HAVERFORD, Pa. – Max Hjelm tallied twice
to lead eighth-ranked Haverford to a 9-8 victory over McDaniel in
the 2009 Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse semifinals
on Friday.
The top-seeded Fords (13-2) opened a 9-6 advantage on Hjelm's
second goal with 6:13 to play before holding off a late charge by
the Green Terror (10-6) to advance to their first CC championship
game.
Matthew Daley (Wilmington, Del./A.I. Dupont) and
DJ Rickels (Forest Hill, Md./Boys Latin School of
Maryland) scored twice for McDaniel.
Daley staked the Green Terror to an early 1-0 lead, finishing a
Gibbs Preston (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) assist
just 2:31 into the game.
Matt Turnier evened the game at the 10:05 mark
before Brian Fleishhacker and Grant
Firestone connected for the next two goals to stretch the
lead to 3-1 at the end of the first quarter, including
Firestone's marker with 0.8 seconds to play in the opening
period.
Jed Barnes (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park)
trimmed the deficit to one with 10:57 to play in the second quarter
before back-to-back goals from Andrew Kim and
Myles Monaghan stretched the lead to 5-2 with 1:26
showing.
With 27 seconds to play in the quarter, Daley closed the gap to two
before Preston made it a one-goal game with 11:17 showing in the
third period.
Phillip Valliant and Evan Young (Easton,
Md./Broadneck) traded tallies before Jason
Leeds and Hjelm stretched the lead to 8-5 with 8:04 to
play in regulation.
Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) made it
an 8-6 game before Hjelm stretched the lead to three for the final
time.
Back-to-back tallies from Rickels, including a man-up tally with
4:23 to play set the final margin.
Preston finished with five assists for McDaniel.
Score by
Quarters
1
2
3
4
-
F
McDaniel
(10-6)
1
2
2
3
-
8
No. 8 Haverford
(13-2)
3
2
2
2
-
9
Goals
Haverford: Max Hjelm 2, Brian Fleishhacker,
Andrew Kim, Grant Firestone, Myles Monaghan, Phillip Valliant,
Jason Leeeds, Matt Turnier.
Assists
McDaniel: Preston 5, Warner.
Haverford: Fleishhacke 2, Kim 2, Firestone,
Monaghan.
Shots: M 36, H 28. Ground
Balls: M 18, H 15. Goalies: M (Kenny
McHugh 60:00 – 10 saves, 9 GA), H (Joe Banno 60:00 – 9
saves, 8 GA). Extra-Man: M 1 of 1, H 0 of 0.
Face-Offs: M 9, H 11. Clearing: M
12 of 16, H 14 of 15. Penalties: M 0 for 0:00, H 1
for 0:30.
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