Bryant Battles; UVA Wins
from press release
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Virginia midfielder Brian Carroll dodges the Bryant cage
Monday en route to a hat trick in the No. 2-ranked Cavaliers' 10-4
win. |
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Junior midfielder
Brian Carroll tied his career high with three goals and goalkeeper
Adam Ghitelman made 12 saves to propel Virginia to a 10-4 victory
over Bryant Monday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.
The second-ranked Cavaliers won their second game of the season in
just over 48 hours, while Bryant, playing its first game at the
Division I level, is now 0-1.
“I thought today that Bryant played really hard. You could
tell they were very excited,” said Virginia head coach Don
Starsia. “Give them a lot of credit for what they did out
here today. And I thought our kids played hard. We clearly
didn’t execute, especially in the third quarter offensively
the way we would have liked to, but I thought our effort was always
there. I thought we were always on the loose balls and we were
always hustling around. We’ve just got to be
sharper.”
After a back-and-forth opening six minutes, the Cavaliers scored
two goals one-and-a-half minutes apart midway through the first
quarter to take the lead they would never relinquish.
Freshman Steele Stanwick opened the scoring at the 8:54 mark by
converting a nice pass from Danny Glading into the first of his two
goals. A minute later midfielder Max Pomper found Steve Giannone
cutting toward the goal and hit him with a nice lead pass for an
easy goal to give the Cavaliers a 2-0 lead.
Attackman Kevin Hoagland, Bryant’s leading returning scorer,
tallied the first of his two goals with less than five minutes to
play in the first quarter to cut Virginia’s lead in half.
The Cavaliers answered with four goals over the next 10 minutes to
build a 6-1 lead midway through the second quarter. Carroll scored
twice during the run, while John Haldy and Glading scored once. The
teams traded goals the rest of the half with Virginia enjoying an
8-3 advantage at halftime.
Bryant matched Virginia shot for shot (19) in the first half, but
only scored three times as Ghitelman consistently turned Bulldog
shots aside. He made seven of his 12 saves in the first half.
“Today was a little bit of a coming out party for Adam
Ghitelman,” Starsia said. “It just seemed like Adam
stepped up and made the saves for us whenever we needed them. That
was a terrific day for that young goalie.”
While Ghitelman’s play certainly highlighted an outstanding
effort by the Cavalier defense, he also got tremendous performances
from the defenders in front of him. Ken Clausen snared a
career-high 10 ground balls and caused four turnovers, while Matt
Kelly and longstick midfielder Mike Timms each finished with three
ground balls. Ryan Nizolek held Zack Greer, the NCAA’s
all-time leading goal scorer, to just two assists and forced hiim
to miss all five shots. In five previous games against Virginia
while playing at Duke, Greer scored 13 goals on just 25 shots.
Virginia plays its first road game of the season Saturday at Stony
Brook. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 pm.
Bryant 1-2-0-1—4 record: 0-1
Virginia 4-4-1-1—10 record: 2-0
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