Terps Bounce Back, Beat Bryant
from press release
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| Travis Reed scored three goals in Maryland's 13-6
victory over Bryant. © John Strohsacker/LaxPhotos.com |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Big games from senior Dan
Groot and sophomores Grant Catalino and Travis Reed propelled the
No. 5 University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 13-6 victory
over Bryant at a soggy Ludwig Field Sunday afternoon.
Playing less than 24 hours after a disappointing outing against
UMBC, the Terps came out against the Bulldogs determined to get
back on track. And Bryant helped Maryland right off the bat thanks
to a pair of penalties by Anthony Ianello in the first minute of
play. Groot converted on the first extra-man chance just 18 seconds
after the whistle with a quick low-to-low shot from the right alley
off of a feed from junior Will Yeatman. The second EMO took a
little longer, but the result was the same. This time it was Groot
picking up the assist thanks to a great shot by Reed from 12 yards
out straight away.
The fireworks continued with the Bulldogs picking up their first
score of the game at the 12:27 mark, but the Terps answered back
quickly with a great give-and-go that started with Groot sending a
pass to Catalino on the left wing, where he slipped the ball right
back to Groot, who made a great cut down the alley and scored past
Bryant goalie Jameson Love.
Catalino got into the scoring act at the 7:00 mark, but it was
sophomore Ryan Young that set the goal up perfectly. Young
separated from his defender behind the net and played cat and mouse
with Love and Matt Murnane until they committed to come after him
from one side. Young then raced around to the right side of the
goal and flipped a cross-crease pass to Catalino, who finished from
just outside the crease with a one-timer.
Bryant got back-to-back goals from Jim Long and Zack Greer to cut
the Terrapin lead to one at 4-3 with 4:25 remaining in the first
quarter, but Maryland scored the final two goals of the period to
push its lead back to three heading into the second. Groot and
Catalino hooked up again in a virtual replay of their earlier
give-and-go goal. Catalino then scored his second of the day on the
ensuing face-off when senior Jeff Reynolds scooped up the
groundball and laced a pass to Catalino on the left wing, where the
ripped a low-to-low shot past Love for the 6-3 Terrapin lead.
The Terps picked up right where they left off to start the second
quarter with Yeatman scoring his lone goal of the game on a roll
dodge from behind the left side of the cage. The Bulldogs tried to
stay in the game, scoring the next two to cut the lead back to two
at 7-5, but that's as close as they would get. Maryland ripped off
the next five goals, spanning 18:20, to put the game out of
reach.
Freshman Joe Cummings kicked off the scoring run with a man-up
goal at the 3:27 mark of the second. Cummings made a nice cut to
the crease and finished with a quick shot off of a feed from
Catalino, who finished with a game-high five points on two goals
and three assists.
Maryland continued its scoring run after halftime with an
unassisted goal by sophomore Warren Hansen, the first score of his
career, at the 9:05 mark. Reynolds followed that up with an
unassisted goal of his own off of a great split dodge that freed
him up for an easy shot from the right alley.
Reed scored his third of the game with 5:05 remaining in the third
on a pick-and-slip play with Yeatman. Junior Adam Sear finished the
5-0 run at the 2:07 mark with a low-to-low shot from 12 yards
out.
Bryant ended the blitz with a transition goal at 1:48 of the third
to make the score 12-6, but the Maryland defense stiffened and held
Bryant scoreless for the remainder of the game. Reed closed the
scoring for the Terps with the lone goal of the fourth quarter,
finishing off of a feed from Cummings.
Maryland's defense came ready to play and dominated the groundball
battle, picking-up 49 to Bryant's 35. Reynolds picked up a
team-high five GBs, followed closely by junior Dan Halayko, who had
four. Seniors Jason Carter and Jeremy Sieverts, juniors Bryn Holmes
and Yeatman, and sophomore Dan Burns all had three for the
Terps.
Bryant's face-off expert Andrew Henness did win 16 of the game's
22 draws, but Maryland countered that by pressuring the Bulldogs
into 32 turnovers, 16 of which were caused directly by a Terrapin
player. Sophomore Brett Schmidt was outstanding for the Terps,
causing a career-high four turnovers in addition to picking up a
pair of groundballs. Senior Mike Griswold was given the task of
covering Greer and held the NCAA's all-time leading goal scorer to
two goals, while picking up two groundballs and causing a
turnover.
Maryland returns to action next Saturday, March 21, with a crucial
ACC game against No. 6 North Carolina. Face-off is scheduled for 2
p.m. at Ludwig Field and the game will be televised nationally on
ESPNU.
Game Notes:
• With today's 13-6 loss Maryland is now 1-0 all-time vs.
Bryant.
• The win also gives the Terps a 69-4 record all-time against
first-time opponents.
• Grant Catalino extended his point-scoring streak to 20
games with two goals and three assists. Catalino also pushed his
multi-point scoring streak to 13 games.
• Catalino now has 16 multi-goal, 20 multi-point and six
multi-assist games in his career.
• Ryan Young has now had at least one point in each of the
six games he's played in this season, but had his goal-scoring
streak stopped at five.
• With his hat trick Dan Groot now has five hat tricks, nine
multi-goal and 22 multi-point games in his career.
• Travis Reed's hat trick was the fifth of his career and he
now has 10 multi-goal and 12 multi-point games in his career.
• Jeremy Sieverts had his point-scoring streak snapped at 10
games.
• The Terps shutout the Bulldogs in the fourth quarter,
marking the fourth time this season that Maryland has held an
opponent scoreless in a quarter.
