Sun May 23 2021 | Nelson Rice | College
PHOTO BY DANIEL COLLERAN
Maryland, questioned during a season in which it only played Big Ten foes, topped ACC power Notre Dame on Saturday.
Despite Maryland advancing through its Big Ten schedule untarnished, despite Jared Bernhardt’s sizzling Tewaaraton-worthy campaign while leading an offense that averaged 16.23 goals per game and despite a defense that held opponents to under 10 goals a contest, one question persisted.
How would the Terrapins fare against the ACC?
We got an answer this afternoon in South Bend at Arlotta Stadium. The Big Ten champs came out on top, but needed extra time to top sixth-seeded Notre Dame. Senior midfielder Anthony DeMaio completed a picture perfect give-and-go with Logan Wisnauskaus then stuck a shot over Liam Entenmann’s left shoulder to keep Maryland’s perfect season alive and clinch its 27th trip to Championship Weekend in program history.
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Colin Kirst is interviewed on the field after making 17 saves in Rutgers 12-5 win Saturday over eighth-seeded Lehigh in Charlottesville, Va.
While most of the focus was on Rutgers’ 17-year NCAA tournament drought when the Scarlet Knights’ name was called on Selection Sunday for the first time since 2004, the program’s most recent, and only, NCAA tournament victory dated back 14 more years.
In 1990, Rutgers topped Virginia 7-6 in Charlottesville to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Kyle Kirst was the Scarlet Knights’ goalie.
Almost 31 years later to the day on the same campus, Colin Kirst starred in between the pipes at Klöckner Stadium and fulfilled his family’s legacy. The Big Ten Goalie of the Year made 17 saves, many of the spectacular variety, against his former team to lift Rutgers to a 12-5 first-round win Saturday over eighth-seeded Lehigh and claim a spo