Maryland at Navy: Halftime thoughts
Torrential downpours and a hostile environment haven’t slowed Maryland as the Terps have taken a commanding 7-2 advantage over Navy into halftime at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis on Friday night.
Maryland (7-2), which entered the contest ranked sixth in Division I in scoring with a 12.0 goals-per-game average, scored the first two goals of the game in a 63-second span, added a second pair in a 48-second stretch, and then notched a third pair in a 12-second span – all in the first quarter. It’s the first time this season that the Terps scored six goals in the opening frame.
Meanwhile, the Midshipmen have not possessed the ball long enough to attempt to stage a comeback – a problem that plagued them in a 9-8 loss to Georgetown a week ago. Navy has cleared the ball just 8-of-13 times and has taken just eight shots to Maryland’s 21.
Other notes:
*Maryland junior midfielder Jake Bernhardt leads all scorers with two goals, and senior attackman Grant Catalino has added a goal and an assist. Catalino, who has scored 107 goals in his career, needs three more goals to pass Mark Douglas for eighth on the school’s all-time career goals list.
*Two of the Terps’ goals have occurred in unsettled situations. Junior midfielder Drew Snider scored in transition with 10:55 left in the first quarter, and senior long-stick midfielder Brian Farrell converted a feed from sophomore Curtis Holmes off of a faceoff win with 6:18 left in the second period.
*Holmes, who entered the game ranked 10th in Division I with a 62.4 success rate, has been just as solid against the Midshipmen. He has outdueled junior Logan West, who had won 54.9 percent of his faceoffs, and sophomore Evan McGoogan to the tune of 8-of-11 wins.
*Sophomore midfielder Jay Mann and freshman attackman Sam Jones have scored Navy’s goals. Junior goalkeeper R.J. Wickham has made a game-high six saves.
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