May 3, 2008

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Catalino's Big Day Leads No. 8 Terps To 16-10 Win Over Yale

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - It was "Senior Day" for the eighth-ranked University of Maryland men's lacrosse team, but it was freshman Grant Catalino that stole the show in the Terps' 16-10 win over the Yale Bulldogs Saturday afternoon at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pound attackman from Webster, N.Y., led all scorers with a career-high seven points on four goals and a career-best three assists. Catalino's seven points are the most by a Terp since March 20, 2007 when Michael Phipps had seven in a win over Mount St. Mary's.

Maryland (9-5) never trailed in the game and showed a good inside-outside scoring balance. That was evident with the Terps' first two goals, both of which featured Catalino. The Webster, N.Y., native showed off his feeding ability with a great look inside to a cutting Scott Tompkins, who was making his first career start. Tompkins smoothly caught the ball and ripped a shot into the Bulldog goal for a 1-0 lead. Catalino's shooting prowess was on display less than two minutes later when he picked up a groundball in the left alley and ripped a quick low-to-high shot past Eli goalie George Carafides.

Yale scored two of the game's next three goals to pull to within one at 3-2, but senior midfielder Drew Evans' goal off an assist from junior All-American Dan Groot at the 6:18 mark kicked off a seven-goal Maryland scoring run that put the game out of reach. Groot fed Evans with a quick look inside the crease for the easy score. The play began back in the Eli zone with a turnover caused by sophomore long pole Dan Halayko.