Georgetown at Loyola: Halftime thoughts
No. 7 Loyola and No. 9 Georgetown are tied at 4-4 at halftime, but the Greyhounds need to thank junior goalkeeper Jake Hagelin for keeping the team in the hunt.
Loyola (7-2) led, 3-1, after senior midfielder Chris Hurst converted a feed from senior midfielder Taylor Ebsary with 6:45 left in the first quarter, but the Hoyas (7-3) have maintained possession for a majority of the second quarter.
Georgetown took 16 of its 21 shots in the second period. Hagelin (five saves) absolutely stoned senior attackman Rickey Mirabito on the doorstep during a Hoyas’ extra-man advantage, and Hagelin made a diving stop on freshman attackman Travis Comeau after he intercepted a pass from Greyhounds senior face-off specialist John Schiavone.
The Hoyas have whiffed on four man-up situations, but Loyola has got to avoid giving those kinds of chances to Georgetown, which is ranked 13th in Division I in extra-man efficiency (14 of 33 for .424 percentage).
Other notes:
*Senior attackman Collin Finnerty, the Greyhounds’ leading scorer entering the contest, has scored twice to pace the offense. Senior attackman Cooper MacDonnell and Hurst are the other goal scorers for Loyola. Mirabito has sparked the Hoyas with two goals and on assist. Senior attackman Craig Dowd and junior midfielder Max Seligmann have scored for Georgetown.
*The Greyhounds are winning the battles in face-offs (7 of 10) and groundballs (23-13) and have committed one more turnover (7-6) than the Hoyas.
