Kazimer, Hebert Lift Stevenson Over Cabrini
from press release
OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Stevenson men's lacrosse senior Geoff
Hebert (Lutherville/Dulaney) totaled a career-high saves while six
different starters scored at least three points as the No. 1-ranked
Mustangs outscored No. 8 Cabrini 17-7 over the final three quarters
en route to a 19-9 victory Saturday at Caves Athletics Complex in
the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse
Championship.
The win was the eighth-straight for Stevenson (18-1) this season
and its third in four NCAA championship games after the team went
2-1 a year ago in advancing to the national semifinals.
The Mustangs will now face a rematch with No. 5 Roanoke on
Wednesday in the quarterfinals after the Maroons defeated No. 4
Gettysburg on the road Saturday, 11-10 in overtime. Game time and
gameday information will be available on Monday.
As for Saturday's victory, Stevenson defeated its former CSAC rival
for the second-straight year in the second round after last year's
8-7 victory at home. Hebert totaled a then-career-high 15 saves as
the Mustangs won their first-ever NCAA championship game.
This year, the two teams were again engaged in a close battle as
the game was tied at 2-2 at the end of the first quarter and
deadlocked at 4-4 following an unassisted goal by the Cavaliers'
Jeff Crosby with 3:41 left in the second.
However, the nation's fourth-ranked scoring offense, Stevenson
scored the game's next four goals, all in a span of just 1:04 to
take a commanding 8-4 advantage with 2:11 remaining.
Junior Richie Ford (Baltimore/Towson) scored twice during the run
while junior Jimmy Dailey (Westminster/Winters Mill) and junior
Kyle Moffitt (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) each netted
one. Kazimer picked up an assist on three of the four goals.
Cabrini defender John McSorley added an unassisted goal with 1:40
left to cut the Cavaliers' halftime deficit to three, but they
wouldn't get any closer as the Mustangs opened the second half by
scoring five of the first six goals in the first five minutes to
push the advantage to seven, 13-6.
Kazimer finished with seven points on two goals and five assists
and now has 241 points in three seasons, just seven shy of Eric
Schmith's school record. Kazimer also has 126 assists, 11 shy of
Schmith's record.
Moffitt tied a career-high with six points for the third time this
season, totaling five goals and one assist. He also had six points
with a career-high six goals against Stevenson's next opponent,
Roanoke back on March 27.
Dailey and junior Neal Barthelme (Towson/Dulaney) each finished
with five points with Dailey totaling three goals and two assists
to reach career milestones in all three categories as he now has
202 points on 102 goals and 100 assists in three seasons.
Barthelme had two goals and a career-high three assists.
Ford and senior Sean Calabrese (Rockville/DeMatha) finished with
three goals apiece.
Junior Ray Witte (Annapolis/St. Peter and Paul) won 19-of-30
face-offs and had five ground balls, raising his season totals to
354 career wins and 144 ground balls. He is just two ground balls
shy of a new single season school record and only 27 wins shy of
current assistant coach Greg Furshman's career record of 381.
Hebert totaled 14 of his 22 saves in the second and third
quarters and improved his record as a starter to 26-2, including
3-1 in the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship.
Brian Hill led the Cavaliers (15-4) with three goals and one assist
while Andrew Protenic had two goals and Bobby Thorp added two
assists. Casey Grugan finished with one goal to break his own
school single season record with 97 points.
Owings Mills native and Pikesville High School graduate Erick Zarzecki, who started all 19 of the team's games in goal in his first collegiate season, made 13 saves.
