The San Francisco Dragons of Major League Lacrosse went on a 5-0 run to start the second half and cruised to a 20-14 victory Saturday over the visiting Denver Outlaws at Kezar Stadium.
The Dragons (2-3), who moved into a tie with the Outlaws (2-3) for second place in the Western Conference, outscored Denver 14-6 in the second half. Denver led at intermission 8-6.
But Ryan Powell’s two goals 54 seconds apart in the third quarter gave the Dragons an 11-8 advantage. Only Brian Langtry’s unassisted power-play goal at 6:06 of the third broke the Dragons’ run. San Francisco responded with two more unanswered goals.
Matt Alrich scored a game-high six points to lead the Dragons.
Denver’s Matt Brown scored a team-high five goals, Josh Sims added three goals and Drew Westervelt had a Denver-high three assists.
Denver 5 3 3 3 – 14
San Francisco 5 1 8 6 – 20
Scoring (goals-assists-points) – Denver, Brown 5-0-5, Sims 3-0-3, Westervelt 0-3-3, Langtry 1-1-2, Law 0-2-2, Mundorf 1-0-1, Hanna 1-0-1, Sonke 1-0-1, Ethington 1-0-1, Lochte 1-0-1, Erwin 0-1-1. Totals 14-7-21.
San Francisco, Alrich 4-1-6, Banks 2-2-4, Rotelli 3-0-3, Booth 2-1-3, Powell 2-1-3, Gurenlian 2-0-2, Zummo 2-0-2, Park 1-1-2, Byrne 1-0-1, Holmes 0-1-1. Totals 19-7-27.
2-point goal – Alrich.
