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Flanigan, UMBC Topple Tarheels
Baltimore, MD-For the second time in four days, the 17th-ranked UMBC men's lacrosse team (6-3) pulled off a major upset, as they bested 8th-ranked North Carolina (5-5) , 10-8, before 2,360 fans on Senior Day at UMBC Stadium.
After tough losses to Rutgers (11-10 ot) and U. Mass (11-8), the Retrievers have rebounded to defeat #9 Towson, 10-9 on Wednesday night, and followed up with a come-from-behind victory over UNC today. The Tar Heels have now dropped three striaght, all by three goals or less.
UMBC seniors, who were honored before today's final home game, keyed the Retriever victory. Senior midfielder Adam Shiley tied his career best with a game-high three goals, senior attackman Josh Gerber gave the Retrievers the lead for good with a pair of goals early in the fourth quarter, and senior netminder Tim Flanagan was brilliant, repelling 19 Tar Heel shots.
Shiley gave UMBC a short-lived 1-0 lead 1:39 into the game, but the Tar Heels scored the game's next four goals and held UMBC off the board for over 22 minutes before UMBC junior midfielder Franklin Berry scored at the 9:26 mark of the second quarter. Shiley narrowed the deficit to 4-3 with 1:19 to play until halftime, and the Retrievers really got the momentum when Berry's attempted feed inside bounded through a maze and players and behind UNC netminder Paul Spellman with eight seconds to play in the first half.
The Retrievers built an 8-6 lead on sophomore attackman Phil Grillo's score 58 seconds into the fourth quarter, but UNC scored twice in a 20 second span to tie the score at 8-8 at the 3:11 mark. Gerber, UMBC's leading scorer entering play, had been held off the board for the first three quarters, but he "one-timed" Shiley's feed from six yards out to give UMBC the lead for good at the 4:22 mark. Gerber added another score two minutes later, but the Tar Heels crept to within 9-8 on an extra-man goal by Bryant Will at the 9:28 mark.
After Flanagan stopped UNC's Lance Zimmerman on a potential game-tying goal with 2:57 to play, Grillo ripped a shot past Spellman to restore the two-goal advantage with 1:58 to play. Carolina's Jed Prossner had two shots from close range with less than a minute remaining, but Flanagan recorded saves 18 and 19 to seal the victory.
Shiley led the Retrievers with 3 goals and 1 assist, while Gerber, Grillo and Berry had two goals each for UMBC, and Kestermann added a goal and an assist. UNC sophomore attackman Mike McCall led his squad with 2 goals and 2 assists, while Prossner had a pair of goals for the visitors. All of Flanagan's 19 saves came in the final 45 minutes, as UNC outshot UMBC, 45-31. Spellman made 12 saves for the Tar Heels.
The Retrievers have defeated UNC at home in 1999, 2001, and 2003 by a combined total of four goals. UMBC is now 10-3 in games decided by three goals or less in the last three seasons. The Retrievers will play for the fourth day in eleven days when they take on ECAC rival Navy in Annapolis on Tuesday.
Scoring: UNC-Mike McCall (2-2-4), Jed Prossner (2-0-2), Ryan Blair (1-1-2), Steven Will (0-2-2), Austin Garrison (1-0-1), Bryant Will (1-0-1), Lance Zimmerman (1-0-1). UMBC-Adam Shiley (3-1-4), Josh Gerber (2-0-2), Phil Grillo (2-0-2), Franklin Berry (2-0-2), Joey Kestermann (1-1-2), Scott Steele (0-1-1).
Saves: UNC-Paul Spellman 12 (10ga, 60 min). UMBC-Tim Flanagan 19 (8ga, 60 min.)
VIDEO ACTION
Carolina's Steven Will to Mike McCall High Bandwidth
Carolina's Jed Prossner High Bandwidth Only
Carolina's Austin Garrison to Mike McCall High Bandwidth
UMBC's Franklin Berry High Bandwidth
UMBC's Tim Flanagan High Bandwidth Only
Carolina's Kevin Frew High Bandwidth Only
UMBC's Franklin Berry to Phil Grillo High Bandwidth
UMBC's Adam Shiley High Bandwidth
UMBC's Tim Flanagan High Bandwidth
Carolina's Paul Spellman High Bandwidth
UMBC's Joey Kestermann High Bandwidth
UMBC's Tim Flanagan (unreal) High Bandwidth
UMBC's Adam Shiley to Josh Gerber High Bandwidth
UMBC's Scott Steele to Josh Gerber High Bandwidth
Carolina's Kyle Bell to Bryant Will High Bandwidth
UMBC's Joey Kestermann to Scott Steele High Bandwidth
UMBC's Tim Flanagan again! High Bandwidth Only
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