COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The No. 2 Maryland men’s lacrosse team (6-1, 1-1 ACC) wraps up its conference slate when it plays at No. 15 Virginia (5-4, 0-0 ACC) on Saturday, March 30 at 2 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU with Eamon McAnaney handling the play-by-play duties, while Quint Kessenich and Paul Carcaterra will provide the analysis.
• Maryland is coming off its first loss of the season, a 10-8 defeat to No. 7 North Carolina last Saturday in College Park. Senior attackmen Kevin Cooper and Owen Blye led the Terps with three points on two goals and an assist apiece. Senior midfielder Jake Bernhardt also chipped in two goals. Junior goalie Niko Amato made 11 saves in defeat with junior defender Michael Ehrhardt leading the defense with six groundballs and three caused turnovers.
• For the season, Cooper leads the Terps in points, goals and assists with 26, 14 and 12, respectively. Five other Terps have scored double-digit goals. Blye, Bernhardt and sophomore Jay Carlson each have 12, while senior John Haus and junior Mike Chanenchuk have 10 each. Defensively, Amato has stopped 58.7 percent of the shots put on goal by opponents and has a 7.10 goals-against average, both of which leads the ACC. Sophomore faceoff man Charlie Raffa leads the team with 47 groundballs, while senior long pole Jesse Bernhardt leads the team with 12 caused turnovers.
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