March 31, 2001

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - First-year goaltender Tillman Johnson saved 16 shots, including several at point-blank range, to help #7 Virginia defeat #1 Maryland 7-2 before 2,580 fans at Klöckner Stadium this afternoon. The goal total was the lowest for a Maryland team since the Terrapins fell to Army 10-1 in 1948.

Fourth-year midfielder Hanley Holcomb and first-year attackman Justin Mullen provided the offense for Virginia (4-3 overall/1-0 ACC), netting two goals apiece. Two of attackman Conor Gill's four assists came on goals scored by Mullen, including the first goal of the game, which came with 10:00 remaining in the first quarter. Holcomb tallied his first goal minutes later on an unassisted, left-hand crank with 5:08 to play in the first.

Johnson held Maryland (7-1 overall/2-1 ACC) scoreless for the first 35:51 of the game, one week after he shut out Johns Hopkins during the last 33:35 of a four-overtime victory.

Maryland finally beat the Cavalier netminder on a goal by attackman Dan LaMonica with 9:09 remaining in the third period to make the score 5-1. The Cavaliers answered seven seconds, however, as midfielder David Jenkins took the faceoff, scooped up a ground ball and fed Ian Shure to wrest momentum away from the Terrapins and give the Cavaliers a 6-1 lead.

The Virginia defense kept Maryland attackman Andrew Combs in check, holding the nation's leading scorer without a point until he scored with 26 seconds remaining on a deflected shot. Combs, who has netted 31 goals on the season, had scored at least three times in each of Maryland's seven prior games.

GAME SCORING
#1 MARYLAND (7-1, 2-1)	0	0	1	1	--2
#7 VIRGINIA (4-3, 1-0)	4	1	1	1	--7

Qtr.-Time		Team, Goal (Assist)               UM-UVa
1-10:00 Virginia, Justin Mullen (Conor Gill)  0-1
1-8:16  Virginia, Chris Rotelli (un)          0-2
1-5:08  Virginia, Hanley Holcomb (un) EMG     0-3
1-0:14  Virginia, Hanley Holcomb (Conor Gill) 0-4

2-13:59 Virginia, Justin Mullen (Conor Gill)  0-5

3-9:09  Maryland, Dan LaMonica (un)           1-5
3-9:02  Virginia, Ian Shure (David Jenkins)   1-6

4-7:58  Virginia, A.J. Shannon (Conor Gill)   1-7
4-0:26  Maryland, Andrew Combs (un)           2-7

TEAM STATS
Category      Maryland      Virginia
Shots         7-10-5-6=28   13-5-9-8=35
Saves         4-0-5-4=13    4-4-3-5=16
Face-Offs     6/13          7/13
Groundballs   8-13-8-12=41  18-10-16-11=51
Clears        21/25         21/30
Extra-Man Opp 0/2           1/4
Penalties     4/3:30        2/1:00

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scoring	       Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Andrew Combs                  1-0-1
Dan LaMonica                  1-0-1

Virginia  Scoring       Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Conor Gill                    0-4-4
Hanley Holcomb                2-0-2
Justin Mullen                 2-0-2
Chris Rotelli                 1-0-1
A.J. Shannon                  1-0-1
Ian Shure                     1-0-1
David Jenkins                 0-1-1

GOALIES
Maryland Goalies        Saves   GA   Min.
Pat McGinnis              13     7   60:00

Virginia Goalies        Saves   GA   Min.
Tillman Johnson           16     2   60:00

ATTENDANCE: 2,580