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March 31, 2001
Charlottesville, Va. –
First-year goaltender Tillman Johnson (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary’s) saved 16 shots, including several at point-blank range, to help #7 Virginia defeat #1 Maryland 7-2 before 2,580 fans at Kl?ckner Stadium this afternoon. The goal total was the lowest for a Maryland team since the Terrapins fell to Army 10-1 in 1948.
Fourth-year midfielder Hanley Holcomb (Ridgewood, N.J./Salisbury) and first-year attackman Justin Mullen provided the offense for Virginia (4-3 overall/1-0 ACC), netting two goals apiece. Two of attackman Conor Gill’s (Lutherville, Md./St. Paul’s) four assists came on goals scored by Mullen, including the first goal of the game, which came with 10:00 remaining in the first quarter. Holcomb tallied his first goal minutes later on an unassisted, left-hand crank with 5:08 to play in the first.
Johnson held Maryland (7-1 overall/2-1 ACC) scoreless for the first 35:51 of the game, one week after he shut out Johns Hopkins during the last 33:35 of a four-overtime victory.
Maryland finally beat the Cavalier netminder on a goal by attackman Dan LaMonica with 9:09 remaining in the third period to make the score 5-1. The Cavaliers answered seven seconds, however, as midfielder David Jenkins (Dedham, Mass./Taft) took the faceoff, scooped up a ground ball and fed Ian Shure (Lutherville, Md./Boys’ Latin) to wrest momentum away from the Terrapins and give the Cavaliers a 6-1 lead.
The Virginia defense kept Maryland attackman Andrew Combs in check, holding the nation’s leading scorer without a point until he scored with 26 seconds remaining on a deflected shot. Combs, who has netted 31 goals on the season, had scored at least three times in each of Maryland’s seven prior games.
Virginia returns to action April 3 with a game at Radford.
Score by quarter:
UMd 0-0-1-1=2UVa 4-2-0-1-7att--2,580
Shots: Md-28, Va-35
Saves: Md-13(McGinnis-13), Va-16 (Till Johnson-16)
Clearing: Md-20/24, Va-21/30
Faceoffs: Md-6, Va-7
Ground Balls: Md-41, Va-55
Penalties: Md-4/3:30, Va-2/1:00
EMO: Md-0/2, Va-1/4
UMd Scoring:
Goals- D. LaMonica, Combs
UVa Scoring:
Goals- Hanley Holcomb 2, Justin Mullen 2. Chris Rotelli, A.J. Shannon, Ian Shure.
Assists- Conor Gill 4, David Jenkins.