May 10, 2009

Cavaliers Rout Villanova 16-8 in NCAA First Round
Brian Carroll scored a career-high five goals and Danny Glading added four to power Virginia past Villanova 18-6 in the first round of the NCAA Championship this afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.

With the win, the Cavaliers improve to 14-2 overall this season and will meet Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals next Sunday (May 17) in Annapolis, Md.

Villanova, the Colonial Athletic Association champions, was making its first NCAA Championships appearance. The Wildcats end their season with an 11-6 overall record. 

Defense Dominates Irish as Terps' Men's Lacrosse Advances With 7-3 Win
A dominating defensive performance, including nine saves by junior goalie Brian Phipps, led the University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 7-3 victory over previously unbeaten Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse tournament at Alumni Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Terps (10-6) got some good luck early as they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Senior Jeremy Sieverts tallied the first goal of the day, burying a bouncer from eight yards out from the center of the goal. The luck really kicked in on the second goal as junior Will Yeatman found a cutting Joe Cummings on the right side of the crease. The freshman got off a good shot that bounced off the body of Irish goalie Scott Rodgers and trickled into the Notre Dame goal.

The Irish cut the lead down with their first goal at the 10:22 mark as Zach Brenneman scored on a runner from the left side.