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No. 4 Maryland lacrosse beats No. 9 Rutgers on the road to snap longest home winning streak in country – WMUC Sports
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The Terps stormed into Piscataway, NJ. on Sunday, spoiling Rutgers’ senior night time and reclaiming the highest spot within the Huge Ten convention, defeating the Scarlet Knights, 11-8.
Maryland has now performed Rutgers 12 occasions since their merger into the Huge Ten, and so they’ve gained all 12. However, the Scarlet Knights had a streak of their very own, driving a 16-game house successful streak into the competition together with 7-0 on the season.
After a come-from-behind victory in Columbus final week towards No. 18 Ohio State, the Terps appeared to beat their second straight ranked Huge Ten opponent on the highway after falling to then-unranked Michigan on April 1st.
Following a stretch of shaky begins for John Tillman and the Terrapins, Braden Erska led the best way with three assists via the primary quarter-hour to get out to an early lead, and Maryland by no means appeared again.
Jack Koras’ second of the day helped the Terps leap out to a 5-0 lead simply 41 seconds into the second body, however a 3-1 run for Rutgers inside the subsequent 4 minutes tightened the lead. Eric Spanos’ solo objective weathered the storm for Maryland, marking his seventh straight sport with a degree.
Zach Whittier and Daniel Maltz (two targets apiece within the first half) scored two extra with below two minutes within the half to make it 8-3, however Shane Knobloch scored with 11 seconds remaining to chop the hole to 4 for Rutgers heading into the locker room.
“Our offense had an excellent first half,” stated freshman goalie Brian Ruppel. “They performed an excellent sport.”
After three third quarter targets from the Terps, together with one from Daniel Kelly who now has a objective in all 11 video games this season, Maryland ended the third in full management, up 11-5.
Three unanswered targets from Rutgers within the fourth put some strain on the guests, but it surely was too little, too late for the Scarlet Knights as Maryland snapped the longest house successful streak within the nation, topping Rutgers 11-8.
“We had a plan to play a full 60-minute sport. We have been locked in all week,” stated Ruppel. “Our protection held them down, did our half. It was an excellent group win throughout.”
Koras, Maltz, Spanos and Whittier all ended with two targets, whereas Erksa topped the scorecard with 4 factors to cap off a profitable highway journey for the Terps.
Maryland will head house to face Johns Hopkins subsequent Saturday night time. A win will give the Terps the Huge Ten common season trophy and the No. 1 seed within the convention match.