March 2, 2003

 

Site: Los Angeles, California (Leavey Field, LMU)

Scores: #6 Michigan 16, Loyola Marymount 1

Records: UM (2-3), LMU (2-5)

Next U-M Game: Saturday, March 8 -- vs. Purdue, West Lafayette, Ind., 1:00 p.m. CST

 

Michigan Attack Leads 16-1 Victory Over Loyola Marymount

Los Angeles, Cal. -- All six Michigan Attackmen contributed at least three points each, as the Wolverines controlled from start to finish in a 16-1 victory over Loyola Marymount.  After three straight losses to highly ranked teams, the win was exactly what the Wolverines needed at the end of their 10 day California trip.

Every uninjured Wolverine played in the game, but it was the attack that did most of the damage.  Jeff Hanna (Fayetteville, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) and Ben Herbst (Pikesville, MD/Pikesville) paced the Wolverines with 2 goals and 2 assists each.  Ray Lombardi (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) and Ryan Clark (Summit, NJ/Summit) scored 3 goals each.  Paul Mans (Los Altos Hills, Cal./Gunn), who got the first start of his career, added a goal and 3 assists, and Sloan Buchan-McGilliard (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) dished out 3 assists of his own.

Loyola Marymount came out in a zone defense that slowed the Wolverine offense a bit, but a patient, ball possession offense resulted in 3 Michigan goals in the first quarter.  With a decided edge in time of possession, Michigan outshot the Lions 15 to 5 in the first quarter and 52 to 18 on the day.

The second quarter was more of the same as the Wolverines were aided by two extra-man opportunities and capitalized on both.  Mans and Lombardi added even-up goals, and Michigan led 7-0 at the half.

Starting goalie Dan Webber (Weston, Mass./Weston) stayed in the goal for the first five minutes of the second half and ended the day with 6 saves.  Jeremy Menkowitz (Ambler, Penn./Germantown Academy) followed him and recorded 2 saves, and sophomore transfer Andy Mast (Bonnockburn, Ill./Deerfield) played the final five minutes in his first action of the season.

Michigan kept rolling in the second half, scoring 5 in the third and 4 more in the final quarter.  Loyola managed their only goal of the day early in the fourth on a man-up chance when Michigan was called for a pair of penalties that resulted in a minute and a half non-releasable time in the box.

Michigan opens their CCLA season next Saturday when they travel down to West Lafayette, Indiana to take on Purdue at 1:00 p.m. CST.

NOTES

● Bobby Groenke (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) and Jaewon Chung (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) are the only two Wolverines who did not see action in the game.  Both are injured.

● With the loss of Kevin Toller for the year, the Wolverines had to find someone to step up to fill the void at the faceoff X.  That person appears to be sophomore midfielder Trevor Broad (Grosse Pointe, Mich./University Liggett).  Broad was 7 and 1 today and is now 33 and 19 on the season for an impressive .635 win percentage.

●  The Michigan extra-man unit got only three opportunities today, but converted on two of those to bring its overall success rate up to 56.5% on 13 of 23 chances.  The man-down unit is keeping pace, holding opponents so far this season to just 6 goals on 26 chances for a 23.1% conversion rate.

● Michigan had its best shooting day of the season.  The Wolverines put 37 of 52 shots on goal.  The Lion goalie combination of Bruce Brown and Dave Comb kept it closer than it could have been by making a combined 21 saves.

● The Wolverines leave the team hotel at 4:45 a.m. tomorrow morning for their 6:40 flight back to Michigan.

 

QUOTES

 

UM Head Coach John Paul

On the game overall: "We needed this.  Loyola Marymount is a pretty good team.  We had to play well today, but most importantly we had to be excited to play, and I think we did both.  We aren't happy with the overall results on this trip, but at least we're going home with a good feeling fresh in our minds."  

On the success of the offense today: "They played most of the game in a soft zone that allowed us to hold the ball and pick our spots.  We have a new zone offense in this year, and as the game went on we got it rolling a bit.  It was good to see we can have some success against a zone.  We don't see a lot of them."   
 

 

GAME SUMMARY

Michigan vs. Loyola Marymount
Sunday, March 2
10:30 a.m. PST, Leavey Field, Los Angeles, California

 

Score by Quarter     1     2     3     4     OT     Totals

Michigan …………   3    4     5     4                     16

LMU...............…..    0    0     0     1                       9

 

Michigan Scoring

Ben Herbst 2G/2A - 4 Pts.

Jeff Hanna 2G/2A - 4 Pts.

Paul Mans 1G/3A - 4 Pts.

Ryan Clark 3G/0A - 3 Pts.

Ray Lombardi 3G/0A - 3 Pts.

Sloan Buchan-McGilliard 0G/3A - 3 Pts.

Brad Smith 2G/0A - 2 Pts.

Chip Thomas 1G/1A - 2 Pts.

Justin Gal 1G/1A - 2 Pts.

Brian Vincent 1G/0A - 1 Pt.

 

LMU Scoring

Charley Kelly 1G/0A - 1 Pt.

 
Goalies
Michigan:  Dan Webber – 6 saves / 0 goals against; Jeremy Menkowitz - 2 saves / 1 goal against; Andy Mast - 0 saves / 0 goals against

LMU:  Bruce Brown - 11 saves, 7 goals against; Dave Comb - 10 saves / 9 goals against
 

Team Statistics     1        2        3         4         OT        Totals

Ground Balls

Michigan                 8      10        9       14                         41

LMU                      7        7        6         7                         27

Shots

Michigan               15      11      12       14                         52

LMU                      5        5        6         2                         18

Face-offs

Michigan                 2        3        4         5                         14

LMU                      2        1        1         1                           5

Clears

Michigan               7/8   10/15   4/9    10/10                    31/42

LMU                    5/7    9/16    4/7      9/10                    27/40

Extra Man

Michigan               0/1     2/2       -         -                         2/3

LMU                      -       0/1     0/1      1/2                       1/4


 
Scoring Summary

12:32 (1st)….UM….Hanna….UM 1, LMU 0

10:35   (1st)….UM….Hanna (Mans)….UM 2, LMU 0

2:16   (1st)….UM….Clark (Mans)….UM 3, LMU 0

End of 1st Quarter: Michigan 3, Loyola Marymount 0

14:07 (2nd)….UM (EMO)….Lombardi (Thomas)….UM 4, LMU 0

4:19 (2nd)….UM….Lombardi (Buchan-McGilliard)….UM 5, LMU 0

4:12 (2nd)….UM….Mans (Gal)….UM 6, LMU 0

3:43 (2nd)….UM (EMO)….Thomas (Herbst)….UM 7, LMU 0

Halftime: Michigan 7, Loyola Marymount 0

14:54 (3rd)….UM….Herbst….UM 8, LMU 0

11:52 (3rd)….UM….Lombardi (Hanna)….UM 9, LMU 0

9:33 (3rd)….UM….Vincent (Herbst)….UM 10, LMU 0

4:37 (3rd)….UM….Herbst (Hanna)….UM 11, LMU 0

3:55 (3rd)….UM….Gal….UM 12, LMU 0

End of 3rd Quarter: Michigan 12, Loyola Marymount 0

13:07 (4th)….LMU (EMO)….C Kelly….UM 12, LMU 1

6:53 (4th)….UM….Clark….UM 13, LMU 1

5:49 (4th)….UM….Smith (Buchan-McGilliard)….UM 14, LMU 1

3:54 (4th)….UM….Clark (Buchan-McGilliard)….UM 15, LMU 1

0:16 (4th)….UM….Smith (Mans)….UM 16, LMU 1

End of Regulation: Michigan 16, Loyola Marymount 1

 

Officials

 

Attendance
250