{"id":31812,"date":"2022-06-01T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/focused-all-year-long-maryland-terrapins-finish-18-0-top-cornell-to-win-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-title\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:17:12","slug":"focused-all-year-long-maryland-terrapins-finish-18-0-top-cornell-to-win-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/focused-all-year-long-maryland-terrapins-finish-18-0-top-cornell-to-win-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-title\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Focused all year long,&#8217; Maryland Terrapins finish 18-0, top Cornell to win NCAA men&#8217;s lacrosse title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>EAST HARTFORD, Conn.  &#8211; Anthony DeMaio scored four first-half goals for his fifth hat trick in his last six games;  Logan McNaney made 17 saves to be named the NCAA tournament&#8217;s Most Outstanding Player;  and top-seeded Maryland completed a perfect season by holding off Cornell 9-7 on Monday to win the men&#8217;s lacrosse title.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland (18-0) set an NCAA record for most wins in a season without a loss, becoming the first undefeated team since Virginia in 2006. The Terps are 33-1 in the past two seasons, with the lone loss coming in the 2021 championship against the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All I wanted to do was see these kids not crying this year,&#8221; Maryland coach John Tillman said.  &#8220;Last year to see the tears, I feel so bad for guys like Nick Grill or Jared Bernhardt and all the seniors last year that didn&#8217;t get this chance. Our guys were focused all year long, and I give them a lot of credit . &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Maryland ended the first quarter on a 4-0 run, with three straight goals from DeMaio during a span of 2:09, and the Terps led 7-2 at halftime.  Maryland scored two goals in 42 seconds to open the second half for a 9-2 lead, but the Terps went scoreless for the last 27 minutes as Cornell battled back.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Big Red scored four unanswered goals to get within 9-6 with 7:27 left in the fourth.  John Piatelli, the nation&#8217;s scoring leader, scored with 35.3 seconds remaining to set a Cornell record with 66 goals, but Maryland won the faceoff before running out the clock.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Maryland&#8217;s fourth title in program history.<\/p>\n<p>Logan Wisnauskas had two goals and two assists to become the first Terp to record 100 points in a single season, breaking Bernhardt&#8217;s record of 99 last season.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell (14-5), the No. 7 seed, was looking for its first title since 1977 &#8211; in front of an announced crowd of 22,184.<\/p>\n<p>Ivy League Freshman of the Year CJ Kirst opened the scoring midway through the first quarter, and he also scored early in the second for his 55th of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST HARTFORD, Conn. &#8211; Anthony DeMaio scored four first-half goals for his fifth hat trick in his last six games; Logan McNaney made 17 saves to be named the NCAA tournament&#8217;s Most Outstanding Player; and top-seeded Maryland completed a perfect season by holding off Cornell 9-7 on Monday to win the men&#8217;s lacrosse title. 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