When I left the Georgetown campus this afternoon, I thought the men’s lacrosse team would have the craziest Terps’ win of the day. After watching the men’s basketball team’s double-overtime, 104-100 thriller, I can no longer claim that, but suffice it to say that between the two sports, Terp fans had about as much excitement as they can handle.
Before Terp basketball took the floor at Cassell Coliseum, the lacrosse team faced the Hoyas at 2 p.m. at their Multi-Sport Field in Washington. Though the field had been friendly to the Terps in the past — they had won all three of their past games there – through the first 37 minutes today, it did not look like the streak would hold up.
But facing a four-goal deficit, the No. 6 Terps (2-0) caught fire late in the third period. Led by three scores by Will Yeatman, they went on a seven-goal tear that pushed them to a 15-13 comeback victory over No. 12 Georgetown.
Attackman-turned-midfielder Yeatman put in the goal that tied the score 11-11 with 13:56 remaining, and freshman long pole Jesse Bernhardt picked up a ground ball off the next face-off and ran straight at the goal, ripping a shot into the net to give the Terps their first lead of the game.
They extended their advantage to three before their opponents could respond. But once the Hoyas recovered, they made the Terps fight to stay ahead, cutting the lead back down to one before the Terps iced the win.
Kate Yanchulis is the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team beat writer for The Diamondback . She can be reached at kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com.