Ann Arbor, Mich. – The #1 ranked University of Michigan Men's Lacrosse team kept up their winning ways on Friday night (April 3) in Ann Arbor, defeating #7 Minnesota Duluth 18-10 in front of 325 fans in Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. Sophomore attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh, Penn./Upper St. Claire) stole the show, notching 11 goals in the contest as the Maize and Blue remained perfect on the season at 10-0.

UMD opened the scoring at the 11:56 mark of the first quarter, but the Wolverines answered immediately, as junior faceoff specialist David Reinhard (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) won the ensuing faceoff and fed junior attackman Josh Ein (Rockville, Md./Bullis) for the evening score. Yealy got the Wolverines their first lead scoring on the next possession on a feed from senior Peter Vasher (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer).

After a lengthy Wolverine possession, the ride produced Michigan's next chance as sophomore Matt Asperheim (Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) picked off a pass at midfield and fed a wide open Yealy in front for the 3-1 lead. Michigan rattled off three more unanswered goals before the end of the quarter, with Yealy notching two more and a goal from junior Clark McIntyre (Little Silver, N.J./Rumson – Fair Haven) sandwiched between as U-M lead 6-1 after one.

After UMD got on the board first in the second, junior midfielder Svet Tintchev (Rockville, MD./Bullis) fired a blast from the far right wing to regain the five-goal Wolverine lead. UMD answered five minutes later on a man-up tally from just above the right GLE, before drawing within three after a lengthy possession in Michigan zone.

Michigan responded with back-to-back goals from senior midfielder Aaron Hodari (Bloomfield, Mich./Detroit Country Day) and Trevor Yealy, before UMD answered right before the half as Michigan led 9-5 after the first 30 minutes.

Yealy kept up his scorching play coming out of the locker-room, notching two goals in the opening minutes of the third quarter, separated by a lone UMD tally as Michigan led 11-6 mid-way through the third quarter.

UMD continued to hang in, responding at 6:07 to cut the lead to 11-7, but Yealy and the Wolverines quickly shut down any momentum, as the sophomore attackman notched back-to-back goals, followed by a transition tally from senior captain Riley Kearns (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) as Michigan led 14-7 after three quarters.

Yealy finished his masterful performance with two goals in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter to give Michigan their largest lead of the game at 16-7. Senior attackman Wes McGowan (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) added two of his own in the fourth to close out the scoring for Michigan.

Statistically, Michigan won every major category. U-M out-shot their opponent 60 to 38, and won the groundball battle, 63 to 40. The Wolverines were 21 of 30 on faceoffs, and finished 21 of 28 on clears, while riding UMD to 16-24 totals. The Maize and Blue finished 1-7 on the man-up, while the Bulldogs scored twice in five opportunities.

The Wolverines will be back in action tomorrow night when they host #8 Colorado State on Saturday night (April 4) at 7:00pm at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse in Ann Arbor.

2009-04-04