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Virginia players celebrate their overtime win Saturday against Maryland after Ben Rubeor scored the game winning goal in overtime 8-7 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.
Annapolis (Map, News) - Maryland’s players quietly walked off the field knowing they had squandered a great opportunity as the Virginia Cavaliers raucously celebrated an overtime victory that sent them to the Final Four.
For much of the afternoon, seventh-seeded Maryland controlled the game, but with one flick of Virginia senior attacker Ben Rubeor’s wrist, the ball that ended Maryland’s season bounced off the turf and passed Maryland junior goalie Jason Carter.
“This hurts a little bit because we were in a position to win,” Maryland coach Dave Cottle said. “No one gave us much of a shot going into this game.”
Rubeor’s goal gave the Cavaliers an 8-7 victory and caused them to spill onto the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium field as many Terrapins collapsed in disappointment.
The seventh-seeded Terrapins (10-6), who beat Denver on May 10 to advance to the quarterfinals, dominated the game in just about every facet in the first half. They grabbed 19 ground balls to the Cavaliers’ two, and outshot Virginia, 26-11. Still, Maryland led the second-seeded Cavaliers just 6-4 at the half.
“If we could have changed one thing, we would have changed out shooting,” Cottle said. “Either shoot a little harder or shoot a little smarter or shoot a little more accurately.”
The Terrapins extended their lead to 7-4 with nine minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter on sophomore defender Brian Farrell’s second goal of the game. But the Terrapins were held scoreless for the final 24:30, as Rubeor, a former Loyola standout, scored the tying goal 8:43 left in regulation before scoring his third goal in overtime.
But as Virginia (14-3) focuses on its game against third-seeded Syracuse (14-2) in the Final Four in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday, the Terrapins can only look toward next season.
Maryland graduates its three starting defenders, including All-ACC selection Joe Cinosky, but will return three freshman attackers this year and most of its midfielders.
“It was a great experience this year,” said freshman attacker Grant Catalino, who scored twice on Saturday and led Maryland with 29 goals this season. “We’ve got some experience under our belt now and we can carry it for the next four years.”
But that didn’t make the loss to Virginia, which prevented the Terrapins from advancing to the Final Four for the third time in four years, any less painful.
“Words can’t express how I feel right now,” Farrell said. “We’ve got a bunch of kids in there that love each other.”
avitelli@baltimoreexaminer.com
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You'd think that the Examiner and the Baltimore Sun could at least do an article on the most successful Division 111 lacrosse program in the nation after Salisbury won their 8th National Championship! Jim Berkman is only the coach with the most wins in NCAA history at any divisional level.
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Berkley Summerlin (leader of the Temple team that the Terps were to stuff) is a native of Baltimore. Perhaps an article about her would be interesting! Maybe better than articles about a 25 yr old Canadian playing lax at Md.
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What's the update???
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jesse you rock
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Good Luck to Cindy. Her players are lucky to have her. She is a classic. She was sorely missed this year by a lot of Maryland people. I only wish her the best.
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Next time do some research and get the atttendance numbers right! Monday's NCAA Men's Division I thriller between Johns Hopkins and Duke set a new attendance record for the championship game, with 48,443 fans enjoying the action at M&T Bank Stadium. That breaks the mark of 47,062 set last year at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. This year is the fourth year in row in which single-session attendance for the title game exceeded 40,000. The 2007 men's championships -- the Division I semifinals and finals plus the Division II and Division III finals -- also set a record, with 123,225 in attendance. That tops the 120,614 who watched the tournament in Philadelphia in 2006.
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Zimmerman is a class act. Best of luck to him and UMBC Lacrosse! Signed: An Air Force Academy Lacrosse Fan.
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Stephen Meister said:
Last year the Baltimore group derided the NCAA selection committees "Ivy League" selections. This year, the Baltimore crowd showed they didn't belong in the mix. Cornell had to stall the last 3 minutes at Brown, escaping with a victory and feeling badly beaten up. When Cornell met Towson the competition from the Baltimore boys was a joke. Albany took a beating from Binghamton, then Albany showed Loyolla to be a laughing stock. UMBC had to take Brown into overtime, but they hammered Maryland in the playoffs. Parity is here, baby, and the MLL is spreading the word. Baltimore better be wary, they may go the way of Tower Records as the rest of the country discovers this fabulous game.
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Josh Portis is a student of the game. Ralph has him throwing to 2 team most of the time. Steffy has 1st team which help his percentages. I say give Portis more reps with 1st team and watch his percentage sky rocket. He is a great passer as well as a serious threat with his feet. (playmaker)
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