No. 1 seed Virginia won their 6th ACC Championship today on arch-rival Maryland’s home field 10-6. Sunday’s ACC Championship is their first since 2006. Behind the outstanding goaltending of Adam Ghitelman, who had 16 saves today, the Hoos dominated the game in almost every statistical category. Virginia improved to 13-1 on the 2010 season with their only loss coming to the pesky Duke Blue Devils.
Virginia was led by Rhamel Bratton, and Steele Stanwick who both finished with 2 goals and one assist. The Hoos were 19/20 on clears, won the ground-ball battle 32-28, and also had seven different players score.
Maryland started the contest up 3-0, but the Hoos quickly got back on top and simply never looked back. Ghitelman and the Virginia defense played a splendid game today.
The Hoos finish up the regular season with Senior Day at home on Saturday, May 1 against Robert Morris. If the Hoos win Saturdays game, they will very likely earn the No. 1 seed going into the NCAA Tournament. Go Hoos!
2010 All-Tournament Team
Max Quinzani, Senior, Attack, Duke
Grant Catalino, Junior, Attack, Maryland
Brian Farrell, Redshirt Junior, Midfield, Maryland
John Haus, Freshman, Midfield, Maryland
Brett Schmidt, Junior, Defense, Maryland
Ryan Flanagan, Junior, Defense, North Carolina
Rhamel Bratton, Junior, Midfield, Virginia
Shamel Bratton, Junior, Midfield, Virginia
Ken Clausen, Senior, Defense, Virginia
Adam Ghitelman, Junior, Goalkeeper, Virginia (MVP)
Brian McDermott, Senior, Midfield, Virginia
Steele Stanwick, Sophomore, Attack, Virginia
Matt White, Freshman, Attack, Virginia