COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Michigan scored two goals early in the second half to comeback from a 2-1 deficit and defeat the No. 17 Maryland men's soccer team, 4-2, at Ludwig Field Sunday afternoon.

View From The Box

• Maryland took a lead to the break but were unable to hold it as two Michigan tallies within the first 10 minutes of the second half proved to be the difference. Maryland got its goals in the first half from junior Eric Matzelevich and senior Eli Crognale.
• The Terps found a dream start in the fifth minute. Junior Ben Di Rosa maneuvered past a pair of Michigan defenders and got to the byline before sliding the ball across the face of goal for a tap in by Matzelevich. The goal is the junior's team leading fifth of the season.
• Michigan would come back and level the score in the ninth minute on a goal by Mohammed Zakyi. 
• The Terps returned the favor with a goal in the 13th minute. Senior Johannes Bergmann played a pretty ball out of the back into the path of Di Rosa who picked out Crognale with a pin point cross. The senior calmly nodded it into the back of the net for his third goal of the season and second in as many matches. Crognale has a goal or an assist in his last give matches. 
• The Wolverines jumped all over the Terps in the opening minutes of the second half. Just over a minute into the half, Derick Broche scored to tie the match off an assist from Jack Hallahan. Broche was then the provider for Hallahan in the 55th minute when Hallahan nodded home a cross from Broche.
• The Terps were able to get a foothold back in the match, but couldn't ultimately find the tying goal. Senior Luke Brown had a solid couple of chances in the box in the 69th minute, but both his efforts were blocked.
• The closet the Terps came to an equalizer came in the final minute of play. Matzelevich unleashed a fantastic right-footed effort from 25 yards out that was denied by a spectacular save by Owen Finnerty in the Michigan net. 
• After that save, the Terps made one final attempt on a corner kick, sending the entire team into the box. That left the Terps' net exposed on the counter attack that followed and Hallahan passed the ball into the back of the net from 40 yards out to make it 4-2 with under 10 seconds left. 
• Prior to the match, Crognale, Bergmann and Brown were honored in a senior day ceremony. Crognale and Bergmannn are i their third season at Maryland after joining the squad for the 2017 campaign while Brown is playing his lone season in College Park after transferring in from Hofstra prior to this year. 

From the Boss
"That's a tough one to take. Tough pill to swallow. We started brightly once again and scored a couple good goals. They were very efficient on their crosses in the box and our box defending wasn't good enough today. But I'm proud of our guys. With all of the injuries before the game and with David's sickness and Malcolm's injury, I thought our guys competed hard and fought to the last whistle. That's a good Michigan team." - Sasho Cirovski 

Next Up
The Terps head to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals as the No. 5 seed where they will face off with fourth-seeded Northwestern in Evanston next Sunday. The game time is to be announced.