Carroll Scores Five as Virginia Downs Vermont
from press release
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Brian Carroll scored a
game high and equaled a career best with five goals as the No. 1
Virginia Cavaliers (7-0) cruised to an 18-7 triumph over the
visiting Vermont Catamounts (1-5) Tuesday night inside
Klöckner Stadium.
Virginia now has a 23-game winning streak going back to 2001 in
regular-season mid-week games, including a 15-7 triumph at Mount
St. Mary's on Feb. 23 and a 20-6 victory over VMI on March 9.
Virginia is also 25-1 all-time in night games at Klöckner
Stadium, losing a 6 p.m. game to Duke in 2008, 19-9.
"It felt like a bit of a predictable pattern, but you must give
Vermont credit," said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. "They came
in with a pattern and they played hard. With them playing the zone
early in the game, it forced us to be more patient than we wanted
to be. You don't get control of the game as early as you would like
to and so it tends to be a little frustrating, but we just kept
chipping away at it."
Virginia outshot Vermont 55-32, while only scoring 18 times,
becoming a point of concern for Starsia.
"We didn't shoot particularly well," said Starsia. "I was
frustrated because the balls weren't going in, but I felt we were
getting good shots. We just weren't making good shots. We could
have had six more goals in the first half that we just didn't get.
We had some really good looks at the cage, but we just didn't make
good shots. It was a workmanlike effort. It would have really been
something if we were particularly inspired tonight, but we worked
at it and got the W."
Vermont started things on a goal from Geoff Worley with 10:30 left
in the opening quarter on a pass from Liam Thomas, giving the
Catamounts the early 1-0 lead. The goal was of the man-up variety
after Steele Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) was flagged for offsides 30
seconds early. The goal was scored as the sophomore was
released.
Virginia then rattled off a 12-2 run that went into the third
quarter, helping the Cavaliers take a commanding 12-3 lead. Carroll
(Towson, Md.) scored four of his game-high five goals during the
run and it was his score with 6:44 remaining in the third quarter
that capped the streak.
Chris Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.), Connor English (Manhasset,
N.Y.) and Chris LaPierre (Medford, N.J.) all scored two goals,
while Shamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) and Tim Fuchs
(Merrick, N.Y.) each tallied a goal.
Thomas and Garrett Virtue each scored for Vermont in the midst of
the UVa run. Thomas came on a Worley pass to end the first quarter
scoring for both teams, while Virtue started the second quarter
scoring with an unassisted score 2:03 into the period.
Virtue scored his second goal with 5:36 left in the third quarter,
ending the UVa run. However, Bocklet scored back-to-back goals to
push the Cavaliers' advantage up to 10 goals, 14-4.
Derek Lichtfuss ended the third quarter scoring with a goal with
2:04 remaining in the period on a Drew Philie pass, cutting
Vermont's deficit to single digits, 14-5.
LaPierre ended up taking a ground ball the length of the field and
stamping home another UVa score 58 seconds into the final quarter,
pushing UVa's lead back to 10 goals, 15-5. The Virginia score
started a 4-1 Cavalier run that was capped by their final score
with 5:49 left in the final quarter on Fuchs' second goal of the
game, via LaPierre assist.
Vermont finished its scoring like it started the game, with a goal
from Worley with 3:48 left in the game. The Catamounts beat the UVa
defense and Worley secured the goal during a one-on-one situation
with back-up UVa goalie Rob Fortunato (Essex Fells, N.J.)
Carroll scored five goals on six shots to pace the UVa offense.
Ken Clausen (Downington, Pa.) and Bray Malphrus (Chevy Chase, Md.)
spearheaded the UVa defense that forced Vermont to commit 18
turnovers. Both Clausen and Malphrus caused three apiece.
Worley paced Vermont in the losing effort with two goals and two
assists. Virtue also added two scores.
