Springer's Late Goal Lifts Syracuse Past Hopkins, 14-12
5/27/2000 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
May 27, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Mike Springer's goal with 2:23 remaining in the fourth quarter broke a 12-12 tie, helping top-seeded Syracuse defeat fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins, 14-12, in the first national semifinal lacrosse game Saturday afternoon at Byrd Stadium. The Orangemen (14-1) advance to the championship game for the second straight year while Johns Hopkins ends its season with a 9-4 record.
Springer took a feed from Ryan Powell goal-line extended on the left and drove the net, beating Brian Carcaterra up high for the goal. It was the third goal of the game for Springer.
Syracuse maintained a one-goal advantage throughout the second half as both team's traded goals. However, the Blue Jays got back-to-back goals from A.J. Haugen and Tim Muir to tie the score at 12-12 with 4:53 remaining. Muir's first career-goal got the Blue Jays even for the first time since early in the second quarter. Haugen registered a career-high five goals on the day. Johns Hopkins had an opportunity to take the lead, but Syracuse goalie Rob Mulligan came up with a big save to shut the door on the Blue Jays - one of eight, fourth quarter saves.
Dan Denihan and Adam Doneger staked the Blue Jays to a 2-0 lead with goals :09 apart in the first quarter. Syracuse rallied with three straight goals, two by Powell and another by Chris Cercy. Haugen's extra-man goal and Rob Frattarola's unassisted score gave the Blue Jays a 4-3 lead -its last lead of the first half. Cercy and Liam Banks ended the first quarter with goals as Syracuse took the 5-4 lead. Banks led all scorers with three goals and three assists for six points on the afternoon.
Matt Caione extended the Orangemen lead to 6-4 with an unassisted tally to open the second quarter. Haugen countered with back-to-back goals for Hopkins to tie the score for the fourth time in the first half. Syracuse answered as Josh Coffman and Banks scored to make it 8-6. Hopkins closed out the first half scoring with 2:35 left as Conor Denihan took a feed from Doneger and put it under Mulligan for the Blue Jays' second extra-man goal of the half.
It was Syracuse's fourth win in the last five meetings between the two teams. Syracuse will battle the winner of the Princeton/Virginia game on Monday at 10:55 a.m. at Byrd Stadium for the national championship live on ESPN.
GAME SCORING Johns Hopkins (9-4) 4 3 3 2 -- 12 Syracuse (14-1) 5 3 3 3 -- 14
Qtr.-Time Team, Goal (Assist) JHU-SU 1-11:03 JHU, Dan Denihan (unassisted) 1-0 1-10:54 JHU, Adam Doneger (P.J. Diconza) 2-0 1-9:04 SU, Ryan Powell (Liam Banks) 2-1 1-4:58 SU, Ryan Powell (Josh Coffman) 2-2 1-4:49 SU, Chris Cercy (unassisted) 2-3 1-3:50 JHU, A.J. Haugen (Dan Denihan) - EMO 3-3 1-2:24 JHU, Rob Frattarola (unassisted) 4-3 1-1:02 SU, Liam Banks (Tim Byrnes) 4-4 1-0:55 SU, Chris Cercy (unassisted) 4-5 2-14:19 SU, MattCaione (unassisted) 4-6 2-13:21 JHU, A.J. Haugen (unassisted) 5-6 2-11:13 JHU, A.J. Haugen (Dan Denihan) 6-6 2-10:37 SU, Josh Coffman (unassisted) 6-7 2-8:49 SU, Liam Banks (Mike Springer) 6-8 2-2:35 JHU, Conor Denihan (Adam Doneger) - EMO 7-8 3-14:09 SU, Mike Springer (Liam Banks) 7-9 3-9:57 JHU, A.J. Haugen (unassisted) 8-9 3-4:30 SU, Liam Banks (Marshall Abrams) 8-10 3-3:36 JHU, Adam Doneger (Dan Denihan) 9-10 3-2:36 SU, Mike Springer (Ryan Powell) 9-11 3-1:24 JHU, Rob Frattarola (Adam Doneger) 10-11 4-11:31 SU, Ryan Powell (unassisted) 10-12 4-10:03 JHU, A.J. Haugen (unassisted) 11-12 4-4:53 JHU, Tim Muir (unassisted) 12-12 4-2:23 SU, Mike Springer (Ryan Powell) - MAN DOWN 12-13 4-0:20 SU, Tim Byrnes (unassisted) 12-14
TEAM STATS Category Johns Hopkins Syracuse Shots 13-12-9-17=51 11-7-11-10=39 Saves 1-0-5-3=9 3-1-2-8=14 Face-Offs (5/10),(2/7),(1/7),(3/6)=11/30 (5/10),(5/7),(6/7),(3/6)=19/30 Groundballs 15-10-14-12=51 24-13-22-12=71 Clears (4/7),(5/7),(4/4),(4/5)=17/23 (9/10),(6/8),(2/3),(6/7)=23/28 Extra-Man Opp. (0/2),(1/2),(0/3),(0/5)=2/12 (0/0),(0/1),(0/3),(0/1)=0/5 Penalties 5/4:30 12/10:00
INDIVIDUAL SCORING Johns Hopkins Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts. A.J. Haugen 5-0-5 Adam Doneger 2-2-4 Dan Denihan 1-3-4 Rob Frattarola 2-1-3 Conor Denihan 1-0-1 Tim Muir 1-0-1 P.J. DiConza 0-1-1
Syracuse Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts. Liam Banks 3-3-6 Ryan Powell 3-2-5 Mike Springer 3-1-4 Chris Cercy 2-0-2 Josh Coffman 1-1-2 Tim Byrnes 1-1-2 Matt Caione 1-0-1 Marshall Abrams 0-1-1
GOALIES Johns Hopkins Goalies Saves GA Min. Brian Carcaterra 9 14 60
Syracuse Goalies Saves GA Min. Rob Mulligan 14 12 60
