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St. Mary's City, Md. - Sixth-seeded University
of Mary Washington knocked off No. 3 seed St. Mary's College of
Maryland, 7-4, in one of four Capital Athletic Conference (CAC)
Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinal contests Monday afternoon.
Mary Washington (7-6) advances to Thursday's CAC Semifinal at
second-seeded Villa Julie College, who was a 19-3 winner over
seventh-seeded Marymount (Va.) University. The Eagles avenged
a 14-4 loss at St. Mary's back on March 26 with today's victory.
St. Mary's (7-7) is eliminated from the 2008 CAC Tournament but
still have one game left on its schedule as the Seahawks will take
on No. 8 Cabrini College in non-conference action on April 26 in
Pennsylvania. Today's loss marks the first time that SMCM has
not advanced to the semifinals in seven years under head coach
Jayme Block.
UMW's freshman goalie Ryan Kleman (Fairfax,
Va./Robinson) proved to be the difference in the game as Kleman
made 20 saves on 37 shots taken by St. Mary's and held the Seahawks
scoreless in the first half.
Both teams battled to a scoreless draw in the first 15 minutes
but the Eagles broke the stalemate in the second quarter as junior
midfielder Charlie White (Alexandria, Va./T.C.
Williams) scored an unassisted goal at 10:04. That would be
all she wrote in the first half as Mary Washington took a 1-0 lead
into halftime.
Mary Washington started the third frame with three straight
before senior attackman Pat Oliphant (Chatham,
N.J./Chatham) found the back of the net off a feed from sophomore
Josh Hostetler (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) at
6:05 to pull SMCM within 4-1. The Eagles regained a four-goal
lead with an unassisted goal by freshman midfielder Kohl
Meyer (Shawnee, N.J./Shawnee) at 5:07.
The Seahawks outscored Mary Washington, 3-2, in the final period
but the late rally came up short.
St. Mary's was a perfect 9-of-9 in face-offs for the game's
first three periods before losing two in the fourth to finish
13-of-15. Junior face-off specialist Marc
DiPasquale (Joppa, Md./Boys' Latin) won 11-of-13, while
sophomore Justin Glover (Ellicott City,
Md./Centennial).
Both Meyer and junior middie Brent Fisk (Falls
Church, Va./Landon) had two goals apiece to lead the Eagles, while
senior Scott Fletcher (Charlottesville,
Va./Western Albemarle) had a goal and an assist.
Oliphant finished the day with two goals and an assist, while
junior long-stick middie Brian Wallace
(Landenburg, Pa./Avon) caused a game-high four caused turnovers and
had five loose ball pick-ups.
Freshmen goalies JJ Strombosky (Westford,
Mass./Rivers) and Pat Simpson (Arnold,
Md./Broadneck) split time between the pipes and each made four save
in their respective half.
