Cummings Career-High Leads Terps Over Hoyas
from press release
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Joe Cummings had a career-high six points (4g, 2a) as No. 7 Maryland cruised past Georgetown 16-11. © John Strohsacker/LaxPhotos.com |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senior Joe Cummings set a
career-high with six points and senior Michael Shakespeare tallied
his first career hat trick to lead the No. 7 Maryland men's
lacrosse team to a 16-11 win over Georgetown Friday night at the
Multi-Sport Facility.
Maryland got off to a quick start thanks to a pushing penalty on
the Hoyas. Sophomore Rustin Bryant slipped a quick pass to Cummings
on the crease and Cummings one-timed it for the 1-0 lead at the
11:59 mark.
The lead grew to 2-0 20 seconds later when senior Shakespeare made
a tough play in tight space around the crease to get off a shot and
beat Hoya goalie CT Fisher.
Georgetown got on the board at the 9:56 mark with an unassisted
goal by Jason McFadden, but Maryland would go on a 4-0 run to take
control of the game.
Redshirt sophomore Mike Chanenchuk started the run with an
unassisted man-up goal with 7:24 left in the first. As the Hoya
penalty wound down Chanenchuk steeped in from the left alley and
just ripped a shot past Fisher to make it 3-1 Terps.
Shakespeare scored his second of the night, hitting on a
low-to-low shot from 12 yards out off an assist from junior Kevin
Cooper at the 6:07 mark of the first.
Cooper opened the scoring in the second quarter with an easy goal
just over a minute into the second. Cummings had the ball behind
the cage and flipped an easy pass to Cooper on the crease after
Cooper lost his defender with a great off-ball cut.
The run was capped by junior Billy Gribbin's goal from the right
alley. Gribbin beat Fisher inside the near pip to make the score
6-1 at the 10:44 mark.
Brian Casey snapped the run with 7:20 left in the second, but
Maryland answered right back to push its lead back to five at 7-2.
A face-off violation gave the Terps the ball and it ended up in a
scramble with junior Landon Carr. He then spun out of traffic and
finished past Fisher.
Georgetown scored the last two goals to pull to within three goals heading into halftime, but that was as close as it would get. Maryland went on another four-goal run to take an 11-4 lead in the third.
Cummings scored the first two goals of the run, finishing near
identical cuts to the crease each time. Junior John Haus assisted
the first goal, while Cooper had the second helper.
Haus then scored off an assist from Cummings to make it a 10-4
game with 8:06 left in the third.
Georgetown scored the game's final six goals in the last 4:25 to make the final score 16-11.Freshman Jay Carlson continued to prove he can score goals by finishing the run with his first of the day at the 6:04 mark. Cummings' shot was stopped by Hoya goalie Jake Haley, but Carlson scooped up the rebound and bounced the shot off the far pipe and into the goal for the 11-4 lead.
The Hoyas ended the third quarter scoring with a goal by C-Jay
Engelke to make it an 11-5 game going into the fourth, but the
Terps would answer again, this time with a five-goal run to seal
the game.
Chanenchuk got things rolling less than a minute into the fourth.
He collected a pass from Haus in the right alley and ripped some
high heat past Haley for a 12-5 lead.
Senior Drew Snider got in on the scoring next with a man-up goal
off an assist from Bryant with 13:24 to go.
Shakespeare finished off his first career hat trick with an
unassisted goal to make it 14-5 at the 11:18 mark. He carried the
ball from behind the cage around the left side and bounced a shot
off the far post and in to the near-side netting for the goal.
Junior Owen Blye then went inside the near post from the left
wing, finishing off a slick pass from Haus to make the score 15-5
with 8:39 left.
Carlson then capped off the run and the scoring for the Terps with
his second of the day at the 6:32 mark. Sophomore defender Michael
Ehrhardt brought the ball up the field, but Carlson erased his
chance for a second career assist when he had to dodge around a
defender to score the goal.
Sophomore Niko Amato was solid in cage, but wasn't challenged and
ended up with seven saves.
Sophomore Brian Cooper led the defensive effort with three
groundballs and three caused turnovers, while Carr finished
with a game-high six groundballs.
Junior Curtis Holmes was again terrific at the face-off X. He
followed up his 19-of-20 performance vs. Hartford with a 15-of-27
outing with five groundballs vs. the Hoyas.
Maryland returns to action on Saturday, March 3 when it opens ACC
play vs. No. 8 Duke at 1 p.m. at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.
The game vs. the Blue Devils is a "Purple Out." Fans are encouraged
to wear purple to the game to help raise awareness for the fight
against pancreatic cancer.
Game Notes:
• With the 16-11 win, Maryland is now 10-2 all-time vs.
Georgetown.
• The Terps improved to 5-0 all-time vs. the Hoyas at the
Multi-Sport Facility.
• With six points on four goals and two assists, senior Joe
Cummings now has eight hat tricks, 22 multi-point and 14 multi-goal
games for his career.
• With four points on a goal and three assists, junior John
Haus now has 13 multi-point and five multi-assist games for his
career.
• With three points on a goal and two assists, junior Kevin
Cooper now has five multi-point and three multi-assist games for
his career.
