Division I Men :      April 30, 2006 [ The Game Story]
Virginia 11 Maryland 5 Scoring: Scoring: Ben Rubeor Kyle Dixon Matt Ward Danny Glading Matt Poskay Drew Thompson Steve Giannone (2, 2) (2, 1) (2, 1) (2, 1) (2, 0) (0, 2) (1, 0) Bill Mcglone Brendan Healy Michael Phipps (2, 1) (2, 1) (1, 0) Saves: Saves: Kip Turner 12  (0.706) Harry Alford 11  (0.500) Current Record :     (13-0) Current Record :     (9-4) Team Page For 2006 Team Page For 2006       The Game Story:

Virginia struck first when a cutting Matt Poskay handled a feed from Ben Rubeor on an EMO opportunity and fired it past a defenseless Alford. Rubeor scored the next goal for the ‘Hoos midway through the first on a nice shot to the top left of the cage. Maryland got on the board late in the quarter on a spectacular individual effort by Bill McGlone, who danced through three UVA defenders before firing the ball past Turner. A frantic loose ball situation late in the quarter led to Matt Ward finishing a feed from Drew Thompson with only 0:08 left in the first to give the Wahoos a 3-1 advantage after one.

The 2nd quarter was very quiet for almost eight minutes, as both teams played rather sloppy lacrosse including many mistakes in the clearing game. UVA made the score 4-1 when Danny Glading found Steve Giannone for a nice time and room shot. The Terps answered quickly when McGlone drew two and found Brendan Healy for a step down rip, making it 4-2. About a minute later, Rubeor smoked his defenseman topside from the left GLE and fired a sick shot nearside low to beat Alford. Healy responded with a sweeping right handed goal of his own on Maryland’s next possession. Glading scored the final goal of the half to make the score 6-3 ‘Hoos at the break.

Maryland struck first when Mike Phipps iso-ed against a shortstick behind, dodged to the right front of the goal and fired a shot past Turner. With the lead only two goals, the ‘Hoos went on a 3-0 run to really establish control and put the Terps away. Rubeor found Dixon for a nice time and room blast to make it 7-4. Matt Ward handled a loose ball an extremely low angle shot from the right GLE past Alford who was out of position following a scramble. Dixon drew some attention and dumped the ball to Poskay, who shot using his defenseman as a screen, finishing high past Alford. This gave the Cavs a 9-4 lead heading into the 4th quarter.

The Terps pulled within four under a minute into the final period when Healy fed McGlone for a nice outside rip. At this point, the Cavs started to eat up the clock with long possessions and capitalized on necessary Terp pressure with a couple more goals. Ward found a cutting Dixon and Thompson found Glading crashing the net for the Cavs eleventh and final goal. The Cavs ran out most of the rest of the clock from there, and the game ended with an 11-5 victory for UVA.

The Terps had some opportunities to make the game closer than it was, but couldn’t capitalize at some points and were thwarted by some amazing saved on Turner’s part. Virginia, scary as it is, didn’t play their best game today – they were very sloppy clearing the ball and had some atrocious offensive possessions. However, their defense (which looks more like a I-AA football team than a lacrosse defense) controlled the Terps athletically throughout the game. It’s awfully hard to imagine this team losing this year.