Irish blast Buckeyes 13-4 in GWLL opener
Mike Connolly
Sports Writer
With the Ohio State Buckeyes' attention focused on Notre Dame's player of the year candidate David Ulrich, two other Irish attackmen exploded for four goals each as Notre Dame defeated Ohio State 13-4.
Seniors Tom Glatzel and Jon Harvey each scored four goals for the Irish as the seventh-ranked men's lacrosse team got back into the win column in its first Great Western Lacrosse League game of the year.
Ulrich, however, was not shut down by the Buckeye defense, however.
The senior from Baltimore dished off four assists in the win.
The Irish jumped on the Buckeyes early and never looked back.
Glatzel and Harvey each scored two goals in the first quarter.
Juniors Devin Ryan and John Flandina added one each as the Irish entered the second quarter leading 6-1.
The Irish attack, however, did not let up.
Harvey scored his third and fourth goals of the afternoon to open the second before
Flandina scored his second goal off an assist from Glatzel with 8:16 remaining in the quarter.
Ohio State finally answered the Irish barrage with another goal of its own. John Cummings scored his second goal of the afternoon.
Senior Andy Santoriello scored his first goal of the season to close the first half scoring and give the Irish a 10-2 lead heading into halftime.
The third quarter was scoreless until Glatzel scored two goals in the last four minutes to push the Irish lead to 10.
Freshman Mickey Blunt scored the only goal in the fourth quarter for the Irish while the Buckeyes scored two goals of their own in mop-up time.
Senior goalkeeper Kirk Howell yielded the net to sophomore Nick Antol for the last 11 minutes of the game.
Antol faced five shots and allowed only one goal while Howell stopped nine shots and allowed the other three goals scored.
All Sports Stories for Wednesday, April 4, 2001
