Starsia Not Entirely Pleased with UVA Win
from press release
TOWSON, Md. – The No. 1 Virginia
Cavaliers (8-0) overcame a first quarter deficit and rode four
goals from Chris Bocklet and four points from Brian Carroll to
handily defeat the Towson Tigers (1-4), Sunday afternoon at Unitas
Stadium, 15-10.
Virginia outshot Towson (37-34), nearly doubled the Tigers in
ground balls (48-26) and won the first seven faceoffs, and won that
category too (17-10). The Cavaliers were also perfect on
clears (17-of-17) for the second game this season.
UVa also was a perfect 18-of-18 on clear attempts at Mount
St. Mary’s (Feb. 23), marking the first time the Cavaliers
succeeded on every clear attempt in a game since they also went
18-of-18 against Massachusetts in the 2006 NCAA championship game,
May 29, 2006.
“I thought it was a good road win,” said Virginia head
coach Dom Starsia. “It was a noon start on the first
hot day game of the year - at the same time I wasn’t
completely happy with our effort overall. We got after it enough to
win today.”
Towson dented the scoreboard first after a Shamel Bratton
(Huntington Station, N.Y.) turnover began a transition for the
Tigers. Matt Lamon tallied the goal with 13:52 remaining in
the opening quarter on the pass from Tim Stratton.
Virginia wasted no time evening the score at one goal apiece after
Brian Carroll (Towson, Md.) scored on the Cavaliers’
next offensive possession courtesy of a Shamel Bratton helper with
13:06 left in the first quarter.
Chris Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.) scored off of a Steele Stanwick
(Baltimore, Md.) pass with 11:36 left in the first quarter to give
Virginia a quick 2-1 advantage, but that would be the last the
Cavaliers would score in the first quarter.
The Tigers scored three straight goals to take a 4-2
advantage. Will Harrington scored on a Christian Pastirik
pass with 7:28 left to tie the game at 2-2. Matt Hughes gave
the Tigers the lead again with 6:53 left in the opening period when
he scored via a Joe Wascavage pass. Pastirik capped the
scoring streak with 1:49 left in the quarter on Stratton’s
second assist of the game.
The Cavaliers then stormed out to a 7-4 advantage after scoring
four goals in the first 3:33 of the second quarter en route to five
straight scores. Chris LaPierre (Medford, N.J.) scored on a
Carroll pass with 13:43 left in the first half, followed by a
Shamel Bratton unassisted score with 12:28 left in the quarter.
Bocklet scored on Shamel Bratton’s second assist with 12:01
remaining and Stanwick scored his first goal since the VMI game
with 10:14 remaining before the intermission. Matt Kugler
(Fairfax Station, Va.) capped the streak with a goal on a Rhamel
Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) assist with 7:49 left in the
second period.
The Tigers bounced back with Pastirik’s score with 4:56 left
in the quarter, cutting UVa’s lead to two goals, 7-5.
Hughes beat the UVa defense off the X and scored unassisted with
1:38 left before the break, cutting UVa’s lead down to one
score, 7-6.
However, Stanwick bounced his second goal of the game through with
15 seconds left to send Virginia into the intermission with an 8-6
advantage.
Towson cut its deficit back to one goal, 8-7, via a Stephen Norris
score on a Brock Armour helper only 1:05 into the third
quarter.
Virginia then scored the next three goals of the game to take an
11-7 lead. Rhamel Bratton started the run with a score at
12:33 left in the third quarter on a Carroll pass. Bocklet
scored on a Matt White (Ridgefield, Conn.) pass in an extra-man
situation with 10:40 left in the period. White, the freshman,
with the assist has tallied at least one point in every single game
of his collegiate career. LaPierre capped the run unassisted with
2:42 left in the third quarter.
Pastirik scored his third goal of the game with 38 seconds left,
cutting the Tigers deficit to three goals, 11-8. However UVa
capped the third quarter scoring after Carroll picked up a ground
ball and fired it in for the unassisted score with seven seconds
left, giving the Cavaliers the 12-8 advantage.
Connor English (Manhasset, N.Y.) scored unassisted 30 seconds into
the final quarter to give UVa the five-goal lead, 13-8.
Michael Brashears scored the man-up goal after Rhamel Bratton was
penalized for slashing. Pastirik assisted the Brashears score
with 10:52 left in the game, cutting UVa’s lead to 13-9.
Virginia scored back-to-back goals to cap the Cavalier scoring for
the day. Bocklet scored his fourth and final goal on a
LaPierre pass with 5:40 left, followed by John Haldy’s (Bryn
Mawr, Pa.) unassisted score with 4:27 left, giving UVa the 15-9
lead.
Towson scored one more goal with 1:23 left on Hughes’ third
goal of the game, via the Carl Iacona pass, capping the scoring at
15-10, Virginia.
“This is an active and feisty Towson team who played very
hard,” said Starsia. “I thought there were a couple
times we could have buried the game, but they didn’t go away
– that is a testament to who they are.”
Bocklet registered his fourth four-goal game (on four shots) of the
season and second consecutive to pace the UVa attack. Carroll
also tallied four points with two goals and two assists in front of
his hometown crowd. Adam Ghitelman (Syosset, N.Y.) picked up
a game-high six ground balls while registering nine saves in
between the pipes.
Towson became only the second of UVa’s eight opponents to
register double digits in scoring, matching Syracuse’s 10
scores on March 7. Pastirik and Hughes each scored three
goals to lead the Tigers’ scoring. Pastirik led all
players with five points, including two assists.
Virginia returns to action on Saturday, hosting Johns Hopkins at
Klöckner Stadium. The game is slated for noon and will be
broadcast in the Charlottesville area on WINA AM 1070 with John
Freeman calling the action. The contest will also be televised live
on ESPN2.
Virginia 2-6-4-3-15
Towson 4-2-2-2-10
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Scoring (G-A) - V: Chris Bocklet 4-0, Brian Carroll 2-2, Chris
LaPierre 2-1, Steele Stanwick 2-1, Shamel Bratton 1-2, Rhamel
Bratton 1-1, Connor English 1-0, John Haldy 1-0, Matt Kugler 1-0,
Matt White 0-1 T: Christian Pastirik 3-2,Matt Hughes 3-0, Will
Harrington 1-0, Mat Lamon 1-0, Michael Brashears 1-0, Stephen
Norris 1-0, Tim Stratton 0-2, Brock Armour 0-1, Carl Iacona 0-1,
Joe Wascavage 0-1
Goalie Summary - V: Adam Ghitelman 60 mins., 9 saves, 10 goals
allowed T: Travis Love 60 mins., 16 saves, 15 goals allowed
Shots: V-37, T-34
Ground Balls: V-48, T-26
Clearing: V-21x21, T-18x21
Faceoffs: V-17, T-10
Penalties: V-6-5:00, C-3-2:00
EMO: V-2x3, T-1x6
