Maryland Pushes Past Princeton to Advance to NCAA Title Game

Maryland is one recreation away from finishing an unbeaten season and putting itself among the many biggest groups in school lacrosse historical past.

The Terps’ didn’t play a classic recreation on Saturday night time, that includes 19 turnovers however John Tillman’s crew did what it wanted to win. Maryland bought 19 saves from goalie Logan McNaney to carry off Princeton and advance to the NCAA remaining with a 13-8 win over the Tigers. Logan Wisnauskas scored 4 objectives to guide Maryland, turning into simply the sixth participant in NCAA Division I males’s historical past to succeed in the 200-goal mark.

Keegan Khan bought the Terps’ begin on the appropriate foot, scoring his crew’s first three objectives within the recreation’s first 10 minutes. Kyle Lengthy and Bubba Fairman adopted with objectives to make it 5-1 in favor of Maryland after 1 / 4.

Maryland and Princeton traded turnovers within the second quarter, however the Tigers ended the half of a two-goal due to a three-minute unreleasable penalty on John Geppert. Chris Brown lower the deficit to 7-4 with 1:42 left within the half.

Though the Tigers’ carried a portion of the penalty into the third quarter, it was Maryland that mounted a four-goal rally. Wisnauskas bounced in his 200^th profession aim, and Owen Murphy scored two objectives in seven seconds to offer the Terps an 11-4 lead halfway by means of the third quarter. Alex Slusher and Alexander Vardaro scored back-to-back to chop the deficit to 5 objectives getting into the fourth quarter, giving Princeton hope of a comeback.

Wisnauskas stepped up when Maryland wanted him within the fourth quarter, scoring objectives No. 202 and 203 to cross Jared Bernhardt on the varsity’s all-time objectives checklist and maintain the Terps’ in entrance all through. McNaney made massive saves early within the fourth quarter to stymie the Princeton comeback bid.