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Dominant fourth quarter earns Maryland women’s lacrosse its seventh-straight victory, defeat Michigan, 13-7 – WMUC Sports
Courtesy of Maryland Athletics
By Tyler Lochte
When Erin Garvey scored a minute into the fourth quarter , all of the momentum was in Michigan’s favor, as a livid 4-1 run set the Wolverines down one.
Michigan from then on misplaced its magic.
Garvey’s purpose can be the final time they might discover the again of the web.
No. 10 Maryland ladies’s lacrosse’s dominance within the fourth quarter pushed the Terps over the hump for good, as they dashed previous Michigan, 13-7.
Maryland’s victory marked the seventh in a row for the squad that uncharacteristically struggled firstly of the season.
The sport was streaky from the beginning, because the groups took turns scoring in pairs for the primary 6 objectives of the sport. A purpose from Jill Smith put Michigan a purpose away from persevering with this development. However Eloise Clevenger struck with simply 11 seconds left within the half to offer Maryland a 5-3 lead going into the break.
At halftime, Maryland paid tribute to the good groups of the previous, as former gamers took the sphere to have a good time 50 years of Maryland ladies’s lacrosse.
“Having all of our alums and their households on campus to have a good time 50 years of Maryland ladies’s lacrosse was actually particular,” stated head coach Cathy Reese.
The gamers continued this honor with 2 extra objectives within the first 5 minutes of the third quarter. Shaylan Ahearn assisted each, a part of a four-point efficiency, together with nice work on attracts, a stat that Maryland dominated all through.
Graduate scholar Abby Bosco led the crew in scooping up draw controls right this moment, handing Maryland a considerable edge in whole possession
“That’s one of many little issues if you win the draw it begins that offense, so I feel Shay has been doing an outstanding job, our communication’s so good, and there’s a lot belief there.”
Maryland’s 7-3 lead wouldn’t final lengthy.
Annabelle Burke discovered the web precisely one minute later to spark a 3-0 Michigan run capped off by an outstanding play by Jane Fetterolf, who discovered the web on a free place shot because the shot clock horn sounded.
From there, Libby Might took over. With three objectives within the recreation’s closing 21 minutes, Might erased any hope of a Michigan win. Might scored on all 5 photographs she took right this moment, and Michigan took discover. Its concentrate on Might allowed others akin to Hensh, Thomas, and Smith to search out the web.
“When individuals are making performs on the market it doesn’t matter who it’s, it simply opens up alternatives for everyone else,” stated Might.
Might’s five-goal scorcher pushed her to the 40-goal mark for the season.
The win comes lower than 24 hours after the lads’s lacrosse crew was dealt their first ever loss to Michigan. Reese and the crew had been properly conscious of this, and labored exhausting to verify historical past didn’t repeat itself.
“You’ve obtained to play the sport, such as you obtained to play. It doesn’t matter who you might be taking part in. It doesn’t matter the place, it doesn’t matter when. You gotta present up and we’ve got to compete.”
After back-to-back one-goal losses to James Madison and Denver, Maryland is on fireplace taking every of their final 7 video games, shifting to 10-3. Johns Hopkins and Ohio State are set to return to School Park on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively. After that street journeys to Penn State and Northwestern shut the common season earlier than the Large Ten Match begins on April 29th