For those of you who watched the game tonight please tell me how Rambo was left out of the 1st All Big 10 Team
Kyle Bernlohr as usual was stellar in the cage for Maryland
Brian Cole nailed 2 Goals and 2 assists
3 Straight wins at Homewood for Maryland
FROM UM TERPS.COM
The Maryland men’s lacrosse team defeated Rutgers, 14-8, to claim the Big Ten Conference Tournament title Saturday night at Homewood Field. The championship marked Maryland’s fifth conference tournament title in history, and third regular season and conference tournament sweep.
With the win, Maryland (14-2) earned the Big Ten Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the Terps’ NCAA-best 14th straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Junior Matt Rambo, who finished with 11 points (6G, 5A) in the tournament, was named Big Ten Tournament MVP. Joining Rambo on the Big Ten All-Tournament team were seniors Kyle Bernlohr and Bryan Cole and sophomore Connor Kelly. The victory marked Maryland’s 13th consecutive win, setting a program record for consecutive wins in a single-season.
Rambo matched his career-high with six points (3G, 3A) in the victory, while Kelly added four goals for the second straight game. Dylan Maltz had a hat trick and Cole posted two goals and two assists. Bernlohr made 12 saves in net, holding the Scarlet Knights nearly five goals below their season average
Maryland opened its first big lead of the game when Kelly scored an extra-man goal and Rambo added a pair of his own to give the Terps a 5-2 advantage. Rambo’s first tally was his 100th career goal, becoming the 13th Maryland player in history to reach the milestone. Rambo’s second tally was one for the books, as he scooped a loose ground ball and beat the Rutgers goaltender from seemingly no angle as time expired in the first quarter. A Pat Young goal was sandwiched between a pair of Rutgers strikes at the start of the second, before Maryland closed the half by scoring four of the next five goals. Maltz had two of the goals in the stretch, while Cole and Kelly also found paydirt.
The third quarter was much of the same for the Terps, who outscored Rutgers, 4-2, in the frame to extend their lead to 13-7. Kelly scored his third and fourth of the game in the quarter, while Maltz and Rambo each added goals
The Terps will learn their seed Sunday night during the NCAA Selection Show on ESPNU beginning at 9:00 p.m.
Todd
Rambo was great in both B1GT games and I’m not saying he shouldn’t have been first team all conference. But the All-B1G Team is a season long evaluation and if Rambo goes on, one of these players has to come off:
Scott Beida
Jules Heningburg
Nick Aponte
Ryan Brown
Shack Stanwick
I’m sure you can make an argument to replace one of those players with Rambo but if you do then the supporters of the player Rambo replaces could also flip the argument e.g. “Tell how you could leave off Nick Aponte.”
I’ll guess that Rambo is happier with the two trophies the Terps have as a team than with the individual honor.
· 11/12/2019