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April 23, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – No. 1 seed Virginia topped No. 3 seed Maryland, 11-7, to claim itssecond straight ACC Tournament Championship at Byrd Stadium on a cloudyafternoon. The title was Virginia’s 14th overall and third since theconference moved to a tournament championship format in 1989. Virginia’sConor Gill was named the tournament MVP as he scored one goal,Virginia’s eighth — the eventual game-winner — and assisted on fourgoals for a game-high five points.
Virginia held off a furious Maryland comeback in the second half as theTerps rallied from an 8-2 deficit early in the second half to cut thescore to 8-7, 55 seconds into the fourth quarter on Matt Urlock’s(Lutherville, Md.) second goal of the game. Virginia scored the game’sfinal three goals from A.J. Shannon, Jay Jalbert, and Peter Ragosa tocome away with the championship, 11-7.
Virginia jumped out to a 4-2 first-quarter lead. The Cavaliers openedthe scoring as Jay Jalbert scored an extra-man goal 2:12 into the game.Maryland’s Nate Watkins (Horseheads, N.Y.) tied the game at 1-1 on hisfirst goal of the season with 11:53 left in the first. Virginia scoredthe next two goals as Drew McKnight and David Bruce scored 36 secondsapart to take a 3-1 lead.
The Terps cut the lead to one as Andrew ?Buggs? Combs (Baltimore, Md.)notched his 12th goal of the season from an Alex Poole (Hunt Valley,Md.) pass. The Cavaliers went on to score the last four goals of thehalf including two from Shure. Virginia led 7-2 at the intermission, thesame score Virginia led the Terps by in the regular-season meeting onMarch 31, 2000.
ACC All Tournament Team: Virginia-Ian Shure, Conor Gill, Jay Jalbert,Mark Koontz, Maryland- Andrew “Buggs” Combs, Pat McGinnis, Matt Urlock,Brian Zeller, Duke- Stephen Card, Nick Hartofolis, North Carolina-Austin Garrison.
Maryland is back in action on Friday night, April 28 as they host Yaleat 7 p.m. at Byrd Stadium. Virginia travels to Ohio State for a game onApril 29 at 1 p.m.
GAME SCORING#9 MARYLAND (8-4) 2 0 4 1 -- 7#1 VIRGINIA (10-1) 4 3 1 3 -- 11
Qtr.-Time Team, Goal (Assist) UM-VA1-12:48 Virginia, Jay Jalbert (A.J. Shannon) EMO 0-11-11:53 Maryland, Nate Watkins (un) 1-11-9:25 Virginia, Drew McKnight (un) 1-21-8:49 Virginia, David Bruce (Ian Shure) 1-31-6:09 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Alex Poole) 2-31-4:19 Virginia, Jason Hard (Conor Gill) 2-42-10:30 Virginia, Ian Shure (Conor Gill) 2-52-7:07 Virginia, Ian Shure (Jay Jalbert) 2-62-0:21 Virginia, A.J. Shannon (Conor Gill) 2-73-12:17 Virginia, Conor Gill (Jay Jalbert) 2-83-10:36 Maryland, Mike LaMonica (un) 3-83-3:43 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Mike Mollot) 4-83-1:55 Maryland, Mike Mollot (un) 5-83-0:41 Maryland, Matt Urlock (Brian Zeller) EMO 6-84-14:05 Maryland, Matt Urlock (Chris Malone) 7-84-5:19 Virginia, A.J. Shannon (Conor Gill) 7-94-2:59 Virginia, Jay Jalbert (un) 7-104-1:23 Virginia, Peter Ragosa (Doug Worthen) 7-11
TEAM STATSCategory Maryland VirginiaShots 6-7-10-3=26 12-8-10-12=42Saves 5-3-5-5=18 2-3-3-1=9Face-Offs 5/22 17/22Groundballs 15-17-10-7=49 17-14-18-11=60Clears 24/29 18/22Extra-Man Opp. 1/3 1/4Penalties 4/2:30 3/2:30
INDIVIDUAL SCORINGMaryland Goals-Asst.-Pts.Andrew Combs 2-0-2Matt Urlock 2-0-2Mike Mollot 1-1-2Mike LaMonica 1-0-1Nate Watkins 1-0-1Chris Malone 0-1-1Alex Poole 0-1-1Brian Zeller 0-1-1
Virginia Goals-Asst.-Pts.Conor Gill 1-4-5Jay Jalbert 2-2-4Ian Shure 2-1-3A.J. Shannan 2-1-3David Bruce 1-0-1Jason Hard 1-0-1Drew McKnight 1-0-1Peter Ragosa 1-0-1Doug Worthen 0-1-1
GOALIESMaryland Saves GA Min.Pat McGinnis 18 11 60
Virginia Saves GA Min.Derek Kenney 9 7 60
ATTENDANCE: 2,055