Michigan Rolls Simon Fraser for Fourth Win of Season
For Immediate Release—University of Michigan Lacrosse
March 13, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team put on an impressive show for an overflowing crowd at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse Friday night, dispatching No. 13 Simon Fraser by a score of 22-10. Michigan got off to its best start of the season, scoring seven unanswered to open the game with 13 different players eventually registering goals.
Junior attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh/Upper St. Claire) put together another strong performance, tallying five goals, including three in a row in a three-minute span midway through the first. Seniors Clark McIntyre (Little Silver, N.J./Rumson Fair-Haven) and Jordan Kirshner (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) both tied career highs with three and two goals, respectively, to help propel Michigan to its fourth win of the season.
McIntyre got Michigan going quickly, just scoring just 22 seconds in on a feed from fellow senior, captain David Rogers (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills). Senior midfielder Anthony Hrusovsky (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) scored from the left wing on a spinning shot at 12:16, followed by senior attackman Kevin Zorovich’s (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) lone goal of the night at 10:25 as Michigan took a 3-0 lead just five minutes into the game.
Kirshner added the first of his two at 6:29 after each team put together possessions midway through the first. Just seven seconds later, Yealy started his own mini-run, finishing a pass from senior faceoff specialist David Reinhard (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing), who cleanly won the faceoff, scooped up the loose ball and fed Yealy right out front for the dip and dunk.
Yealy then finished on both ends of the special teams, scoring on the man-up on a feed from senior attackman Josh Ein (Potomac, Md./Bullis) before registering a man-down goal on the transition at 3:38. With Michigan leading 7-0, Simon Fraser finally got on the board at the three-minute mark followed by two more goals before the quarter-break to draw within 7-3 while also carrying the momentum into the second quarter.
Reinhard put an end to that, winning the opening faceoff of the second and racing down field before firing for his first goal of the year. Yealy added his third at 12:38 before senior midfielder Jamison Goldberg (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) cut across the face of the cage and fired to help Michigan regain the seven-goal lead with 10:05 left in the first half. Goldberg was on the other end next time down, feeding Ein for his first of two goals as UM increased its lead to 11-3 at 9:25.
Once again, however, the Clan didn’t back down, going on another three-goal scoring run in a four-minute span midway through the second. Michigan finally stopped the run with 3:39 left in the quarter on Kirshner’s second tally of the game before fellow senior midfielder Michael Bartomioli (Pleasantville, N.Y./Pleasantville – Providence) scored shortly thereafter for the 13-6 lead. McIntyre finished off the first-half scoring on the man-up as the maize and blue cruised into the halftime break.
The teams played evenly to open the third, with each team registering two goals in the first half of the period. Michigan finally got rolling again with 5:28 left in the quarter on Yealy’s final tally of the game before Hrusovsky added his second and freshman Thomas Paras (Lakewood, Ohio/St. Ignatius) got in on the action at the :32 mark.
With the maize and blue leading 19-8 starting the final frame, freshman midfielder Willie Steenland (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) scored his first goal as a Wolverine more than seven minutes into the fourth quarter on a dodge from behind the cage. Sophomore midfielder Alex Vasileff (Birmingham, Mich./Seaholm) scored his first career goal 1:30 later to match the feat before Ein closed out the Michigan scoring at 6:05. The Clan scored two late goals as the Wolverines earned the 22-10 decision and their fourth win of the season over a ranked opponent.
Statistically, Michigan won every category. UM outshot the Clan 58-28 and scooped up 64 ground balls compared to 45 by SFU. UM was 27 of 37 on faceoffs and cleared the ball at an impressive rate, finishing 27 of 29 on clears. Michigan held Simon Fraser to under 50 percent on clears (16-33) with a strong ride. The maize and blue scored twice on eight man-up attempts with SFU scoring once on four attempts.
The Wolverines will travel just outside the outskirts of Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti, Mich. to take on Eastern Michigan Sunday at noon in Rynearson Stadium on the EMU campus. For all your Michigan men’s lacrosse needs, please visit mgobluelacrosse.com.
