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Cape lacrosse starts fast, bests Archmere 15-9

Auks mourn the loss of former classmate before game
Cape freshman attack Gabe Best takes the high road and puts a shot past Archmere goalie Connor Smeader in the Vikings’ 15-9 win over the Auks. Best lit up the Auks’ goalkeeper with four tallies in the game. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick
April 9, 2018
Cape junior midfielder Jack Dennis gets separation from two Auks defenders.
Vikings attack Luke D’Ambrogi shoots and scores around Archmere’s Dominic Cipriano.
Cape junior JP Heid dodges past Archmere’s Jacob DiBattista.
Cape long pole defender Brody McMahon scores on Auks goalie Connor Smeader.
Cape defender Brody McMahon, left, celebrates his goal with teammate Luke D’Ambrogi.
Junior attack Luke D’Ambrogi celebrates one of his four goals.
Cape middie Jake Brown takes a shot.
Cape’s Aarin Burton bull dodges through two Auks defenders and scores.
Cape’s Adem Tekmen scores from the left side on Auks goalie Connor Smeader. He had two in the game.
Gabe Best shoots and scores one of his four goals.
Cape defender Matt Prestipino takes one for the team as he blocks a Jacob DiBattista shot.
Cape’s tall middie Jack Dennis gets up to snag a loose ball.
Cape defender Liam Zolper wins the draw and flies past the Auks’ Zane Fracek.
Cape attack Luke D’Ambrogi dodges to the goal past Archmere’s Ryan Whelan.
Cape defender Timmy Kelley clears the ball in front of the Archmere bench.
Aarin Burton says that’s my goal.
Cape junior goalie Sean Griffith makes one of his 10 saves.

The Archmere at Cape boys’ lacrosse game April 7 was moved from early afternoon to 6 p.m., so Archmere players could attend an on-campus memorial service for Mark Lee Dombroski, a 2017 graduate who died in Bermuda three weeks ago while touring with the St. Joseph’s University rugby team. Mark had fallen down a 35-foot cliff while walking alone at night.

The Auks 2-0 lost to Cape twice last year, once in the regular season and once in the playoffs. Each loss was 11-9.

Two years ago, the Auks beat Cape 11-7. They have become one of the better programs in the state.

But the focus Saturday was elsewhere, as Cape dominated well into the third quarter, leading 10-1. Archmere came a long way back thanks to a three-minute non-releasable penalty for illegal stick, clawing back for a final score of 15-9.

“We played well throughout the first half and took excellent care of the ball,” said coach Mark D’Ambrogi. “We shot well and got contributions from a bunch of different people in the first half. Jack Dennis, Adam Tekman, Gabe Best and Luke D’Ambrogi were on the receiving end of some nice feeds and were able to put them away. In the second half, we got a little complacent, which led to turnovers and quick possessions, which gave them extra chances to score, and Archmere is capable of putting together some scoring runs.”

Cape was led in scoring by Best and Luke D’Ambrogi with four goals each. Tekman tallied two goals, while Dennis, James Heid, Broderick McMahon, Andre Currie and Aarin Burton each had single goals.

Sean Griffith, a first-year starter, had 10 saves in the game for Cape.

The Auks were led in scoring by Mitch Moyer with six goals and Nolan Collins, Brian Neill and Luke Grant with one each.   

Cape will play at Sussex Central at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, then face Salesianum at Wesley College at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 14.

Cape, Saint Mark’s and Caesar Rodney are the only Delaware schools on the Salesianum schedule.

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