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The Daily OrangeMLAX | ON TO FOXBOROUGH: No. 3 Syracuse uses late comeback to clinch final 4 berth
By Tyler Dunne
Posted: 5/18/08, 8:59 PM EST Section: Sports
"You got to keep thinking that if you keep taking those types of shots, eventually they're going to drop," SU head coach John Desko said. "That's an awful lot of shots for any goaltender to handle. He's terrific and he showed it."
With 20 saves total, Kemp kept Notre Dame's heads above water. And in the third quarter the tide turned. The Irish shell-shocked SU freshman goalie John Galloway with five unanswered scores and carried an 8-7 lead into the final quarter. Low bouncers or high lasers, Galloway had trouble, and Syracuse's season teetered on the brink of elimination.
"(Kemp) outplayed me," admitted Galloway, who sported a massive ice bag over his shoulder after the game. "He's a great goalie. He played unbelievable. In the third quarter I kind of let down …I just got away from my basics - staying on the pipe, staying strong and keeping my stick up."
But when it mattered most - as he has all season - Galloway stepped up.
"After the third quarter, I knew there were two ways this could go," Galloway said. "I could keep getting scored on or I could turn this around."
Easy choice. The freshman held Notre Dame scoreless during the final 10 minutes and made five difficult saves in the fourth to give Syracuse a chance. And with SU's top two scorers, Mike Leveille and Kenny Nims, suffocated by Notre Dame's man defense, the middies stepped up.
Reunited with the top midfield line, Hardy registered a hat trick and had one assist, while Brooks added two goals. On the other midfield grouping, Pat Perritt jitterbugged through the defense for a goal to knot the game at nine with 6:23 left.
Much like SU's fourth quarter comebacks earlier this season against Army, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, the Orange settled down in the fourth. The helter-skelter shots dwindled, and Syracuse methodically executed in the clutch.
"We just got out of control on our offense (in the third) and people started doing their own thing," Hardy said. "In the fourth quarter we really settled down and gained our composure and did the little things right."
The mood afterward lacked any sense of celebration, or even relief. The players didn't invade the field as a mob and throw equipment into the air when the final horn sounded, and the postgame press conference was more business than cheer.
Right around the bend awaits Virginia at Gillette Stadium on May 24 - the same team that stunned Syracuse three months ago, 14-13, in overtime at the Face-Off Classic.
"Now that the hard work has paid off, it feels great," Leveille said. "But we aren't satisfied yet. We'll get back to work this week and shoot for two more."
thdunne@syr.edu
With 20 saves total, Kemp kept Notre Dame's heads above water. And in the third quarter the tide turned. The Irish shell-shocked SU freshman goalie John Galloway with five unanswered scores and carried an 8-7 lead into the final quarter. Low bouncers or high lasers, Galloway had trouble, and Syracuse's season teetered on the brink of elimination.
"(Kemp) outplayed me," admitted Galloway, who sported a massive ice bag over his shoulder after the game. "He's a great goalie. He played unbelievable. In the third quarter I kind of let down …I just got away from my basics - staying on the pipe, staying strong and keeping my stick up."
But when it mattered most - as he has all season - Galloway stepped up.
"After the third quarter, I knew there were two ways this could go," Galloway said. "I could keep getting scored on or I could turn this around."
Easy choice. The freshman held Notre Dame scoreless during the final 10 minutes and made five difficult saves in the fourth to give Syracuse a chance. And with SU's top two scorers, Mike Leveille and Kenny Nims, suffocated by Notre Dame's man defense, the middies stepped up.
Reunited with the top midfield line, Hardy registered a hat trick and had one assist, while Brooks added two goals. On the other midfield grouping, Pat Perritt jitterbugged through the defense for a goal to knot the game at nine with 6:23 left.
Much like SU's fourth quarter comebacks earlier this season against Army, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, the Orange settled down in the fourth. The helter-skelter shots dwindled, and Syracuse methodically executed in the clutch.
"We just got out of control on our offense (in the third) and people started doing their own thing," Hardy said. "In the fourth quarter we really settled down and gained our composure and did the little things right."
The mood afterward lacked any sense of celebration, or even relief. The players didn't invade the field as a mob and throw equipment into the air when the final horn sounded, and the postgame press conference was more business than cheer.
Right around the bend awaits Virginia at Gillette Stadium on May 24 - the same team that stunned Syracuse three months ago, 14-13, in overtime at the Face-Off Classic.
"Now that the hard work has paid off, it feels great," Leveille said. "But we aren't satisfied yet. We'll get back to work this week and shoot for two more."
thdunne@syr.edu
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Capt. grammar
posted 5/19/08 @ 8:26 AM EST
"You got to keep thinking that if you keep taking those types of shots, eventually their going to drop,"
Between that, and 6 million unneccesary commas, the DO better hire some editors, quick, and find someone, other than incoming freshman, to write the articles, lest its reputation, as a premier college paper, goes the way, of our football team. (Continued…)
The Man
posted 5/22/08 @ 12:06 PM EST
Captain Grammar,
You must be blind. The DO did not write that quotation. That's what the coach said. It's a direct quote. Get some glasses.
~ The Man
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