Catalino Catapults Maryland over Bellarmine
from press release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Junior Grant Catalino had
six points on two goals and four assists to lead the sixth-ranked
University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 12-7 season-opening
victory over Bellarmine Saturday afternoon at Owlsey B. Frazier
Stadium.
The first quarter was slow for both teams with zeros on the
scoreboard until 36 seconds left in the quarter when Derek Hopcroft
gave the Knights a 1-0 lead. The goal woke up the Terps, who
responded off the ensuing face-off. Jake Bernhardt won the
face-off, thanks to a tough groundball by his brother Jesse
Bernhardt. Jesse quickly fired a pass to Jake near the midfield
line and Jake raced down the left alley and ripped a shot inside
the near post to tie the game at 1-1 with 21 ticks on the clock
remaining.
Maryland opened the second quarter with a pair of quick goals to
take its first lead of the game. Drew Snider scored on another
runner from the left alley, this one hitting the far upper corner
at the 13:12 mark. The attack unit got into the mix just over a
minute later. Travis Reed slipped a pass to Catalino on the left
wing and Catalino scored his first of the year to give the Terps a
3-1 lead. The Knight's Sean Doyle cut that lead to one with a goal
at the 10:59 mark.
The game settled down for a little while before Michael Shakespeare
scored on a low runner down the right alley, building the Maryland
lead back to two goals with 4:52 left in the quarter. The Maryland
grew the lead to three with a goal by Warren Hansen off of a feed
from Catalino with 3:20 left.
Bellarmine capitalized on its first face-off win to open the third
quarter with a goal by Austin Bright to cut the lead back to two at
the 14:07 mark.
The Terps man-down unit killed off a 30-second pushing penalty and
Bryn Holmes drew a pushing penalty on the Knights to give the Terps
an extra-man opportunity. Maryland didn't squander the chance with
Catalino finding Joe Cummings on the crease for the easy score.
Cummings was fouled on the goal, giving the Terps EMO unit another
scoring chance. Catalino picked up his third assist of the day at
the 9:00 mark, feeding Reed on the right wing where he beat Knight
goalie Dillon Ward to give Maryland a 7-3 lead.
Bellarmine's extra-man unit got into the act at the 6:27 mark,
cutting the lead back to three, on a goal by Chase Williams.
Williams then scored his second of the day with 2:50 left in the
third. But Maryland responded quickly as Adam Sear fired a pass to
Jake Bernhardt as he raced down the center of the field and
Bernhardt ripped another shot inside the left post for his second
goal of the day and an 8-5 Terrapin lead.
Will Yeatman got the Terps on the board with 8:18 in the fourth
with a quick shot from the right wing. Jake Bernhardt picked up the
assist after freeing himself from his defender with a good dodge in
the center of the box.
Maryland's transition game gave the Terps their next goal. Brian
Farrell picked off a pass at the top of the Knight attack box and
raced down the field. He skipped the ball to Catalino, who then fed
Cummings for the quick score.
Those two hooked-up again on Maryland's next goal, but this time it
was Cummings feeding Catalino for the score, upping Maryland's lead
to 11-5 with 7:06 left in the fourth. The lead grew to 12-5 on
Snider's second unassisted goal of the day at the 3:34 mark.
Bellarmine's man-up unit capitalized on another Terrapin penalty
with a goal by Luke Acton at the 2:38 mark. The Knights closed out
the scoring with a goal by Hopcroft with less than a minute
remaining in the game.
Maryland returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 27 when it travels to
Washington, D.C., to face local rival Georgetown at the Hoyas'
Multi-Sport Field at 2 p.m.
Game Notes:
• With today's 12-7 win Maryland is now 2-0 all-time vs.
Bellarmine.
• Maryland has won 17 straight season openers and is 81-3-1
all-time to start the season.
• The victory also gives the Terps a 22-0 record in season
openers away from College Park.
• With two goals and four assists, junior Grant Catalino now
has 26 multi-point, 21 multi-goal and eight multi-assist games for
his career.
• With a goal and an assist, Travis Reed now has 19
multi-point games for his career.
• Jake Bernhardt set his career high with three points and
tied his career high with two goals.
