Men's Lacrosse NCAA Quarterfinal ACCtion: Weekend of May 17-18

May 17, 2008

Saturday, May 17

UVa Downs Maryland 8-7 in OT to Advance to Final Four

ANNAPOLIS, MD-Ben Rubeor scored the game winner with 31 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Virginia to an 8-7 win over Maryland in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament this afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md.

The win is Virginia's fourth overtime win of the season and its eighth win by one or two goals.

Rubeor scored Virginia's last two goals of the game as the Cavaliers rallied from a three-goal deficit early in the second half to advance to the national semifinals for the third time in the last four seasons. The Cavaliers, 14-3 overall this season, face the winner of tomorrow's Syracuse/Notre Dame quarterfinal match-up in the semifinals next Saturday (May 24) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Maryland scored the game's first three goals and controlled play throughout much of the first half with big advantages in ground balls (19-2) and shots (26-11).

Sunday, May 18

Duke Advances To National Semifinals With 21-10 Win Over Ohio State

ITHACA, N.Y. - Senior attackman Zack Greer registered a career-high 11 points on six goals and five assists to lead top-ranked and top-seeded Duke to a 21-10 victory over 12th-ranked Ohio State in NCAA Quarterfinal action on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y.

While winning their 10th consecutive game, the Blue Devils establish a new NCAA single-season record with 18 victories against just one defeat. The previous standard of 17 wins was held by Duke (2005 & 2007), Hofstra (2006) and Virginia (2006). Duke will make its fourth overall and third trip in the last four seasons to the national semifinals and will meet Johns Hopkins on Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Duke's 21 goals rank as the fourth-highest total in NCAA Quarterfinal play and stand as the third-best total in playoff action for the Blue Devils. In addition, Duke pushed its team season totals to 295 goals, 172 assists and 467 points. The point total ranks second on the NCAA single-season list, nine behind the record of 476 set by Cornell in 1976 while the goal total also is second on the NCAA chart, five back of the record of 300 established by Yale in 1990.

Ohio State's Mario Ventiquattro scored the first goal of the game on an extra-man opportunity 30 seconds into the contest to take a 1-0 advantage, but Duke responded with nine straight goals to make the score 9-1 after one period of action.

To begin the Blue Devil rally, Greer scored on a pass from Michael Young at 12:47 for his 200th career tally. Brad Ross netted an unassisted goal at 10:39 before Matt Danowski scored on a Sam Solie feed 16 seconds later and Ross struck again for a man-up goal at 8:22 on an assist from Ned Crotty. Steve Schoeffel and Max Quinzani each scored twice in the spurt, while Greer added a second tally. Crotty dished out two more assists, while Greer also recorded two helpers.