College Crosse Elite 8 Roundup: Denver Races Past Notre Dame.

Here’s Ryan’s other Tailgate Vision video from this morning.

Denver vs. Notre Dame.

Box Score: Ohio State 16 vs. Notre Dame 4.

Ohio State Recap.

Denver & Notre Dame Postgame Press Conference. (Denver comes on stage around the 13:09 mark and Notre Dame goes on stage around the 23:00 mark.)

College Crosse Recap.

Notre Dame jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but it was all Denver after that early Irish tally. Indeed, after being behind 1-0 a little over 3 minutes in the game, the Pioneers went on to score the next eleven goals to take total command of the game. The 11-0 run went from 9:38 in the first quarter until Notre Dame was finally able to score their second goal at the 4:38 mark in the 3rd quarter. Unfortunately for the Irish, Denver scored their 12th goal of the game 10 seconds later, and then scored 4 more in a row to go up 16-2 with less than 8 minutes to play. This was Denver’s most lopsided Tournament win since their 9-goal win over Drexel in their 2012 Elite 8 match-up.

Denver was sharp in almost every facet of the game (Denver did have 18 turnovers to Notre Dame’s 11), but their star Trevor Baptiste was unworldly at the face-off today. Trevor won 21 out of 22 face-offs, and chipped in with a goal as well. Denver was led in scoring by Ethan Walker, who had 6 points this afternoon (3 Gs & 3 As). Austin French was right behind Walker in scoring with 4 goals and 1 assist. Tyler Pace had a hat-trick on the day, and Connor Cannizzaro finished with 2 goals and 2 assists.

Notre Dame’s Mikey Wynne gave it his all today, as he was the only Irish player to score multiple goals today, finishing with 3 goals. Sergio Perkovic is the only other Notre Dame player besides Wynne to have multiple points today, as he finished with 1 goal & 1 assist.

Denver will play the winner of Albany vs. Maryland tomorrow in Delaware.