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March 23, 2003
Site:
Rochester Hills, Michigan (Upper Fields)
Scores:
#6 Michigan 14, #16 Oakland 10
Records: UM (7-3), OU (3-1)
Next
U-M Game: Wednesday, March 26 -- vs. Western Michigan, Mattawan, MI,
7:30 p.m. EST
Lombardi's Career High
Ignites Win Over Oakland
Rochester Hills, Mich. --
Ray Lombardi (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) scored a
career-high 7 points on 4 goals and 3 assists, leading Michigan to a
14-10 win over Oakland University today. The Wolverines built a
commanding 14-3 lead through three quarters, but then had to withstand a
furious fourth quarter onslaught by the Grizzlies before killing the
clock and earning the win.
Michigan completely dominated the first three quarters of play as they
built an 11 goal lead. To that point the Wolverines had outshot
the Grizzles 39-16. Michigan coach John Paul substituted
liberally to start the fourth, and for the first three minutes the teams
played evenly. Nate Reynolds narrowed the gap to 10 at the 11:49
mark, and then the Grizzlies rattled off five more goals in less than
two minutes before Paul got the starters back in and stopped the
bleeding. Billy Binge did most of the damage, scoring three of his
four goals during the run, ending with Oakland's ninth goal with 7:45 to
go. Oakland was held scoreless for the next five minutes against
Michigan's first-team defense, but with momentum on their side the
Grizzlies maintained their pressure and managed to make the score 14-10
with 2:48 to go. Trevor Broad (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Liggett)
won the ensuing faceoff, his eighth win of the day, and the Wolverines
were able to play keep-away in the Oakland box for the remainder of the
game.
Binge got the home crowd into the game early, scoring the first goal
just over two minutes in when he beat his man and the slide and stuck
the ball into the bottom corner. The Wolverines tied it up three
minutes later when Jeff Hanna (Fayatteville, NY/Fayatteville-Manlius)
scored the first of his three off a Lombardi feed. Chip Thomas
(Tenefly, NJ/Dwight-Englewood) gave his team the lead with 7:11
to go on a drive and shot as the slide arrived a step too late.
Michigan outscored Oakland 5-0 in the second on the strength of two
Hanna goals. Lombardi scored one and assisted on two, including a
feed to Broad with just two seconds to go before the half that gave the
Wolverines all the momentum heading into halftime.
Oakland took the momentum away right off the opening second half faceoff.
Michigan won 7 of 9 first half faceoffs against Oakland's regular
faceoff midfielders, so the Grizzlies brought Binge up from attack to
see what he could do. Using what looked like an illegal technique
that involved grabbing Broad's stick, lifting it and then kicking the
ball forward where his stick had been, he won the draw forward and set
up a quick Oakland fast-break goal. The Michigan coaches
protested, but the goal stood. The Wolverines went on another 5-0
run from that point, however, and when Oakland scored their third with
4:09 to go in the quarter, Lombardi answered with his third and fourth
of the day.
Michigan faces another conference test on Wednesday when they travel to
Mattawan High School to take on Western Michigan in a 7:30 p.m. game.
NOTES
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Oakland is only the second team this season to score in double digits on
the Wolverines. The only other team to do it was Whittier, the #3
ranked team in Division III. Oakland's fourth quarter seven goal
run is the second longest goal streak against Michigan this year.
Whittier scored nine in a row at one point.
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Michigan outshot the Grizzlies 39-16 in the first three quarters, but
Oakland turned that around and outshot the Wolverines 15 - 7 in the
fourth.
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The win improved Michigan's CCLA win streak to 44 straight games, dating
back to the 1998 season. The Wolverines have won four straight CCLA championships during that stretch. No current
Wolverine has ever lost a conference game.
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The Wolverines felt at home for much of the game because of the efforts
of one Oakland student who has some Maize and Blue blood running through
his veins. Beginning in the first quarter and continuing
throughout the game the familiar refrain of The Victors were played
repeatedly from speakers propped in a dorm-room window across the
street. The anonymous fan also hung an M banner in the window for
support.
QUOTES
UM Head Coach John Paul
On the
game overall: "Oakland is a good team. We knew that
coming in. It's a recurring theme for us that we have to learn to
approach every game the same way, but we still haven't learned to do
that. I thought we were emotionally flat today, and it showed in
our (lack of) execution and in the fourth quarter when Oakland made
their run."
On withstanding the Oakland run: "Everyone has to be ready to
play when they get a chance. We put in a lot of subs to start the
fourth, and Oakland took advantage of that. Once they got rolling,
they got energized and confident. It was like a completely
different game. To their credit, our starting defense came back in
and pretty much shut them down, despite how energized they had become.
I was really pleased with the way we killed the last three minutes.
We had no intention of scoring, we just wanted to keep possession and
kill the clock. We practice that situation, and this time we ran
it really well."
On the
play of Ray Lombardi: "Ray was outstanding today. He's
always been really steady for us, but he shows of flashes of becoming a
star. Our attack are all small and quick. If you don't have
three really quick defensemen in there, we'll have a matchup we like
somewhere. Today Ray got that matchup and took full advantage."
GAME SUMMARY
Michigan vs. Oakland
Sunday, March 23
1:00 p.m. EST, Upper Fields, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Score by Quarter
1 2 3 4 OT Totals
Michigan …………
2 5 7 0
14
Oakland.................
1 0 2
7
10
Michigan Scoring
Ray Lombardi 4G/3A - 7 Pts.
Chip Thomas 1G/3A - 4 Pts.
Jeff Hanna 3G/0A - 3 Pts.
Ben Herbst 2G/1A - 3 Pts.
Sloan Buchan-McGilliard 1G/1A -
2 Pts.
Jason Gratson 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Brian Marchena 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Trevor Broad 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Justin Gal 0G/1A - 1 Pt.
Dave Silverman 0G/1A - 1 Pt.
Oakland
Scoring
Bill Binge 4G/1A - 5
Pts.
Josh Williston 2G/0A - 2 Pts.
Jon Machek 1G/1A - 2 Pts.
Towbey Kassa 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Jeff Serra 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Nate Reynolds 1G/0A - 1 Pt.
Goalies
Michigan: Dan Webber – 9 saves / 4 goals against (53:25); Andy
Mast - 1 save / 6 goals against (6:35)
Oakland: Chris Wood - 17 saves /
14 goals against (60:00)
Team Statistics
1 2 3 4 OT Totals
Ground Balls
Michigan
10 16
11 9
46
Oakland
5 2 5
3
15
Shots
Michigan
5 20 14
7
46
Oakland
5
5 6
15
31
Face-offs
Michigan
3
4
6 3
16
Oakland 1
1 4
4
10
Clears
Michigan
5/5 6/7 8/8
5/7
24/27
Oakland 6/7
4/12 2/8
7/7
19/34
Extra Man
Michigan
- 1/3 3/5
-
4/8
Oakland
0/2 0/1 -
0/3
0/6
Scoring Summary
12:52 (1st)….OU….Binge....UM
0, OU 1
9:48 (1st)….UM….Hanna
(Lombardi)….UM 1, OU 1
7:11 (1st)….UM….Herbst….UM
2, OU 1
End of 1st
Quarter: Michigan 2, Oakland 1
12:54 (2nd)….UM (EMO)….Lombardi
(Buchan-McGilliard)….UM
3, OU 1
12:07 (2nd)….UM….Hanna
(Lombardi)….UM
4, OU 1
11:55 (2nd)….UM….Hanna
(Gal)….UM
5, OU 1
0:38 (2nd)….UM….Marchena….UM
6, OU 1
0:02 (2nd)….UM….Broad
(Lombardi)….UM
7, OU 1
Halftime: Michigan 7,
Oakland 2
14:52 (3rd)….OU….Williston
(Machek)….UM
7, OU 2
9:09 (3rd)….UM (EMO)….Lombardi
(Thomas)….UM
8, OU 2
8:19 (3rd)….UM (EMO)….Herbst
(Thomas)….UM
9, OU 2
7:44 (3rd)….UM….Buchan-McGilliard
(Silverman)….UM
10, OU 2
6:53 (3rd)….UM….Gratson….UM
11, OU 2
6:03 (3rd)….UM (EMO)….Herbst
(Thomas)….UM
12, OU 2
4:09 (3rd)….OU….Serra
(Binge)….UM
12, OU 3
0:41 (3rd)….UM….Lombardi
(Herbst)….UM
13, OU 3
0:15 (3rd)….UM….Lombardi….UM
14, OU 2
End of 3rd
Quarter: Michigan 14, Oakland 3
11:49 (4th)….OU….Reynolds….UM
14, OU 4
9:32 (4th)….OU….Williston….UM
14, OU 5
9:13 (4th)….OU….Binge….UM
14, OU 6
9:00 (4th)….OU….Binge….UM
14, OU 7
8:41 (4th)….OU….Kassa….UM
14, OU 8
7:45 (4th)….OU….Binge….UM
14, OU 9
2:48 (4th)….OU….Machek….UM
14, OU 10
End of Regulation:
Michigan 14, Oakland 10
Officials
Rick Jackson, Brian Effinger, Matt Dekutowski
Attendance
170
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