Maryland Men's, Women's Lacrosse Both Capture ACC Titles
by Ben Broman on Apr 24, 2011 5:49 PM EDT
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It was a good day for the lacrosse lovers among us: both Maryland's women's and men's lacrosse teams captured ACC Championships this afternoon. The men upset Duke 11-9 in Durham, while the Lady Terps captured their third straight ACC title by defeating UNC 12-7. This is just the second time in ACC history that a school pulled off a sweep of the ACC titles.
The women's team is used to capturing ACC championships. The men...not so much: this is the first ACC Championship for the Terps since 2005, which is a pretty long time considering there are only three other teams in the conference. That's a streak that feels good to end, I imagine. The competition faced was pretty impressive, too: the Terps beat both the #1 and #2 seeds on the way to the title. Duke, in fact, was undefeated in the ACC.
Things started off a little spotty, with Duke garnering a 5-2 lead at the end of the first quarter. Maryland answered strong, though: the Terps won the final three quarters 9-3, including a 4-1 second quarter, to grab the 11-9 win. Grant Catalino led the Terps with a hat-trick, and freshman goalkeeper Niko Amato was a huge difference; after a shaky first quarter, he made a number of big saves down the stretch and looked fantastic for the final three quarters.
Now, hopefully, first-year coach John Tillman and the Terps can come up big in the NCAA tournament. Poor performance there is what did Dave Cottle in, but if this tournament was any indication, maybe we can expect better things in the future.
Congrats to both of the lax teams. It was quite the Easter Sunday for the lax-bros out there.
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We look...
TOUGH. We play tough. This team really looks resilient, they are not afraid of falling behind. I think this momentum started with the Hopkins game. In that game Md dominated hopkins before the torrential downpour which hurt the defense and Hopkins got ahead. Umd scratched and clawed the game into overtime and point-blank piped a game-winner and then was wide on another game-winner before hopkins was able to win it at the end. Hopkins knew they were lucky to win. In a field of parity, I am glad we have a resilient team. We could win it all.
Totally Agree
We have a sort of edge that we never had with Cottle as coach, just hope Joe doesn’t miss any time. I think it’s clear though that we have as good a chance as anyone at winning the nattie.
Agree 100%
I used to find it soooo hard to root for UMD men’s lax (I still did out of obligation….but ugh, it was tough). Year after year they seemed to panic at the first sign of trouble in big games. They never seemed mentally tough, and it almost seemed like they felt they were owed success.
Today, on the other hand, was awesome. We just looked like we had that “edge” you referred to. It was fun to watch.
According to Patrick Stevens
“Junior midfielder Joe Cummings suffered an arm injury while being slashed by Duke defenseman Chris Hipps in the third quarter. Cummings is expected to have X-rays when the team returns to College Park.”
Congrats to both teams!
Now go get them natties!!!
nice comeback for the women, too
They were down 6-3 at halftime and had been completely stifled by UNC. But it was totally a different story in the second. They completely dominated after the break.
Damn
I was packing this weekend for a big move, completely forget about the lax game. Congrats Terps lax!
Back on the Sweed train. Choo Choo!
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
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