May 21, 2005

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NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals
Johns Hopkins University
Homewood Field

Game One - #1 Johns Hopkins vs. #8 Massachusetts

Hopkins wins 19-9; shots - J: 48, M: 27; ground balls - J: 43, M: 28

Fifth all-time meeting; JHU won all five
Previous four meetings were also in NCAA quarterfinals
Last meeting: 2002 - Hopkins won 13-12 in overtime at Homewood Field

Hopkins's largest leads: 11 - 18-7; ten - 16-6, 17-7, 19-9

Hopkins led 3-0; Umass scored first goal with 7:16 in the first quarter

First quarter: Hopkins 5, Umass 2; shots - J: 11, M: 5; ground balls - J: 12, M: 4; face-offs - 4-4.

Second quarter: Hopkins out-shot Umass 17-1

Halftime:Hopkins 8, Umass 2; shots - J: 28, M: 6; ground balls - J: 20, M: 9; face-offs - 6-6; same score as last meeting in 2002, when Umass rallied back with eight straight goals to start the second half; unofficial time of possession: 22:41, Umass 7:19.

Third quarter: Hopkins: 14, Umass 5; Umass closed in 9-5 before Hopkins scored five straight to end the period; Hopkins won 8 of 9 face-offs after winning just half in the first two quarters.

Unofficial time of possession: J: 38:19, M: 21:41

Johns Hopkins Notes:
Improves to 14-0 overall
Has won 36 straight games at home, the best streak in Hopkins history and second-best streak in all of
Division I men's lacrosse history (one shy of Syracuse's record, 1982-87)
38-4 at home in the NCAA tournament
Has won 11 straight NCAA games at Homewood Field
26-7 all-time in quarterfinal games
22-3 all-time in quarterfinal games at Homewood Field
Six straight quarterfinal wins at Homewood Field
Has reached the NCAA semifinals 26 times
Seniors end career 32-0 at home
15th time Kyle Harrison scored the first goal of the game; team is 15-0 when he scores the first goal
Career-high four goals for Matt Rewkowski
Kyle Barrie now has 23 career NCAA tournament goals; tied for fifth all-time at Hopkins (record in 25)
10th game overall and sixth straight game the Hopkins defense held opponents to three goals or less in first half

Umass Notes:
Ends season 13-3 overall
Has never reached NCAA semifinals
Played in nine previous quarterfinals including four against Johns Hopkins
Finished season tied for the school record for wins is 13
Entered game on eight-game winning streak, the best streak since 2001
Jeff Zywicki continued his scoring streak with a goal in 17 straight games