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February 18, 2005
Event: Men’s Lacrosse
Site:
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Oosterbaan Fieldhouse)
Score: #6 Michigan 18, #19 Missouri 1
Records: UM (1-0, 0-0 CCLA), Missouri (0-3, 0-0 GRLC)
Next U-M Game:
Saturday, February 19 -- vs. St. Vincent (Ann Arbor, Mich. - Oosterbaan
Fieldhouse), 7:00 p.m. EST
Wolverines
Take a Bite Out of Tigers
Event Recap I
Boxscore I
Notes & Quotes I
Photos
Ann
Arbor, Mich.
– The #6 ranked University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team defeated #19
Missouri, 18-1 in front of roughly 200 fans at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse
Friday night (Feb. 18). In a game where every Wolverine saw action,
Michigan opened up a quick 4-0 lead just over five minutes into the game
and never looked back.
 Freshman
attackman Tom Lehman drives against Missouri.
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Senior
attackman, captain Ryan Clark (Summit, N.J./Summit)
notched the first Wolverine goal of the 2005 campaign on an unassisted
shot in front just moments into the opening period. 12 other Wolverines
would eventually join in the goal-scoring fun as Michigan would register
58 shots while holding the Tigers to under double-digits with eight.
U-M lead 12-0 entering the second half, and 15-0 entering the final
frame.
Leading
the team in goals, assists and points in the game was freshman attackman
Evan Fox (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) who notched 3-3-6
totals. Six other Wolverines notched multi-point games including three
freshmen, attackman Tom Lehman (Beverly Hills, Mich./Univ. of
Detroit Jesuit) (1-2-3) and midfielders Bobby Morales
(Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) (1-1-2) and Mike Shearman
(Madison, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) (1-1-2).
Defensively, Michigan was smothering. Missouri was unable to break the
Maize and Blue zone ride much of the game and forced the Wolverine
net-minders to only make two saves the entire contest. Three Wolverine
goalies saw action tonight with the lopsided win as senior Dan Webber
(Weston, Mass./Weston) played until the second half when he
was replaced by sophomore Ryan Kaufman (Olney, Md./Magruder)
in the third, who was then replaced by freshman Graham Townsend
(Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville East) in the fourth quarter.
Missouri’s lone goal of the game came in the fourth quarter against
Townsend. Kaufman made the two lone saves of the evening.
Statistically, the Maize and Blue dominated every
facet of the game. U-M scooped up 53 ground balls compared to
Missouri’s 11 and won 18 of 23 faceoffs to dominate possession most of
the game. The Wolverines were also very successful clearing the ball,
completing the transition 13 of 14 times, while pestering the Tigers
into 9 for 23 totals. Michigan scored twice on extra-man opportunities,
finishing 2-9, while holding Missouri scoreless on four attempts.
Senior midfielder Trevor Broad (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Univ.
Liggett), who finished 13 for 15 on faceoffs, tied fellow senior
midfielder Brian Vincent (Farmington Hills, Mich./Univ. of
Detroit Jesuit) for the game high six groundballs on the night.
Michigan will take to the field again tomorrow
night, February 19 at 7:00 pm EST vs. DII opponent St. Vincent at
Oosterbaan Fieldhouse.
NOTES
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Brian
Vincent recorded a career-high six groundballs in the contest and a
career-high eight shots.
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Senior
long-stick midfielder Dave Silverman (Potomac, Md./Churchill),
the team’s leading groundball man last year showed his offensive prowess
tonight, registering a career high two goal effort. His two goals were
only the second and third of his career.
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Missouri
native, senior Mike O’Leary (St. Louis, MO./Clayton)
recorded 2-1-3 totals in the contest, one point shy of his career high.
Paul Kang (St. Louis, MO./Parkway Central), another
player from the Show Me State, scored is
first career goal.
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The
+17 margin of victory is the largest for the Wolverines since last
year’s season opener vs. Central Florida in which Michigan won 24-0. In
2003, U-M won their opener 17-1 vs. Southern California.
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Other
than the 24-0 victory over UCF last season, the last time the Wolverines
held someone to only one goal in a game was in 2003 vs. Illinois on
March 28 when U-M won 11-1.
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Seven
Wolverines recorded the first points of their Michigan careers in the
game.
QUOTES
U-M Head Coach John Paul
On the game itself: “Once again we wanted
to work on the same things we did two weeks ago in the scrimmage vs.
Wittenberg and I think we were successful. We wanted to play with
composure and were able to set the offensive up and then run it. We
also did a nice job clearing the ball. Finally, we were able to keep
our defensive intensity all game. We know we are a good defensive team
and I want the guys to display that dominating effort throughout the
game.”
On who was impressive in the early-season
match-up: “A number of guys obviously played well tonight. Our
defensive core wasn’t tested too much but they played well when they had
to. Trevor Broad did an excellent job with faceoffs as we challenged
him before the season to step up and he definitely did tonight. He’s
taking the challenge very seriously. I thought Mike Shearman also
played well. He flies all over the place and plays with great
intensity. Silverman also played great beyond the two goals he scored
tonight. He’s going to be one of the best long-stick middies in the
league this year. And obviously Evan Fox played great and showed his
ability to finish around the goal. With Constantine [Jim] and Hudson
[Matt] out it was nice to see a lot of guys step up.”
On being able to see a lot of players in a
full-game setting: “It obviously helps a lot to get a lot of the
guys in. I was concerned about depth at a few areas but I was pleased
after tonight’s effort.”
On facing off against DII St. Vincent tomorrow
evening: “I told the guys tomorrow night is going to be a whole
other story. They are a solid varsity team and that will mean they are
well-coached and well disciplined. The Poole brothers will be their
catalysts on offense and it will be a good chance to see if our “D” can
really step up.”
Contact: Joe Hennessy (734) 276-8493,
jjhennes@umich.edu
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