Georgetown at Maryland: Halftime thoughts
Maryland owns a 6-4 lead over Georgetown here at Byrd Stadium in College Park, and it could have been a lot worse – for the Terps.
No. 3 Maryland looked lethargic in the first half and the vaunted starting attack of seniors Grant Catalino, Ryan Young and Travis Reed were pretty much locked up by the Hoyas’ senior trio of Barney Ehrmann, Dan Hostetler and Bobby Boyle.
No. 14 Georgetown won 3-of-4 faceoffs in the first quarter and five of the first eight, but the Hoyas were stymied by redshirt freshman goalie Niko Amato, who made four saves in the first 4 minutes, 3 seconds.
Senior midfielder Max Seligmann’s second goal of the contest gave Georgetown a 3-1 lead with 9:49 remaining in the second quarter, but the Terps responded with a 5-1 run, which included three goals in a 1:54 span.
Other notes:
*As mentioned above, Maryland’s prolific attack was silenced by the Hoyas defense until Young fed Catalino for a goal with 20 seconds left in the second quarter. That’s a start, but Catalino, Young and Reed are going to have to force the action if the Terps are to defeat Georgetown in College Park for the first time since 2005.
*Maryland has committed three penalties to the Hoyas’ zero. Georgetown converted one of those extra-man chances into a goal, so the Terps are going to have to do a better job of avoiding being so generous.
*Amato, who has six saves in the first half, has made several fantastic stops, especially from point-blank range. But the Hoyas have scored three times from the right alley, and Amato is going to have to prove that he can turn away those opportunities so that Georgetown and future opponents don’t attack him from that spot.
