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Maryland 13, Delaware 4
March 15, 2000

#8 Terrapins Strike Early to Down #18 Blue Hens


COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 9 ranked University of Maryland scored the first three goals of the game and held a seven-goal lead at halftime to run away with a 13-4 non-league men's lacrosse victory over No. 18 ranked University of Delaware Wednesday afternoon at Byrd Stadium.

Maryland won its third straight game to improve to 4-1 while the Hens (2-3) dropped their second straight game, both to Top 10 ranked foes from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Hens will return home this Saturday, March 19, to host No. 19 Butler at Rullo Stadium. The game was the first meeting between Delaware and Maryland since 1988.

Andrew Combs scored three goals and Mike LaMonica and Mike Mollot each scored twice for Maryland, which also got 15 saves from goalkeeper Pat McGinnis in the winning effort. Delaware got two goals from Liam Wertheimer (Westfield, NJ HS) and one each from Dave Christopher (Springfield, PA HS) and Mike Thearle (Sachem/Holbrook, NY). Delaware's Jason Lavey (Harborfields/Huntington Station, NY) dished out two assists.

Maryland held a 42-32 advantage in shots and a 67-37 margin on groundballs while taking advantage of all three extra man situations.

Combs opened the scoring just one minute into the game and Mike Mollot followed one minute later to stake the Terrapins to a 2-0 lead. A Willy Passavia goal with 2:47 left in the first quarter made it 3-0 before the Hens got on the board on a goal by Wertheimer with 1:45 left in the initial stanza.

But Maryland reeled off three more goals before Wertheimer scored again with 10:49 left in the first half to put the Terrapin lead at 6-2. The Terrapins than scored the final three goals of the half to go up 9-2 at intermission. Delaware's Thearle scored the game's only third quarter goal, but Maryland came back with three quick scores to start the final stanza to put the game away.

AGATE:

Delaware......1.....1.....1.....1.....4
Maryland.....4.....5.....0.....4.....13

Goals: Delaware - Liam Wertheimer-2, Dave Christopher, Mike Thearle; Maryland - Andrew Combs - 3, Mike LaMonica-2, Mike Mollot-2, Marcus LaChapelle, Geoff Burnham, Chris Edwards, Craig Hochstadt, Mike Morsell, Willy Passavia

Assists: Delaware - Jason Lavey-2, Ken Carrington, Jason Motta; Maryland - Brian Zeller- 3, LaChappelle, Chris Malone, Nate Watkins;

Shots: D - 32, M - 42
Groundballs: D - 37, M - 6
Faceoffs: D - 9, M - 12
Saves: D - 11 (Dave Mullen-8, Derrick Schmidt-3); M - 18 (Pat McGinnis- 15, Dan McCormick- 3)
Clears: D - 14 of 21, M - 18 of 24
Extra Man Goals: D - 0 for 5; M - 3 for 3
Penalties: D - 4 for 4:00, M - 5 for 4:00
Attendance: 569.

 

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