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December 6, 2010 - 3B
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COLLEGE CUP
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soccer program's defining goal.
Sophomore midfielder Hamoody
Saad dribbled into the box and saw
freshman midfielder Fabio Pereira
streaking to his right, toward the
net. After a perfectly timed cross
from Saad, Pereira scored the first
goal of his young career.
"I don't usually make those
runs," Pereira said. "I was wide
open, so I got a little happy there."
Maryland dominated the
game's early stages (19-3-1). But
when the early goal finally came
for the Terps - a blast from Tra-
verse City, Mich. native Casey
Townsend that barely found the
side netting - neither Burns nor
his players showed any alarm.
When the Wolverines made
their way back onto the field for
the second half, they played with
a fearless mentality. In the half's
opening moments, it became clear
that Michigan (17-4-3) was going
to get its chances. The Terrapin
student section, located direct-
ly behind Michigan goalkeeper
Chris Blais, mercilessly taunted
him with cheers that would make
many blush. But Blais kept his
cool, accumulating seven saves -
each one needed to prevent the
Terrapins from cruising to the
tournament's next round.
Four minutes into the half, a
deflected throw in found Wolver-
ine defender Jeff Quijano open
from 16 yards out. His shot made
its way through the defense and
past a screened goalie for his first
DOMINANCE
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goal in the NCAA Tournament,
while they have surrendered two.
No team so far, though, has
had an answer for Michigan's
second-half onslaught. The team
has outscored opponents 8-2 after
halftime in its three tournament
games.
On Saturday, the second-seed-
ed Terrapins were in complete
control of the match for the first
45 minutes.
Five saves by redshirt junior
goalkeeper Chris Blais and a few
squandered opportunities by
Maryland (19-3-1) kept Michigan,
the 10th seed, hanging around.
"We thought that we were
right still in the game at the half,"
Burns said. "We needed to get
our attacks forward ... Once we
were able to get the pressure off
of us and established on them,
that's when the chances started to
come."
Burns, as he always seems to
do, made the necessary changes
at halftime to put his team in posi-
tion to score. The comeback victo-
ry marked the first time all season
that Maryland had surrendered a
lead.
"Maryland is very good,"
Burns said. "They've done a great
job with being able to press you
in your back half of the field. We
felt that we could play through a
lot of that pressure, but we also
had to recognize when he needed
to go back at them with coun-
ters and with direct play. And
we needed Justin Meram ... and
Soony (Saad) to be able to secure
the ball."
Added Meram: "By me drop-
ping (back on defense), we didn't
have to go long every time. It
helped the rhythm. once we had
rhythm and we're playing at our
best, not many people can stop us."
Michigan came out of the break
with that rhythm, looking like a
different team. Accordingly, its
scoring came from some different
sources.
Maryland held the "Three Ami-
gos" - Meram, sophomore Ham-
oody Saad and freshman Soony
Saad - to an unusually low 10
shots combined. Neither Quijano
nor freshman midfielder Fabio
Pereira had tallied a goal this
season before Saturday, but each
contributed one against the Ter-
rapins.
Quijano came out of the break
looking like a different player.
Apart from being a disruptive
force on defense all day for the
Wolverines, his score took a world
of pressure off the team.
"I felt like I was due for a goal,"
Quijano said. "Coach told me at
halftime, he told me I gotta keep
it up, I gotta keep playing well....
The goal was actually a bit funny
because the ball was flying in the
air, I saw Soony coming in to wind
up and take it. I mean, Soony's got
19 goals, you figured I should let
him take the shot. But something
told me I need to hit this one, and
it went in.
"It feels awesome. I came
through for my team and that's all
I really wanted to do."
JAKE FROMM/Daily
Senior Jeff Quijano scared the first of Michgan's twa secend-half toals in the Wolverines' upset of No. 3 Maryland.
goal of the season. It couldn't have
come at a more opportune time for
Michigan.
"I felt something in me," Qui-
jano said. "I had a certain feeling
that I just knew something was
going to happen."
The Michigan attack didn't let
up following the equalizer. Hun-
gry for more, senior forward Justin
Meram took a pass from Quijano
and ran with it. After he found the
far post for what was the go-ahead
goal, the Maryland student section
became noticeably quieter, sensing
the suddenly more imminent threat
the Wolverines posed for the RPI's
top-ranked squad.
The momentum shifted toward
the Michigan faithful, including
the Ultras - the Wolverines' soc-
cer student section - 20 or so of
whom made the 521-mile trip to
witness history.
But the Terrapins' equally
impressive attack wouldn't go
down without a fight.
After several near-misses, the
breakthrough finally came in the
79th minute when Maryland fifth-
year senior Jason Herrick renewed
hope that the Terrapins would be
able to escape unscathed.
The 2-2 stalemate continued
into the second overtime, despite a
continued onslaught of shots from
Maryland. The Terrapins had a
33-18 advantage in that category
for the game.
But just three minutes into the
period, Pereira decided enough
was enough. Pandemonium set
in as his golden goal punched the
Wolverines' ticket to Santa Bar-
bara, Calif.
Michigan is now set to battle
Akron in the first round of the
College Cup on Friday night. This
means a rematch for the Wolver-
ines, who lost to the Zips 7-1 ear-
lier this season. But the past isn't a
focal point for Michigan.
"I haven't thought about (a
rematch) much," Burns said. "The
Akron game was a turning point
for us though. That was where
we were exposed for not being a
strong enough defensive team, and
from that point on, we've focused
on that."
DOUGLASS
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changes and clawed their way
back from a 12-point deficit in the
second half while other scorers
struggled.
Freshmen Tim Hardaway Jr.
and Evan Smotrycz, two of the
team's top four scorers so far this
season, shot a combined 1-for-12
from the field, accounting for less
than 5 percent of the team's scor-
ing output. Up until this game,
the duo had contributed to nearly
one third of the team's offensive
production.
"We're talking about leaving
the baggage behind and moving
on to the next play," Smotrycz
said after the game. "Coach was
just talking to us, and he crum-
pled up the stat sheet and said,
'On to the next one.' "
The game provided an interest-
ing opponent for both Douglass
and Michigan coach John Beilein.
Harvard coach Tommy Amaker
coached the Wolverines from
2001 until 2007, when he was
replaced by Beilein. Upon arriv-
ing at Harvard, Amaker heavily
recruited Douglass but ultimately
lost him to Beilein.
In the second half, Amaker
attacked the Wolverines by put-
ting four shooters on the perim-
eter and leaving just Keith
Wright in the middle for the
Crimson. This move sent play-
ers like Smotrycz and redshirt
freshman Blake McLimans to the
bench, allowing for quicker guard
defenders, and moved junior Zack
Novak back to a post-like posi-
tion. But the change opened space
in the lane and allowed Novak to
collect a team-high and season-
high 11 rebounds, all of which
were defensive boards. He also
scored 12 points, giving him his
first career double-double.
"I don't think we're that type
of team where you say, 'We're
going to get the ball to these
guys and we're going to play off
of them,' " Beilein said of Dou-
glass and Novak's step-up per-
formance in the Harvard game.
"I think we're playing off the
way people play us. ... There are
all these things we look at. We
couldn't run our regular stuff..
Tommy (Amaker) just took us out
of everything."
Amaker knew what it would
take to defeat his old program.
Three years ago, the Crimson
triumphed over Michigan in
Boston, 62-51, in a similar back-
and-forth game in which the Wol-
verines were unable to keep their
momentum. But even in the last
year, Michigan has made strides
in working to keep its momentum
together in tight games, shown
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Saturday and the road win at
Clemson.
"Sometimes, last year, things
started to not go our way and it
kind of just crumbled," Douglass
said of the Wolverines' play in
tight games. "But today, we came
together and fought for 40 min-
utes."
Michigan looks to defend
their homecourt for the next
seven games - they won't have
to play on any opposing team's
floor until Jan. 5 when they face
Wisconsin in Madison. Next on
the list is Concordia College,
an NAIA school located in Ann
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SALAM RIDA/Daily
Juniorforward Luke Glendening scored the equalizer on Saturday in the Wolverines' 2-1 victory over Ohio State.
BUCKEYES
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well deserved since the goal did
come on the Wolverines' 38th shot
of the contest.
"There was a sense that sooner
or later one was going to go in, but
you don't expect it to go in like
that," Berenson said. "That goal
was a big goal. Every goal is a big
goal when you get 40-some shots
and you only score twice."
And with less than six minutes
to play, good fortune struck again
for Michigan.
Junior forward David Wohlberg
took a faceoff deep in the Ohio
State zone, and although he lost it,
senior forward Louie Caporusso
* managed to get a shot on goal. The
rebound trickled to the left side of
the crease, where Wohlberg cor-
ralled it and lifted the puck into
the open net.
Wohlberg conceded after the
game that he "got lucky," but it
was a case of being in the right
place at the right time.
The Wolverines weren't home
free just yet, though. The Buck-
eyes had several golden oppor-
tunities to knot the score in
the final minutes, including a
shorthanded breakaway chance
that senior goalie Bryan Hogan
pushed aside.
And like Friday's matchup,
Michigan held a 2-1 lead when
Heeter was pulled with a minute
and a half remaining. On both
nights, a Wolverine player was
issued a minor penalty in the final
minute to give the Buckeyes a
6-on-4 advantage.
In the final minute on Saturday
with a man in the penalty box, the
scene looked all too familiar for
the Wolverines.
"I was talking to some of the
guys on the ice, who were say-
ing, 'Oh, here we go again,' "
Hogan said.
Added Wohlberg: "T thought it
was going to be a rerun of (Friday)
night."
The Buckeyes (3-6-1-1, 6-8-1)
were on the doorstep in the final
minute, and when senior defense-
man Chad Langlais was whistled
for slashing with four seconds left,
they took a three-man advantage.
Berenson admitted that he
feared another last-minute break-
down when the Wolverines were
sent to the penalty box.
"After what happened (Fri-
day) night, you just don't want to
repeat," Berenson said. "I've been
in this rink too many times where
you've had it happen too many
times. ... It's amazing how many
times we've had last minute, last-
minute scenarios that have gone
one way or have gone the other way.
At least tonight, it went our way."
But Hogan closed the book on
the series by making the last of his
24 saves. Hogan picked up the win
on Saturday, but he knew the team
was "fortunate."
With the Big Chill at the Big
House approaching this weekend,
weather and ice conditions could
lead to a lot more puck luck for
Michigan.
SALAM RIDA/Daily
Junior Stu Douglass scored 19 points in the Wolverines' win over Harvard.
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