Hopkins Lacrosse Drops No. 7 Maryland

<p>No. 7 Maryland Falls at No. 15 Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>BALTIMORE, Md. (April 12, 2008) -- The University of Maryland men's lacrosse team dropped a 10-4 decision at No. 15 Johns Hopkins in front of 8,626 fans at Homewood Field Saturday afternoon.</p>

<p>The first quarter was, as expected, a hard-hitting, physical start to the game. Hopkins jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to a running left-hander down the left alley by Paul Rabil. The Blue Jays upped their lead to 2-0 at the 2:47 mark when Steven Boyle dumped a pass to Michael Doneger in front of the crease, where he one-timed a shot past Maryland goalie Jason Carter.</p>

<p>After another Doneger goal grew the lead to 3-0, the Terps finally got on the board with 7:15 left in the second quarter. Senior All-American Joe Cinosky stabbed a Hopkins' pass out of the air and hit a running Brian Farrell in stride to start the fast break. Farrell fought a Blue Jay defender the whole way down the field and was able to get off a one-handed bounce shot from the right alley that beat Hopkins goalie Michael Gvozden.</p>

<p>The Terps continued to try to claw back into the game and got a lucky bounce that led to their next score. Gvozden stopped a Tony Mendes shot, but was unable to control the ball. Senior Max Ritz picked up the groundball and laced a quck pass to Drew Evans on the left side of the crease, where Evans ripped a quick shot to the short side to trim the lead to 3-2.</p>

<p>After Hopkins went on a 5-0 run to start the third quarter to open up an 8-2 advantage, Maryland finally got back on the scoreboard thanks to a pair of Blue Jay penalties. The Terps used every second of the extra-man opportunity, but finally Dan Groot found Grant Catalino 12-yards out at the top of the goal, where the Webster, N.Y., native ripped a low shot for the Terrapins third goal of the game.</p>

<p>The third quarter was closed out with another Blue Jay goal to send the game into the fourth quarter with a 9-3 Hopkins lead.</p>

<p>Game Notes:</p>

<p>With today's 10-4 loss, Maryland is now 37-57-1 all-time vs. Johns Hopkins.</p>

<p>With a goal and an assist, Grant Catalino now has eight multi-point games in his career.</p>

<p>Lacrosse</a> News</p>

<p>Any idea what we’ll move to in the rankings?</p>

<p>I was at the Game. It was a great game. Finally broke the 5 game losing streak!</p>

<p>I know–what a relief!</p>

<p>I think they are No. 7 now.</p>

<ol>
<li> Duke </li>
<li> Syracuse </li>
<li> Notre Dame </li>
<li> Maryland </li>
<li> Ohio State </li>
<li> Virginia </li>
<li> Johns Hopkins </li>
<li> Georgetown </li>
<li> Cornell </li>
<li> Navy </li>
</ol>

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