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#12 Tar Heel Men's Lacrosse Falls To #3 Maryland, 11-7
March 24, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 24, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Third-ranked Maryland rushed to a 5-1 lead in the first 21 minutes of the game Saturday afternoon and went on to beat #12 North Carolina 11-7 before 1,864 fans at Byrd Stadium. The Terrapins remained undefeated on the season with the victory by improving to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels fell to 4-3 on the season and 0-2 in the ACC as they lost their second ACC game of the week. UNC had fallen to #10 Duke in Chapel Hill on Wednesday by an 11-8 score.
Andrew Combs, who leads the nation in goals scored, had four goals and one assist to lead the Terrapins, who beat the Tar Heels for the sixth straight time. Maryland's other attackmen each had three points with freshman Dan LaMonica scoring twice and adding one assist and sophomore Mike Mollot adding one goal and two assists. Senior midfielder Chris Malone had one goal and one assist for the Terps.
Carolina had seven different goal scorers on the afternoon and senior attackman Jeff Sonke added UNC's only two assists for a total of three points.
Carolina outshot the Terrapins 41-37 and won the ground ball battle 49-48. Senior Maryland goalkeeper Pat McGinnis was brilliant as he made 18 saves on the afternoon including seven in the first and fourth quarters each. Senior Robert D'Urso made 10 saves for the Tar Heels. Meryland's 11 goals matched the game high total against the Tar Heels this season, equaling the 11 Duke scored Wednesday night.
Maryland never trailed in the game as they stuck the first two goals before Steven Will tallied with 8:20 left in the first quarter for UNC. The Terps then ran off three goals in a row, to by Combs, to lead 5-1 with 9:24 left in the second quarter. Carolina got goals from Pat Jackson and Andrew Lucas to cut the Terrapins' lead to 5-3 at the half but that is as close as UNC would get.
After the teams traded goals early in the third quarter the Terrapins ran off three successive goals in the last eight minutes of the period to build a safe 9-4 lead. UNC cut into the margin slightly in the fourth quarter, getting to as close as 10-7 on an extra-man goal by Tim Gosier with 2:05 to play in the game but the Terps' defense dug in and went on to ice the win on an insurance goal by Jon Kemezis.
Things will not get any easier for the Tar Heels next Saturday as they play host to #5 Johns Hopkins (2-1) at Fetzer Field at 1 p.m. Maryland will host #15 Bucknell (4-1) on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Byrd Stadium.
2001 NORTH CAROLINA MEN'S LACROSSE #12 North Carolina Tar Heels (4-3, ACC 0-2) vs. #3 Maryland Terrapins (6-0, ACC 2-0) yrd Stadium, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Saturday, March 24, 2001, 1:00 p.m. E.S.T. SCORING SUMMARY Qtr. Team Scoring Time Score of Game Goal By Assist By 1 UMD 13:54 Maryland 1-0 Michael Howley 1 UMD 12:33 Maryland 2-0 Dan LaMonica 1 UNC 8:20 Maryland 2-1 Steven Will 1 UMD 6:52 Maryland 3-1 Andrew Combs Mike Mollot 1 UMD 4:50 Maryland 4-1 Andrew Combs Dan LaMonica 2 UMD 9:24 Maryland 5-1 Chris Malone Alex Poole 2 UNC 6:20 Maryland 5-2 Pat Jackson 2 UNC 3:15 Maryland 5-3 Andrew Lucas Jeff Sonke 3 UMD 10:49 Maryland 6-3 Andrew Combs Chris Malone 3 UNC 8:31 Maryland 6-4 Mac Hammer (SHG) 3 UMD 7:33 Maryland 7-4 Paul Gillette 3 UMD 3:17 Maryland 8-4 Mike Mollot 3 UMD 0:53 Maryland 9-4 Andrew Combs Mike Mollot 4 UNC 14:04 Maryland 9-5 Lance Zimmerman Jeff Sonke 4 UMD 9:57 Maryland 10-5 Dan LaMonica Andrew Combs 4 UNC 3:25 Maryland 10-6 Jeff Sonke (EMG) 4 UNC 2:05 Maryland 10-7 Tim Gosier (EMG) 4 UMD 0:07 Maryland 11-7 Jon Kemezis EMG= Extra Man Goal SHG= Short Handed Goal2001 NORTH CAROLINA MEN'S LACROSSE #12 North Carolina Tar Heels (4-3, ACC 0-2) vs. #3 Maryland Terrapins (6-0, ACC 2-0) yrd Stadium, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Saturday, March 24, 2001, 1:00 p.m. E.S.T.
OX SCORE SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 1 2 1 3 7 Maryland 4 1 4 2 11
INDIVIDUAL SCORING SUMMARY Goals Score North Carolina: Tim Gosier, Mac Hammer, Pat Jackson, Andrew Lucas, Jeff Sonke, Steven Will, Lance Zimmerman Maryland: Andrew Combs 4, Dan LaMonica 2, Paul Gillette, Michael Howley, Jon Kemezis, Chris Malone, Mike Mollot Assists North Carolina: Jeff Sonke 2 Maryland: Mike Mollot 2, Andrew Combs, Dan LaMonica, Chris Malone, Alex Poole
SHOTS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 12 10 4 15 41 Maryland 7 9 14 7 37
SAVES 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 1 4 3 2 10 Maryland 7 3 1 7 18
FACEOFFS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 1 1 4 4 10 Maryland 7 3 1 7 18
GOALKEEPER SUMMARY North Carolina Minutes Saves Goals Allowed Robert D'Urso 60 10 11 Maryland Pat McGinnis 60 18 7
GROUND BALLS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 13 6 13 17 49 Maryland 11 9 16 12 48
CLEARS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 4/4 3/7 1/4 4/6 12/21 Maryland 3/4 2/3 5/6 3/6 13/19
EXTRA MAN OFFENSE 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 0/1 0/4 0/0 2/3 2/8 Maryland 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0 0/4
PENALTIES 1 2 3 4 TOTAL North Carolina 0/0 0/0 4/3:30 0.0 4/3:30 Maryland 1/0:30 4/4:00 0/0 3/2:30 8/7:00
OFFICIALS: Butch West, Wes Batcher, Bill Jenkins ATTENDANCE: 1,864
