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...plays worked, the defense clicked, and injuries were forgotten as Bruce Munro's lacrosse team beat tired but hard fighting University of Delaware squad on the Business School field yesterday...
Though the score was a fairly close 7 to 3, Munro substituted freely during the last quarter to give badly needed experience to his reserve midfields and defense. The Delaware team was outplayed throughout the game and went scoreless until 12:15 of the second quarter when a defensive lapse allowed a solo drive on Crimson goalie Steve Den Hartog...
With a 3 to 0 lead at the end of the quarter, Munro put in his third and fourth midfields. But this failed to halt the onslaught as Curtis scored unassisted at 4:22 and Waring followed 20 seconds later. Deleware got its first counter near the end of the half, and added two more in the third quarter, but the Crimson was not to be denied. The locals hit for another to end the scoring in the third period as both teams were shut out in the final quarter...
...biggest question mark right now is the attack. Before vacation it looked like the best part of the team, but the combination of Ed Curtis, Phil Waring, and Monk Aiello all juniors came up with only one goal in the last two games and that one was definitely tainted. Munro would have loved to put in a substitute attack, if he had one, to give this combination a rest, but he didn't have a substitute attack. In fact, the only substitute attackman he had along was Todd Goodwin, who was also one of his six remaining midfielders...
...Munro probably won't have his new midfield lineups permanently set until Telfer returns. With the material he has, he can fashion two very good combinations with an average third; the midfield looks to be the strongest part of the team...