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Message: [QUOTE="JDOrange, post: 4572559, member: 1807"] I also made the trek over to SECU (née Byrd Stadium). Quite cold in the shade and windy. Tough day for first game outside of the cozy confines of the Dome. Outcome from a score perspective was about as expected, but it was a bit of a wild game. Honestly could have been 10-0 early without Mark‘s heroics. Clearly the Terps game plan was to pick on the SSDMS and they did that repeatedly and successfully, especially in the first half. Toughest part is that this game could’ve been within reach if not for a few real bad stretches of play (Early 1st Q, end second Q, mid-4th). Effort was there til the end, Maryland just executes too well and makes you pay for most mistakes. Far too many bad turnovers at key times and some bad penalties, especially attackmen. I also don’t know how MD does it but every time I watch them they manage to get 3-4 breaks through the substitution game. Very impressive. Much of this has been mentioned already, but some of my other notes from the game. [LIST] [*][B]Faceoffs[/B] - YIkes. Not surprising, but bad news. And I don’t believe Gibbs got a draw until the 4th quarter. MD did a great job pressuring Richiusa when he actually got the ball. [*][B]Jerseys [/B]- No more blue. Ever. Liked the [I]Syracuse [/I]script on the front though. [*][B]Offense [/B]- Expected a tough day for Joey with either Makar or Ajax and he was forcing things early. Didn‘t do much other than that ridiculous backhand goal. Simmons had a brutal game. Been a bit surprised and disappointed with the slow start to the season with Simmons and Hiltz to some extent. [*][B]Defense [/B]- Mark was really fantastic outside of the early first quarter blitzkrieg. I thought SSDMS settled down some late in the first half and second half but they were picked on big time early. Murphy had some great moments both on D and in transition. Not sure I’ve seen more caused turnovers from a SSDM than he’s shown already this year. Dwan came in for Clary in the second half, not sure what that was about. Didn’t seem to be an injury because Clary came back in at points in the 4th quarter. [/LIST] Great learning experience for this young team. Tough first road game. Several question marks still but lots to like. LGO. [/QUOTE]

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