Top-Seeded Michigan Cruises by Lindenwood
Denver, CO – Top-seeded Michigan advanced to the Quarter-Finals of the MCLA tournament on Tuesday afternoon (May 17), defeating #16 seed Lindenwood by a score of 16-8. Following a slow start that saw Michigan take a 6-4 lead into half-time, the Wolverines came out strong in the third, out-scoring the Lions 4-0 in the period. U-M held on down the stretch en-route to the win. The Maize and Blue will take on #8 Oregon on Wednesday, May 18 at 4:00 pm MST in quarterfinal action.
Michigan registered the first tally of the game as senior attackman Chad Carroll (Cincinnati, OH – St. Xavier High) scooped up a loose ball on a failed LU clear, dodged on the crease and shot over the goaltender just over a minute into the game. The Lions scored at 11:36, but the Wolverines quickly answered just over a minute later when junior midfielder Alex Vasileff (Birmingham, MI – Seaholm) set up on the high right wing and finished on a high blast for a 2-1 lead.
Each team battled over the next few minutes before the Lions took the lead scoring back-to-back goals under a minute and a half starting at 4:28 on a man-up opportunity. With just over a minute left in the first quarter, senior captain and attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh, PA – Upper St. Clair) assisted freshman midfielder Andrew Hayden (Carlsbad, CA – La Costa Canyon) just out front making it a 3-3 tie at the end of the first quarter.
Lindenwood scored first in the second at 11:20 to take the lead for a majority of the quarter. At 2:14, junior midfielder Brent Kirshner (Ann Arbor, MI – Huron) drove to the net and scored on a high blast on an assist from transfer sophomore Ryan Dutton-O'Hara (Mount Airy, MD – Urbana – St. John's) at X. Exactly one minute later, Yealy scored from the mid wing on an assist from sophomore attackmanThomas Paras (Lakewood, OH – St. Ignatius) from behind the net. On a similar play, Paras fed Dutton-O'Hara for a crease dodge shooting over the goalie with just eight seconds left in the half for a 6-4 Wolverine lead after 30 minutes.
To start the second half, and as they have all season, U-M replaced senior goaltender Mark Stone(Greenwood Village, CO – Cherry Creek) with senior goaltender Andrew Fowler (Grosse Pointe, MI – Hotchkiss, CT) on a planned goalie change. U-M came out firing in the third as Yealy added to his production with back-to-back goals highlighted by his second as he faked out the goalie on the crease on an assist from senior captain and defender Harry Freid (Needham, MA – Needham) coming at 10:03.
After six minutes of play elapsed, freshman midfielder Doug Bryant (Princeton, NJ – Princeton) beat the LU goaltender on an unassisted, high blast from the wing. With 2:35 left in the quarter, senior midfielder Stephen Levitt (Alpine, NJ – Dwight-Englewood) weaved through defenders from the low wing and beat the goalie low, lifting the Wolverines to a 10-4 lead with only one quarter left to play.
After being held off the score sheet for an entire quarter, the Lions scored three unanswered goals in under two and a half minutes to start the fourth. Thirty seconds later sophomore midfielder Joe Hrusovsky (Lake Forest, IL – Lake Forest) drove from the top of the box to the left wing and beat the goaltender by shooting through his legs to slow the LU momentum. After U-M won the following faceoff, Vasileff scored from the low right wing on a far side blast to make it 12-7 just over three minutes into the quarter.
Over the next three minutes Yealy tallied three more goals to increase the Wolverine lead to 15-7, putting the game out of reach for all intents and purposes and giving the senior captain five goals on the afternoon. Under two minutes later, Hrusovsky scored on another left-wing dodge to wrap up Michigan's scoring run. Lindenwood scored on a last-second shot with only 0:01 left on the clock making it a 16-8 victory in favor of the Wolverines.
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Michigan registered the first tally of the game as senior attackman Chad Carroll (Cincinnati, OH – St. Xavier High) scooped up a loose ball on a failed LU clear, dodged on the crease and shot over the goaltender just over a minute into the game. The Lions scored at 11:36, but the Wolverines quickly answered just over a minute later when junior midfielder Alex Vasileff (Birmingham, MI – Seaholm) set up on the high right wing and finished on a high blast for a 2-1 lead.
Each team battled over the next few minutes before the Lions took the lead scoring back-to-back goals under a minute and a half starting at 4:28 on a man-up opportunity. With just over a minute left in the first quarter, senior captain and attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh, PA – Upper St. Clair) assisted freshman midfielder Andrew Hayden (Carlsbad, CA – La Costa Canyon) just out front making it a 3-3 tie at the end of the first quarter.
Lindenwood scored first in the second at 11:20 to take the lead for a majority of the quarter. At 2:14, junior midfielder Brent Kirshner (Ann Arbor, MI – Huron) drove to the net and scored on a high blast on an assist from transfer sophomore Ryan Dutton-O'Hara (Mount Airy, MD – Urbana – St. John's) at X. Exactly one minute later, Yealy scored from the mid wing on an assist from sophomore attackmanThomas Paras (Lakewood, OH – St. Ignatius) from behind the net. On a similar play, Paras fed Dutton-O'Hara for a crease dodge shooting over the goalie with just eight seconds left in the half for a 6-4 Wolverine lead after 30 minutes.
To start the second half, and as they have all season, U-M replaced senior goaltender Mark Stone(Greenwood Village, CO – Cherry Creek) with senior goaltender Andrew Fowler (Grosse Pointe, MI – Hotchkiss, CT) on a planned goalie change. U-M came out firing in the third as Yealy added to his production with back-to-back goals highlighted by his second as he faked out the goalie on the crease on an assist from senior captain and defender Harry Freid (Needham, MA – Needham) coming at 10:03.
After six minutes of play elapsed, freshman midfielder Doug Bryant (Princeton, NJ – Princeton) beat the LU goaltender on an unassisted, high blast from the wing. With 2:35 left in the quarter, senior midfielder Stephen Levitt (Alpine, NJ – Dwight-Englewood) weaved through defenders from the low wing and beat the goalie low, lifting the Wolverines to a 10-4 lead with only one quarter left to play.
After being held off the score sheet for an entire quarter, the Lions scored three unanswered goals in under two and a half minutes to start the fourth. Thirty seconds later sophomore midfielder Joe Hrusovsky (Lake Forest, IL – Lake Forest) drove from the top of the box to the left wing and beat the goaltender by shooting through his legs to slow the LU momentum. After U-M won the following faceoff, Vasileff scored from the low right wing on a far side blast to make it 12-7 just over three minutes into the quarter.
Over the next three minutes Yealy tallied three more goals to increase the Wolverine lead to 15-7, putting the game out of reach for all intents and purposes and giving the senior captain five goals on the afternoon. Under two minutes later, Hrusovsky scored on another left-wing dodge to wrap up Michigan's scoring run. Lindenwood scored on a last-second shot with only 0:01 left on the clock making it a 16-8 victory in favor of the Wolverines.
2011-05-18
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