Sophomore middie Alex Demopoulos registered a game-high six points on four goals and two assists to lead Denver to a 17-13 victory over Hobart in an NCAA Division I ECAC game before a crowd of 1,500 Saturday afternoon at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in Denver.

Sophomore attackman Mark Matthews and sophomore middie Patrick Rogers each added four points on three goals and one assist to help the Pioneers (6-4, 1-0 ECAC) win their conference opener. Andrew Lay finished with three points on two goals and an assist, Charley Dickenson had three points on a goal and two assists and Cameron Kerr dished a pair of assists.

Nick Gradinger, Dillon Roy, Colin Scott and Alejandro Brown all scored once for Denver.

In defeat, attackman Kevin Curtin had a team-high five points on two goals and three assists for Hobart (2-6, 0-3), which remained winless in conference play.

In a game that had four ties and five lead changes, Denver outlasted the Statesmen despite being outshot, 39-37.

The game was tied, 3-3, at the end of the first quarter, Denver led 8-5 at halftime and the Pioneers led 14-8 at the end of the third quarter.

“I thought the offense today just did a fantastic job,” Denver head coach Bill Tierney said. “They were ready to go, and they shot the lights out against a really good goalie. I thought we played a really solid offensive game. Defensively, we were OK until that last spurt.”