Delaware added a final score to go into the second with an 8-2 lead.

2ND QUARTER

The Highlanders opened the period with a man-up goal from Miller (14:16 from Willson).
Fogerty eventually found the back of the net, scoring with 3:24 left in the half to cut Delaware's lead to 9-4.
The Blue Hens closed the half with a 10-4 edge over the Highlanders.

3RD QUARTER

Miller tallied his second goal of the game with 9:38 to go in the quarter (from Willson), converting with the shot clock running down.
Down 15-5, NJIT went on a 3-0 run, with Gage Adams scoring his first career goals in back-to-back fashion (4:01, 2:52 from Willson) and 2021 leading scorer Owen Corry netting his first score of the game with 2:14 left in the period.

4TH QUARTER

NJIT's lone goal of the period came with 1:41 left as Miller locked up a hat trick in his Highlander debut.

OTHER NOTES

Billy Kroeger's 20 faceoff wins tied former Highlander Tyler Stevenson's school record for faceoff wins in a single game. Stevenson set the mark by going 20-26 at Lafayette on February 9, 2019.
NJIT's 21 total faceoff wins (21-29) marked the first time the Highlanders corralled at least 20 faceoffs since the 2020 season opener against Hampton (2/1/2020; 20-33).

NEXT UP
NJIT will kick off its home schedule next Saturday (February 12) as the team hosts Lehigh. First faceoff is scheduled for 11:30 am

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