2000-2001 Michigan Men's Lacrosse -- Game #13

Michigan 13, Marquette 10
7:00 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2001
Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, Ann Arbor, MI

Wolverines Sneak Past Marquette

13-10 Win Keeps Michigan Perfect In CCLA

Ann Arbor, Mich. -- The #2 Michigan Wolverines might have had a letdown coming after their emotional win last week over #3 Brigham Young. That letdown came quickly, as #24 Marquette gave them all they could handle tonight. Jeff Hadwin (Vestal, NY/Vestal HS) led Michigan with 4 goals and Ben Herbst (Pikesville, MD/Pikesville HS) added 3 goals and 2 assists, as the Wolverines came away with a 13-10 victory. The win improved Michigan to 12-1 overall and 5-0 in the CCLA. Marquette suffered their first defeat of the year, falling to 7-1 (5-1 CCLA).
Michigan took the early lead less than two minutes into the game when Sloan Buchan-McGilliard (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer HS) found a cutting Kevin Toller (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer HS), and the former high school teammates made it 1-0. For the rest of quarter the Wolverines possessed the ball much of the time, but could not seem to find quality shots until the 4:04 mark when Eric DeLamarter (Concord, MA/Concord-Carlisle HS) beat his man and rifled one home to make it 2-0.

   Marquette seemed to get into the flow at the point, as the Golden Eagles outhustled the Wolverines for the next several minutes, scoring first with 2:54 to go, and then tying it up as the buzzer sounded with a Tom Gizynski bounce shot.

   Herbst put the Wolverines back on top with a man-up goal early in the second, but the Golden Eagles answered with an extra-man goal of their own to tie it back up at 3. Michigan scored the next three, including two in a twenty second span, but just as the game seemed to be getting out of reach, Marquette came back with a pair of their own before the half ended. At halftime, the score was 6-5 Michigan.

   The third quarter was a busy one for the officials as a total of nine penalties were called, six of them on Michigan. Marquette was able to capitalize on 3 of 4 extra-man opportunities, including two chances when they were up two men. In fact, at the 8:32 mark, the Golden Eagles took the lead 7-6 when they scored their second man-up goal of the quarter. Michigan answered with a Micah Veith (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park River Forest HS) goal and a pair of Hadwin tallies to retake the lead. Herbst scored his third of the game to make it 10-7, but Matt Murphy scored Marquette’s third extra-man goal of the quarter to narrow the gap to two again. Hadwin scored his fourth of the game with 26 seconds to go back up by three.

   Dave Bernard (Litchfield, CT/Westminster HS) had a hand in both Michigan goals in the fourth to put the game away. First he sent a blistering shot past Marquette goalie Andy Gorski halfway through the quarter, and then with 2:21 to go he found Kevin Chan (Manhasset, NY/Manhasset HS) all alone in transition. Chan buried his shot, and Michigan had a comfortable 13-8 lead and just over to two minutes on the clock.

   Marquette made a run at the end, scoring two goals in the last two minutes to bring the margin back to 3, but it was too much ground to cover in too little time, and the clock ran out with the score 13-10.

   Next up for Michigan is a visit to Oakland University tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. for their final CCLA game of the year. Next week the Wolverines host #11 Colorado to finish the regular season.

NOTES

• Marquette is only the third team this year to score double digits against Michigan. The Wolverines have held their opponents to a 7.00 goals per game average through the 2001 season.

• Tom Burns sat out his fourth consecutive game with an ankle injury. He will miss tomorrow’s game against Oakland as well. He should return next week against Colorado.

• Jeff Hadwin’s 4 goals added to his Michigan career record (since the inception of the USLIA) 238.



QUOTES
UM Head Coach John Paul
On the team’s effort…”It’s tough not to let down a bit after the kind of game we had last week, but it’s still discouraging. We need to be peaking at this time of year, not regressing. It wasn’t just that we didn’t have the intensity tonight; we did not play very smart, either. We really need to come out much better tomorrow against Oakland.”

On tomorrow’s game against Oakland…”Oakland is a similar team to the Marquette team we played tonight. They have skilled players, and they are well coached. We will be playing at their place, which may be good for us. We need to get out of our comfort zone after tonight and find something to kick-start us again.”

On the defense…”We did such a nice job Saturday against BYU, but tonight we just seemed a step slow. Our slides were late, and we were losing cutters. This is not a film the guys are going to enjoy watching.”

Box Score
Michigan vs. Marquette
Friday, April 13, 2001
7:00 p.m., Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Goalies
Michigan: Sooman Kim (60:00 minutes, 10 goals allowed, 9 saves)
Marquette: Andy Gorski (60:00 minutes, 13 goals allowed, 6 saves)
 

Team Statistics

Penalties: Michigan 13/11:00, Marquette 5/4:00

Officials
Rob Quinn, Matt Dempsey, Rick Szalma

Attendance
328

Scoring Summary

* Man-up Goal