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Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/25/26
From Press Release
The Ursinus Men’s Lacrosse team used a late fourth-quarter push to defeat Catholic, 15-14, in non-conference action on Wednesday evening.
The Bears gained their first win of the season and the first for new head coach Ryan Burke at Ursinus. Meanwhile, the Cardinals fell to 0-3 overall.
Senior Barrett Denlinger gave the Bears a two-goal lead at 8-6 in the opening minute of the third quarter and junior Nick Pomajevich (Allentown Central Catholic) answered a Catholic goal to push the Bears to a 9-7 lead at the 9:49-mark. However, the Cardinals scored four straight goals to go up 11-9, their first multi-goal lead of the game, with 5:23 left in the third quarter.
Harry Sweitzer (La Salle, 5G, 1A) ended a 7:28 drought for the Bears with his fifth goal of the game that made it 11-10 before Daniel Rice (3G) tied the game just under a minute later on a man-up opportunity. Senior Lars Homan (North Penn, 2G) kept the momentum going by beating the horn at the end of the third quarter to put Ursinus back up at 12-11.
Denlinger then tallied the next two Ursinus goals around a Catholic tally that gave Ursinus a 14-12 lead with 10:07 left in regulation. Homan gave the Bears an insurance goal at the 5:32-mark to make it 15-12, but the Cardinals made it interesting with back-to-back goals to bring the score to 15-14 with 2:26 left in regulation.
Catholic won the ensuing faceoff before a turnover ended its comeback hopes as the Bears held possession for the rest of the game.
Catholic scored the first goal in the opening minute of the game and junior Neil Hutchinson (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) leveled the score at one with a goal at the 8:45-mark. Senior Sweitzer pushed the Bears ahead for the first time at 3-2 with back-to-back goals after a Catholic tally.
Sophomore Rice countered another Cardinals goal with his first at the 49-second mark to give Ursinus a 4-3 lead into the second quarter. Catholic opened the second quarter with two straight goals to take the lead back at 5-4 before the Bears scored three straight of their own to go up 7-5 at the 4:00-mark. Sweitzer scored the first two goals in the run to push his tally to four and Rice capped the run with his second of the game. The Cardinals got a late goal in the half that made it a 7-6 game at the break.
The Bears held a 49-44 shot advantage for the game and a 31-26 edge in shots on goal. Catholic held a 31-28 advantage in ground balls and 18-13 in faceoff wins. Bears sophomore goalkeeper Colin Daroch made 12 saves in 60 minutes to earn the win while Catholic goalkeeper Colton Manorek tallied 16 saves in the loss. Sweitzer registered a team-high six points with five goals and one assist while Denlinger plus Rice tallied three goals apiece.
