Virginia beats Terps 17-16 to repeat as NCAA lacrosse champ

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<p>EAST HARTFORD, Conn. &mdash; Matt Moore and Connor Shellenberger scored four goals apiece and goalie Alex Rode made a huge save in the final seconds, and Virginia held off previously unbeaten Maryland 17-16 Monday to win its second straight NCAA men’s lacrosse championship.</p>
<p>The Cavaliers (14-4) won their seventh national championship and ended a 17-game winning streak by Maryland (15-1) dating to last season.</p>
<p>The combined 33 goals marked the highest-scoring championship game since Maryland beat Navy 20-13 in 1975.</p>
<p>The Terrapins, playing in their sixth final in 11 years, rallied after trailing by five goals in the middle of the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Maryland scored four times in a 4-minute, 16-second span to cut it to 16-15. Logan Wisnauskas went top shelf for his fifth goal of the game, Daniel Maltz scored with the Terps a man up and Bubba Fairman and Anthony DeMaio followed with goals.</p>
<p>Moore made it a two-goal game with 3:35 left, but DeMaio scored with 10.8 seconds left to pull the Terps within 17-16.</p>
<p>Luke Wierman won the ensuing faceoff, picked up a ground ball and shot from 7 yards, but Rode was able to make the save and the Cavaliers ran out the clock.</p>
<p>Shellenberger and Moore also had two assists apiece, and Jeff Conner had three goals on four shots for the Cavaliers.</p>
<p>National scoring leader Jared Bernhardt had two goals for Maryland but none in the second half.</p>

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