ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team finished their fall scrimmage season Saturday night with a 14-4 victory over Michigan State in Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. In front of a good-sized crowd, the Wolverines were able to overcome a sloppy first half and blow the game open with a 7-0 run in the 3^rd quarter. As usual, the attack paced the scoring for Michigan with senior creaseman Jeff Hadwin (Vestal, NY/Vestal HS) scoring 6 goals and sophomore Adam Denenberg (Wynnewood, PA/Lower Merion HS) adding 4 goals and 3 assists. Junior attack Tom Burns (Bloomfield Hills, MI/Brother Rice HS) chipped in with 1 goal and 2 assists, and freshman Sloan Buchan-McGilliard (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer HS) added a goal. Only 2 of the team’s 14 goals were scored from the midfield, both coming from senior Pierce Davis (Wellesley, MA/Wellesley HS). Midfielders Dave Bernard (Litchfield, CT/Westminster HS) and Howie Fugate (Punxsutawney, PA/Lincoln-Sudbury HS) each added an assist.

With the win, the team concluded an undefeated fall season, but head coach John Paul says there is still a ways to go if the team is going to achieve the goals they’ve set for themselves this year. "We are missing a few key guys this fall due to injuries and academics, so we’re not quite in sync at this point," said Paul, "but I expected us to be farther along by now. We made a lot of mental mistakes." The lopsided score did allow Paul to play everyone as he prepares to cut the team down to its final spring roster in two weeks.