Chris Bocklet and Steele Stanwick lead the way for UVa with four goals each
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Sophomores Chris Bocklet and Steele Stanwick each matched career highs with four goals to lead the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (10-0, 1-0 ACC) over the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins (6-2, 1-2) on Saturday night, 11-10, in front of 7,639 fans at Byrd Stadium. The Cavaliers opened up Atlantic Coast Conference action for the second year in a row with a triumph over Maryland.
“I am not sure who the good guy or the bad guy is in this game,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. “We go ahead, they come back. We make a play at the end and win the game. It is quite remarkable, but this is how these conference games are like. Every game in the ACC is like this – we are in the murderer’s row part of the schedule with Maryland today and now North Carolina and Duke up before the ACC Tournament.”
Virginia shot out of the gate on the shoulders of Chris Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.) who scored three straight goals, spearheading a 6-0 Cavalier run to start the game. Bocklet scored unassisted at 13:53 after running from the X position and depositing the ball in the upper corner of the goal. He scored again on John Haldy’s (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) pass at 12:05 and capped his run at 9:12 with a score via a Brian Carroll (Towson, Md.) helper.
Carroll scored his first goal of the game 15-yards out on a Matt White (Ridgefield, Conn.) assist with 5:11 left in the first quarter. White then assisted Steele Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) at 2:44 and Haldy’s unassisted left-handed goal with 2:10 left in the first quarter capped the 6-0 Virginia run.
Maryland was able to dent the scoreboard with six seconds left in the opening period when Will Yeatman scored on a pass from Ryan Young, cutting the Terrapins deficit to five goals, 6-1.
Neither team was able to get much going in the second quarter until Stanwick scored on another White helper with 3:38 left before the intermission, pushing the UVa lead to 7-1.
Less than a minute later Yeatman scored his second goal of the game with 2:52 left in the first half, cutting its deficit back to five goals, 7-2, going into the intermission.
Bocklet scored his fourth goal of the game 1:28 into the third quarter on a Stanwick pass, giving UVa the 8-2 advantage.
Maryland then cut its deficit to three goals, 8-5, scoring the final three goals of the third quarter. Yeatman secured the hat trick with an unassisted score with 12:26 left in the period, quickly followed by a goal by John Haus, assisted by Young with 10:44 left in the quarter.
Maryland then scored again with five seconds left in the third quarter in transition after a missed shot by Rhamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.). Dean Hart grabbed a pass from Brian Farrell and deposited it for the score, cutting the UVa advantage to 8-5.
Stanwick then scored two quick unassisted goals to open the fourth quarter on identical plays. At 13:43 and 12:49 he rolled off the X position and shot left-handed into the net, giving UVa the 10-5 lead. Stanwick’s goal at 12:49 was on man-up after Max Schmidt was tagged for unnecessary roughness at 13:31.
Adam Sear started a 4-0 run for Maryland with a man-up goal via a Travis Reed feed at 12:01. The Terrapins were in the extra-man situation after Bray Malphrus was charged with holding at 12:31.
Joe Cummings scored on a Young assist at 7:41. Then Young scored unassisted on the ensuing faceoff at 7:17. Cummings took a feed from Yeatman at 3:36 to cut the UVa lead to one goal, 10-9.
Young almost evened the scored, 10-10, but stepped in the crease negating the score at 2:10. Shamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) then beat his defender and fired a rocket into the net unassisted at 1:51 to push UVa’s lead back to two goals, 11-9.
Yeatman in transition squeezed his fourth goal of the game with 57 seconds left to bring the Terrapins’ deficit down to one goal, 11-10.
Virginia won the ensuing faceoff and was able to run out the clock to secure the one goal victory.
Virginia won the shots (37-33), ground balls (34-30) and faceoffs (15-9) battles, while turning over the ball (21-18) more than the Terrapins.
Adam Ghitelman saved four shots in between the pipes for UVa, while Brian McDermott won 13-of-20 faceoffs.
Virginia continues ACC play on Saturday, April 10, when the Cavaliers open up the New Meadowlands in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic against No. 2/3 North Carolina. Game time is 4 p.m. and it will be broadcast in the Charlottesville area on WINA AM 1070 with John Freeman calling the action. The contest will be televised live on ESPNU.
UVa racks up 15 hits in win
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team racked up 15 hits in an 8-4 victory over NC State Saturday night at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. The series is now tied at one apiece, with the rubber game set for 1 p.m. Sunday.
The top four in the Cavaliers’ batting order combined for 10 hits Saturday, with Dan Grovatt (Jr., Tabernacle, N.J.) and Steven Proscia (So., Suffern, N.Y.) each notching three hits. Proscia went 3-for-3 and reached base in all five of his plate appearances. Phil Gosselin (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) and Keith Werman (So., Vienna, Va.) each had two hits, and Gosselin scored three times out of the leadoff spot. Stephen Bruno (Fr., Audubon, N.J.) added a pair of hits out of the nine-hole for UVa.
Robert Morey (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.) started for Virginia and worked 6.2 innings, allowing four earned runs, eight hits and three walks while striking out five. He earned the win to improve to 4-1 this season. Branden Kline (Fr., Frederick, Md.) worked out of a seventh-inning jam and then pitched the final two innings to record his second save.
NC State starting pitcher Cory Mazzoni (3-2) worked six innings and gave up six runs (five earned), 12 hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in taking the defeat.
Virginia (23-5, 8-3 ACC) scored a run in each of the first three innings, while NC State (17-10, 4-7) tallied a run in the first inning and two in the second, and the teams remained tied until the sixth inning, when Virginia scored three times to break the deadlock.
In the first, UVa scored as Gosselin led off with a single and one out later, Grovatt and Proscia hit back-to-back singles to score the run. NC State countered with a run in its half of the first, as Kyle Wilson led off with a walk and scored with two out on a Danny Canela single.
Virginia scored a run in the second, as John Hicks (So., Sandy Hook, Va.) and Bruno hit back-to-back doubles to start the inning. NC State answered with a pair of runs in the second on a two-out, two-run double by Wilson.
Virginia then knotted the score in the next inning. Proscia led off with a double and moved to third on a Jarrett Parker (Jr., Stafford, Va.) groundout. Tyler Cannon (Sr., Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) then grounded to first, and Proscia, with a slide around catcher Pratt Maynard, touched the plate just before the tag to score the run.
NC State had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the fifth, putting runners at first and third with one out, but Canela grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to squelch the threat.
The Cavaliers broke the tie in the sixth inning, scoring three times after two were out. Gosselin started the rally with a single and moved to third on a Werman single. Grovatt then ripped a single up the middle to plate Gosselin and move Werman to second. Proscia walked to load the bases, and Parker was hit by a pitch to force in Werman. Cannon then grounded to shortstop Matt Bergquist, who bobbled the ball for an error to allow Grovatt to score UVa’s sixth run.
UVa added a pair of runs in the seventh. With one out, Bruno singled and moved to second when Gosselin was hit by a pitch. One out later, Grovatt singled to score Bruno and move Gosselin to third. Gosselin then scored on a Felix Roque wild pitch to give UVa an 8-3 lead.
NC State struck back with a two-out RBI double from Dallas Poulk in the bottom of the seventh. The Wolfpack then loaded the bases before Kline struck out Andrew Ciencin on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning.
-UVA Sports Release
