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Mullen Scores Seven

Maryland's Terps Demolish Cavaliers

By BILL BERNO

CD/Dan Grogan

Goalie Bob O'Donnell Welcomes Shot From Tom Duquette

For a while Saturday
afternoon, it looked like the
Maryland and Virginia lacrosse
teams would stage a classic
battle in Scott Stadium.

A see-saw contest during
the first quarter, when the Cavs
briefly led, 3-2, the game
degenerated into a Terp
mutilation of the Cavalier ACC
title hopes. The main cause of
the disaster was a stretch of 23
minutes when Maryland
outscored the Cavs 14-1
en route to a 17-7 victory.

Actually, the game was lost
by the Cavs in the second
quarter, when they could
manage only one goal and fell
behind, 8-4. This four-goal
disadvantage was made totally
insurmountable by a Maryland
third-quarter surge, resulting in
a 14-4 lead after three stanzas.
At that point, the only
question was how great the
Terp winning margin would be.

Rick Bergland, the most
productive of the Cavaliers with
three goals and an assist,
summed it up when he said,
"Once they got going, we
couldn't stop them."

Mostly responsible for the
14-1 span that clinched the
victory for Maryland was
sophomore attackman Ed
Mullen, an assist specialist
who surprised everyone by
scoring seven goals in three
quarters. Mullen had only
scored ten goals all season prior
to the Saturday afternoon
game.

Terp midfielders
contributed seven goals to the
effort, with flashy Frank Urso
getting three and All-American
Doug Schrelber adding two to
go along with his four assists.
Pat O'Meally scored two goals
and had an assist. Tom
Duquette had two goals and
two assists for the Cavaliers.

Cav Coach Glenn Thiel
feared the speed of the Terp
middies, and had hoped to cut
off Maryland fast breaks.
However, the visitors
dominated the faceoffs, with a
19-9 advantage, and their
faceoff men hustled downfield
to pass off to open men
repeatedly. After the Cavs
adjusted to this strategy, the
Terps slowed things down a bit
but still scored regularly.

Maryland held the edge in
shots taken, 51-40, and picked
up 65 groundballs, as
compared to 54 for the Cavs.

The game didn't lack hitting, as
both teams got in their share of
licks, and two Terps were
shaken up after high-speed
collisions. Greg Montgomery
and Ted Coburn brought a roar
from the crowd with punishing
hits.

Maryland, even though it is
a great team, had to put
together a nearly flawless game
to beat the Cavs by ten goals.
If the Terps can play as well
Saturday when they taken on
Johns Hopkins, they should be
able to top the Blue Jays with
ease.

This Sunday, the Cavaliers
will be up against an aroused
Washington & Lee team.