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Maryland Men's Lacrosse News |
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March 28, 2009 |
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No. 9 Terps Drop Longest Game In NCAA History at No. 1 Virginia
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (March 28, 2009) – The longest game in NCAA history ended one
minute into the seventh overtime, but it was top-ranked Virginia that pulled off the
10-9 victory over the No. 9 Maryland men’s lacrosse team in front of an announced
crowd of 5,019 at Klockner Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Virginia drew first-blood with a goal by John Hadly at the 9:56 mark in the first,
but the Terps struck back with 3:42 left on the clock on a Ryan Young goal. Cavalier
defender Ken Clausen left Young to double-team junior Will Yeatman, but Yeatman was
able to slip the ball back to Young. The sophomore attachman then curled from behind
the right side of the Virginia goal and beat Adam Ghitelman low to know the score at
1-1.
Maryland then took its first lead of the game less than two minutes later. Virginia
turned the ball over after failing to get a loose ball back into its offensive zone.
Senior Dan Groot took the quick restart and raced into the Terrapin attack box ahead
of the Wahoo defense. Groot flipped a pass to Yeatman, who again drew
double-coverage. Yeatman promptly got the ball back to Groot, who buried a shot into
the upper left corner for a 2-1 Maryland lead.
The Cavaliers finally broke the second-quarter stalemate with a transition goal at
7:12 by Steele Stanwick to tie the game at two goals apiece.
The game remained deadlocked at 2-2 and appeared to be headed to the half that way
when junior Brian Phipps made another big save for the Terps, but the officials
ruled that Virginia called a timeout prior to the shot and gave the Wahoos a chance
with 18 seconds left in the half. Another Cavalier turnover, their 10th of the
quarter, gave the Terps the ball right back, but Maryland turned the ball over with
just seconds left and Stanwick made them pay, converting from the right wing to give
the Cavaliers a 3-2 lead at the half.
The lead upped to 4-2 for the Cavaliers right off of the third quarter face-off, but
Yeatman pulled the Terps back to within one with an unassisted goal at the 13:47
mark.
Yeatman continued to make his presence felt. He backed down Cavalier defender Ryan
Nizolek in a repeat of his previous score. This time he rolled to the inside, but
his shot went wide. Young was there behind the cage to collect the groundball. He
then raced around the right side of the cage and found freshman Joe Cummings across
the crease, where he beat Ghitelman to tie the game at 4-4.
Maryland continued its scoring run and regained the lead on Yeatman’s second goal of
the game at the 12:10 mark. This time he got off a shot from the left alley that
took an unusually high bounce that caught the bottom of the cross bar over the goal
line.
The Terrapin transition game was in full effect to continue the scoring barrage. A
Cavalier turnover was picked-up by sophomore Brett Schmidt and he outran the
Cavalier defense and created an odd-man advantage for Maryland. Quick ball movement
eventually for the ball to sophomore Grant Catalino on the left wing and moved the
ball on to Young behind the goal. Young beat Clausen around the cage and scored top
shelf to claim a 6-4 lead for the Terps.
Both teams kept up the frenetic pace of the game, but both defenses stiffened and
didn’t allow a score for nearly seven minutes. That stretch was broken by Virginia’s
Shamel Bratton who scored an unassisted goal at the 4:29 mark, cutting the Maryland
lead back to one at 6-5.
The lead didn’t stay that way for long thanks to sophomore Travis Reed. He scored
back-to-back goals eight seconds apart to give Maryland its biggest lead of the game
at 8-5. Reed’s first came on off an assist by Yeatman. His second was a little more
unconventional. Sophomore Danny Burns collected a loose ball in front of the
Virginia crease and got off a clear shot that was saved by Ghitelman, but he
couldn’t control the rebound. It bounced right to Reed on the right side of the
crease where he easily scored after a couple of quick ball-fakes.
The Cavaliers opened the fourth quarter with a quick score by Stanwick at 13:42. But
Maryland’s face-off unit responded on the ensuing face-off to get the lead back to
three. Junior Bryn Holmes won the face-off on a groundball by Burns. He raced down
the field and found Holmes wide-open in the middle of the attack zone, where he beat
Ghitelman easily to make the score 9-6.
The game remained that way until the 5:41 mark when Virginia capitalized on a
turnover with a transition goal by Stanwick. The lead was cut to one just seconds
later on Danny Glading’s first goal of the game. The Cavalier scorung run continued
on the ensuing face-off. An unclear holding call gave Virginia possession and the
Wahoos capitalized on Brian Carroll’s first goal of the game at the 4:39 mark.
Penalties on Max Schmidt on the goal and Bryn Holmes on the ensuing face-off gave
Virginia a two-man advantage for 1:30. But great man-down play by the Terps killed
the penalties and kept the game tied at 9-9.
Virginia had possession with just over two minutes remaining with Carroll took a
shot from the right alley that went wide. Burns made a heads-up play for the Terps,
racing after it, beating the Cavaliers to the spot and gaining possession for
Maryland. The Terps had a couple of looks at the goal but were unable to get a clean
shot and the game went into overtime.
Maryland won the face-off to start overtime and it looked as if the Terps won the
game on a quick score by Catalino, but the officials called for a time-out that was
never called by Maryland and the goal was taken off the board.
Turnovers on both ends of the field gave the Terps possession of the ball at the
1:52 mark of overtime when Maryland called its timeout. Catalino got a good look
from just outside the crease, but hit the crossbar.
The game went into a second overtime with the Terps holding a man-advantage after
Ghitelman was called for an illegal body check with once second left in the period,
putting Mark Wade in cage for the Cavaliers. Wade made a save on the only shot
Maryland got off in the second overtime, giving Virginia possession. But that
possession proved fruitless thanks to another Cavalier turnover. Neither team could
capitalize on mistakes and turnovers, sending the game into a third overtime.
The Cavaliers won the face-off to start the third period, but turnovers by both
teams gave Virginia the ball with 3:09 left. A caused turnover by Max Schmidt gave
Maryland the ball with 2:35 on the clock, but Ghitelman stopped Young’s shot with
just over a minute on the clock to give Virginia the ball back. Stanwick had a clear
look from eight yards out on the left wing, but Phipps made a huge save and junior
Dan Halayko scooped the groundball, sending the game into a fourth overtime.
Maryland won the face-off, but an illegal body check on Chad Gaudet gave the Terps
an extra-man advantage. A turnover by Catalino gave Virginia the ball and the
Cavaliers killed the penalty and called timeout with 2:34 on the clock. A turnover
by Bratton with 46 seconds left gave the ball back to the Terps.
After a timeout with 31 seconds on the clock, Maryland got a good shot from senior
Jeff Reynolds from the right alley, but it went wide and the game was sent into a
fifth overtime, making it the longest game in the history of both programs’
history.
Holmes won the face-off to start the fifth OT and a tripping penalty on Gaudet gave
Maryland another 1:00 man-advantage. Virginia killed the penalty, but Maryland kept
possession. A good low-to-high shot by Yeatman was saved by Ghitelman. An unsettled
timeout was given to the Cavaliers with 1:22 by the officials, allowing Virginia to
regain its composure. The Wahoos inverted with Bratton and got a good shot from
Stanwick coming around the right side, but Phipps made another big save to preserve
the tie. Another Ghitelman save on a Yeatman shot sent the game into a sixth
overtime.
The beginning of the end came with just over a minute remaining in the sixth OT.
Senior defender Mike Griswold dug out the groundball to give Maryland possession.
With the clock winding down the Terps spread the Cavalier defense out and Yeatman
got off another shot, but time ran out sending the game into a seventh OT.
Holmes again won the face-off and Young got off a wrap-around shot that Ghitelman
stopped. The Cavaliers then went down the field and Carroll won the game with a
running left-hander.
The Terrapin defense was stout all day. Phipps finished the game with 11 saves and
three groundballs. Max Schmidt finished with three groundballs and two caused
turnovers, while Burns and Reynolds each had four groundballs.
Holmes, who missed last week’s game vs. North Carolina with an injury, was
tremendous at the face-off X, winning 13-of-21 attempts, including the final three
in overtimes five, six and seven.
Maryland (6-3, 2-1 ACC) returns to action on Friday, April 3 with a primetime game
at No. 16 Navy. The Terps and the Midshipmen will face-off at 7 p.m. at Navy-Marine
Corps Memorial Stadium. The game is slated to be broadcast nationally on CBS College
Sports Network.
Source: University of Maryland Athletic Communications
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