Maryland Attack Comes Up Big Against Navy
from press release
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The junior attack unit of
Grant Catalino, Travis Reed and Ryan Young combined for eight goals
and five assists to pace the No. 5 University of Maryland men's
lacrosse team to an 11-9 victory over in-state rival Navy in front
of 5,618 fans at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium Saturday
afternoon.
The victory improves the Terps to 7-2 on the season, while the
Midshipmen fall to 5-6.
The opening quarter started as a defensive battle with Navy goalie
RJ Wickham making three of his 17 saves in the first nine minutes,
while Maryland goalie Brian Phipps made two stops in the first
7:30. The deadlock was finally snapped by Maryland redshirt
freshman Owen Blye, who wrapped around the right side of the crease
and snuck the ball past Wickham at the 5:34 mark.
But the Mids scored twice, on goals by Joe Lennon and Patrick
Moran, in the final two minutes of the first quarter to take a 2-1
lead heading into the second. Lennon would then score again with
10:55 to go in the second to put Navy up 3-1.
Maryland was held without a goal for more than 15 minutes, but
Catalino put a stop to the scoreless stretch with three straight
goals in a span of 2:28 as the second quarter was coming to a
close. He scored his first at the 5:13 mark from the left wing off
a feed from redshirt sophomore Drew Snider on a hard shot to the
lower right corner.
Catalino's second tally came just over two minutes later off an
assist from Young. Young rolled around the back of the cage and
fired a great pass to Catalino on the left side where he beat
Wickham to tie the game at 3-3.
Catalino finished the natural hat trick 15 seconds later to give
Maryland a 4-3 lead heading into halftime. Senior Bryn Holmes won
the ensuing face-off with junior Dan Burns picking up one of his
five groundballs on the day. Burns flipped the ball back to Holmes,
who raced into the attack zone and found Catalino perched on the
left wing where he ripped a shot inside the far post.
The Mids would not go down without a fight in the second half and
tied the game at 4-4 on Nikk Davis' goal a minute and a half into
the third quarter. But that would be the last time Navy shared the
lead in the game.
Freshman Jesse Bernhardt caused a turnover during the ensuing
face-off to give possession back to the Terps. From there it didn't
take Maryland long to regain the lead thanks to the Young-to-Reed
connection, which hooked-up for three goals in the game. The first
of which came when Bernhardt flipped the ball to Young, who found
Reed on the right wing, where he laced a low-to-high shot into the
Navy goal to make it a 5-4 game in favor of the Terps.
Sophomore Joe Cummings upped the Maryland lead to 6-4 less than a
minute later with a bounce shot from the right alley into the left
side of the Midshipmen goal.
Moran scored his second of the day to trim the lead back to one
with 11:35 left in the third, but Reed scored back-to-back goals
off assists from Young to give Maryland its biggest lead at 8-5 at
the 8:13 mark. Reed's second goal of the day was a top-shelf rip
from the right wing. His third tally was from the same spot on the
wing, but this time he went top near corner and the ball rattled
off of the crossbar and the near pipe before bouncing into the
net.
Navy continued to fight back and got back to within a goal on
back-to-back goals by Kyle Kapron. The second Kapron score came
with just 14 seconds left and seemed to give Navy the momentum
heading into the fourth quarter, but redshirt junior Brian Farrell
and Burns had another idea.
A violation by Navy's Robby Battle on the face-off following
Kapron's second goal gave Maryland the ball. Farrell pushed it up
the field and passed it to Burns in the left alley. Burns used a
quick ball fake to get some separation from his defender and got
off a good bounce shot that beat Wickham with four ticks left in
the third quarter to push the Maryland lead back to two at 9-7.
The fourth quarter saw Navy and Maryland trade goals with Kapron
finishing his hat trick with his third unassisted goal of the day
with 12:04 left to make it a one-goal game again at 9-8.
Maryland answered back less than two minutes later on Reed's fourth
goal of the day. Cummings dodged past his defender on the left side
of the attack box and skip a hard cross-field pass to Reed, who
ripped a shot into the far upper corner of the net from his
favorite spot on the right wing.
Lennon capped off his hat trick for the Mids with 9:14 left to cut
the lead back to one at 10-9, but Young and Reed hooked-up again to
score the insurance goal and finish the scoring at the 7:16 mark.
Catalino started the play with a skip pass across the field to
Reed, who make the "one-more" pass to Young. Young then wrapped
around the right side of the crease and scored his lone goal of the
day.
While the offense shined, putting up its highest goal total against
Navy since 1998, the Terrapin defense also put on a display. The
Terps dominated the Mids when the ball was on the ground, winning
the groundball battle 47-26. Farrell and junior All-American Max
Schmidt led the way for the Terps with five groundballs each, while
Bernhardt tied his career high with four. Bernhardt also
contributed a career best three caused turnovers in the victory.
Junior Brett Schmidt easily won his match-up with Nay's top
attackman, Andy Warner, holding the Mids' second leading scorer to
just one assist and one shot on the day. Phipps finished the
afternoon with 10 saves, to go along with four groundballs.
Both teams entered the game struggling facing-off, but Holmes
controlled the X, winning 15 of the 21 draws he took. Overall, the
Terps won 17 of 23 face-offs and were a perfect 17-for-17 in the
clearing game.
Maryland returns to actions next Saturday, April 17, in the
Smartlink Day of Rivals at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The
Terps will renew college lacrosse's greatest rivalry against Johns
Hopkins in the second game of the double-header that features the
annual Army-Navy game in the opener. The Terrapins and the Blue
Jays are slated for a 6:30 p.m. start in a game that will also be
televised nationally on ESPNU.
Game Notes:
• With today's 11-9 win Maryland is now 51-34-1 all-time vs.
Navy.
• Junior Travis Reed tied career highs with four goals and
five points and now has 25 multi-point and 16 multi-goal games for
his career.
• With a goal and four assists junior Ryan Young now has 31
multi-point and 18 multi-assist games for his career.
• Junior Grant Catalino's three goals gives him 32 multi-point
and 25 multi-goal games for his career. He is now one point shy of
tying Alan Lowe for 25th on Maryland's career points list.
• With a goal and an assist sophomore Joe Cummings now has
eight multi-point games for his career.
• Senior Brian Phipps' 10 saves gives him 406 for his career,
making him just the sixth goalie to eclipse the 400-save plateau at
Maryland. He needs just two saves to tie Pat McGinnis for
fifth-place on the all-time saves list.
