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| | Division I Men : May 1, 2004 | | [ The Game StoryMaryland vs Notre Dame Lacrosse on May 1, 2004] |
| | |  |  | | Maryland | 9 | | Notre Dame | 8 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Jr Bordley
Joe Walters
Bill Mcglone
Ian Healy
Paul Gillette
Justin Smith
Andrew Schwartzman
Brendan Healy
| (2, 1)
(3, 0)
(1, 1)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
| Brian Giordano
Steve Clagett
Brian Boyle
Matt Malakoff
Matt Karweck
John Greaney
Drew Peters
Dan Berger
Patrick Walsh
| (2, 1)
(2, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Tim Mcginnis
| 16 (0.667)
| Stewart Crosland
| 15 (0.625)
| | | | Current Record : (11-2) | Current Record : (7-5) | | | | Team Page For 2004 | Team Page For 2004 | | | | |
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| The Game Story: | COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- No. 3 Maryland found themselves in unfamiliar territory
twice in Saturday's thrilling men's lacrosse game against Notre Dame. But
Brendan Healy (Great Falls, Va.) came through in the clutch, paving the
unchartered road to victory with a double overtime goal to lift the Terps to a
9-8 win over the Irish Saturday at Byrd Stadium.
"We hadn't tried Brendan behind the net [throughout the season]," said Terrapin
head coach Dave Cottle. "But I knew he would get a shot off. I wasn't sure if
it was going to go in, but it did."
Trailing at halftime for just the second time this season, Maryland exited the
locker room a different team, scoring seven second half goals -- including the
game-tying score by senior J.R. Bordley (Vienna, Va.) with 19 second remaining
-- to forge overtime and set the stage for Healy's heroics.
"I had made a mistake in the first overtime going offsides," said the elated
Healy after his teammates mobbed him. "Before the faceoff for the second
overtime, coach [Cottle] was asking who wanted the ball. We all looked at each
other and coach said, 'Brendan, you can score' and I said I could."
Healy and Bordley victimized their former high school teammate Stewart Crosland
at The Landon School in picking up the biggest goals of their respective
careers.
It was also the first Terrapin overtime victory since March 22, 1997 -- a span
that included five consecutive losses.
Sophomore Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.) found the net three times, all in a
five-goal third quarter, to give him 100 points in his Maryland career. He
becomes the 32nd player in Terrapin history to reach that plateau. He now lead
the Terps with 39 goals and 15 assists, including 10 hat tricks in 13 games
this season.
But it was Bordley and Healy who ignited the crowd of 3,008 with their dramatic
goals, which continues the Terps recent run of three straight wins heading into
their season finale next week vs. Pennsylvania. With Saturday's win, Maryland
improves to 11-2, and the Irish drop to 7-5 in their season finale.
Both teams started slow as Justin Smith's (University Park, Md.) man-up goal
was the only one of the first half for the Terps. Notre Dame got second quarter
goals from Brian Giordano and John Greaney, while holding Maryland off the
scoreboard to take a 3-1 lead at the break.
While defense dominated the first half, it was the attack that shone in the
second half. Walters' first goal with 8:11 remaining in the third quarter
knotted the contest at three, before the teams battled back and forth for the
remainder of the quarter.
Terrapin netminder Tim McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) turned in the defensive
play of the game with just more than 13 minutes left in regulation, robbing
Irish attacker Matt Malakoff from point-blank range by spearing his shot from
behind the net. Bill McGlone (Swarthmore, Pa.) capitalized by tying the score
at seven just more than a minute later on his 20th goal of the season.
Giordano scored what appeared to be the game-winning goal with 1:23 remaining,
before Bordley scooped up the ball on a scramble and beat Irish goalie Stewart
Crosland with only seconds remaining.
After a scoreless first overtime, Drew Virk (Ross, Calif.) won the opening
faceoff to set the stage for Healy, who beat Irish midfielder Bill Liva to the
front of the net and bounced the shot past Crosland 19 seconds into the stanza
for the deciding score.
Maryland's defense, led by senior All-Americans Chris Passavia (Stony Brook,
N.Y.) and Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.) stifled Notre Dame attacker Pat Walsh, the
fifth-leading scorer in the nation throughout the contest. Walsh's only point
came on Giordano's second goal. Zink scooped up a game-high eight groundballs,
while in goal McGinnis stopped 16 shots.
Maryland's faceoff tandem of freshman Thomas Alford (Washington, D.C.) and Virk
combined to win 13 of 21 faceoffs -- Maryland's best showing at the faceoff "X"
this season.
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