Emmitsburg, Md. (February 26, 2008) -- Mount St. Mary's fell to No. 4 Maryland, 17-7, in the men's lacrosse season opener at Waldron Family Stadium on campus on Tuesday afternoon. Freshman Dan Mohr (Lederach, Pa./Souderton Area) had two goals and two assists in his first collegiate game while senior Joe Derwent (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) posted a career high four points (1g, 3a) for the Mount.

Maryland wasted little time taking control of the game, posting four goals in the opening 2:35 of the game. Grant Catalino opened the scoring with an extra-man goal 1:36 into the contests. Will Dalton followed with a goal just eight seconds later to make the score 2-0. Ryan Young and Catalino added goals 24 seconds apart to give the Terrapins (2-0) a 4-0 advantage.

Maryland stretched the lead to six on a pair of Travis Reed goals before the Mount got on the scoreboard. Junior Geery Grant (Blue Point, N.Y./Chaminade) scored the first of his two goals of the day to put the Mount on the scoreboard. Freshman Brendan Harriston (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) converted a Derwent feed with 1:32 left in the opening quarter for his first collegiate goal to cut the deficit to 6-2 after one quarter.

Reed opened the second quarter with a pair of man-up goals in the opening 39 seconds to give the Terrapins an 8-2 lead. Adam Sear and Dan Groot made the score 10-2 before Jim O'Shea beat Maryland goalkeeper Brian Phipps with 2:39 left in the opening half to cut the margin to 10-3.

The Terrapins outscored the Mount 5-1 in the third quarter to grab a 15-4 advantage. Sear, Jeff Reynolds, Young, Catalino and Groot all scored for Maryland in the third. Mohr tallied his first collegiate goal at the 7:50 mark of the third quarter for the Mount.

The Mount converted an extra-man opportunity 2:38 into the final quarter when Derwent buried a shot on a pass from Mohr. Maryland's Brett Weiss countered with his first goal of the game, but Mohr's second tally of the game made the score 16-6 with 2:31 left. Scott Tompkins scored for Maryland with 1:56 left in the game, and Grant converted a Mohr feed just before the final buzzer to round out the scoring.

Freshman goalkeeper T.C. DiBartolo (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) made 18 saves in his first collegiate game for the Mount. Phipps played the first half for Maryland, making one save to earn the victory.

The Terrapins held a 46-18 advantage in shots and held a 36-18 edge in ground balls in the contest. Freshman Ben Trapp (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) was 5-for-8 on face-offs while picking up a team-high four ground balls for the Mount.

The Mount returns to action on Friday, Feb. 29, with a 7:00 p.m. game at No. 11 Navy.

Game Notes ... 16 of the Mount's 32 players on the roster this season are freshmen ... The Mount started four freshman in the game ... Maryland was 4-for-5 with the extra man in the game while the Mount was 1-for-3 ... The Terrapins now hold an 8-0 advantage in the all-time series.

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EMMITSBURG, Md. - Freshman Travis Reed totaled five points to lead the No. 4 University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 17-7 win over Mount St. Mary's at a rain-soaked Waldron Family Stadium Tuesday afternoon.

The Terps opened the game with a four-goal blitz in the opening three minutes. Freshman Grant Catalino continued where he left off from the Georgetown game with two goals in the opening salvo. Senior Will Dalton and freshman Ryan Young had the other two tallies for the Terrapins.

Reed continued the onslaught, building the lead to 6-0 for Maryland with the next two Terrapin goals. The Mount cut the lead to 6-2 at the end of the first quarter on goals by Geery Grant and Brendan Harrison.

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