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from press release
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-- Brian Carroll scored a
career-high five goals and Danny Glading added four to power
Virginia past Villanova 18-6 in the first round of the NCAA
Championship this afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.
With the win, the Cavaliers improve to 14-2 overall this season and
will meet Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals next Sunday (May 17)
in Annapolis, Md.
Villanova, the Colonial Athletic Association champions, was making
its first NCAA Championships appearance. The Wildcats end their
season with an 11-6 overall record.
Chad Gaudet won 12 of 15 faceoffs in the first half as the
Cavaliers dominated possession throughout the first two quarters.
For the game Virginia won 17 of 27 faceoffs, including 16 of 21 in
the first three quarters. The Virginia defense was outstanding as
well and did not give up a goal for more than 51 minutes of play;
the Cavaliers scored the first 18 goals of the game.
"(Faceoffs were) the key, said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia.
"That was pivotal. They've been pretty good facing off and against
a team that came in here intending to play at a little bit more
deliberate pace if they were going to have their way, it was
important that we get the ball early and control the ball and keep
the pressure on them. As soon as they fell behind by three, four,
five goals, it's so much harder to play slower ... that was
paramount."
The Cavaliers started slowly and missed their first three shots of
the game before catching fire five minutes into the contest. John
Haldy notched his first goal in four games by scoring off a
Virginia miss at the 10:39 mark. Haldy's score started the
Cavaliers on a scoring spree that saw them score on seven of eight
shots over a five and a half minute span.
Glading tallied the next two goals for Virginia and assisted on the
next two, as Virginia's lead quickly grew to 5-0 midway through the
first quarter. Steele Stanwick benefited from Glading's first
assist and Rhamel Bratton the second.
Carroll scored his first of the game from 12 yards out and added
his second on an extra-man opportunity late in the quarter. Shamel
Bratton sandwiched his only goal of the game between Carroll's two
strikes. Haldy ended the first quarter scoring with his second of
the period as Virginia held a 9-0 lead after 15 minutes of
action.
Carroll tied his career high of three goals early in the second
period to push Virginia's lead to double digits at 10-0.
After taking just three shots in the first quarter, the visiting
Wildcats didn't have their first sustained offensive possession
until after Carroll opened the second quarter scoring. They
maintained possession for nearly two minutes before losing the ball
on a turnover without attempting a shot. For the game Villanova
took 27 shots, including 15 in the final quarter.
Stanwick scored twice and Garrett Billings and Haldy once as
Virginia took a 15-0 lead to the locker room at halftime. The
Cavaliers needed just 31 shots to score the 15 goals and committed
just six turnovers in the half.
Adam Ghitelman started in goal for the Cavaliers and made four
saves before being replaced by Mark Wade early in the third
quarter; Wade finished with a career-high five saves.
Glading opened the second half scoring by taking a nice feed from
Gaudet who won the opening faceoff and finding the back of the next
for his first goal since the first quarter. Carroll tallied his
fifth just over two minutes later. Glading then ended the quarter
with his fourth goal of the game with 7.9 seconds remaining. His
goal ended up being Virginia's last as the Cavaliers packed in 18
goals in just over 40 minutes of play.
With Virginia substituting its entire line-up in the fourth
quarter, the Wildcats were able to get on the scoreboard. Tim
Driscoll, the team's leading scorer, scored the Wildcats' first
goal with 8:45 left to play and scored another just over a minute
later. Matthew Fritts, the team's second-leading scorer, scored his
only goal of the game midway through the final period. Tim Langan,
Jr., scored back-to-back goals for Villanova, while Michael Arvan
closed the scoring with his second goal of the year.
Virginia thoroughly controlled play in the first 45 minutes,
outshooting Villanova 38-12, winning 16 of 21 faceoffs and
gathering 40 ground balls to the Wildcats' 20 in the first three
quarters.
"Clearly we were able to defend them early, we were on our toes
defensively and it just seemed like we could get a good shot every
time that we worked for it and exercised a little patience at the
offensive end," said Starsia. "And it seemed like that was what we
were in the mood for most of the day. I don't think we took three
or four bad shots the entire day and we made pretty good shots
against a pretty good goalie."
Villanova 0-0-0-6-6 record:
11-6
Virginia 9-6-3-0-18 record:
14-2
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Scoring (G-A)- VILL: Tim Driscoll 2-0, Tim Langan, Jr. 2-0, Michael
Arvan 1-1, Matthew Fritts 1-0, Mike Brennan 0-1, Chris MacDonald
0-1. UVa: Brian Carroll 5-0, Danny Glading 4-2, Steele
Stanwick 3-2, John Haldy 3-0, Shamel Bratton 1-2, Rhamel Bratton
1-1, Garrett Billings 1-0, Chad Gaudet 0-1, Steve Giannone 0-1,
Gavin Gill 0-1, George Huguely 0-1
Goalie Summary- VILL: Andrew DiLoreto 51:15 mins., 9 saves, 18
goals allowed; Mike Bogdanor 6:45, 2 svs., 0 GA; Dan Gutierrez
2:00, 0 svs., 0 GA. UVa: Adam Ghitelman 39:01 mins., 4 saves, 0
goals allowed; Mark Wade 15:36, 5 svs., 3 GA; Rob Eimer 5:23, 0
svs., 3 GA.
Shots: VILL -27, UVa -42
Ground Balls: VILL -37, UVa -46
Clearing: VILL -17x21, UVa -24x29
Faceoffs: VILL -10, UVa -17
Penalties: VILL -6-4:30, UVa -4-3:00
EMO: VILL -1x4, UVa -2x5
