The No. 4 Terps have maintained their three-goal lead over the No. 3 Tar Heels, trading goals since their rivals scored their first goal of the game halfway through the second quarter. The Terps had scored the first three, but since midfielder Jimmy Dunster’s goal, the North Carolina offense has started to show signs of life.
But the Terps have been able to fend them off. Grant Catalino scored his second goal of the game with 3:38 remaining in the half to put the Terps back up by three. Though Tar Heels’ attackman Thomas Wood scored just 46 seconds later in his first game back from an injury, the Terps refused to let North Carolina gain any ground.
Just more than a minute after Wood’s score, freshman midfielder John Haus, who nearly played for North Carolina, tore down the center of the field. After receiving a pass from short stick midfielder Dean Hart, he fired the ball into the cage past North Carolina goalie Chris Madalon to put the Terps back up by three with the last goal in the half.
Follow up-to-the-minute action with Jakob Engelke at www.twitter.com/DBKSports.
Kate Yanchulis is the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team beat writer for The Diamondback. She can be reached at kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com.