March 5th, 2011
The No. 4 BYU Cougars let a five goal lead slip away but were able to get the win against No. 8 Minnesota-Duluth on Friday night in Provo, Utah.
“One of our goals coming into the game was to be able to have four full quarters,” said BYU Head Coach Matt Schneck. “We didn’t accomplish that tonight. We had a great first half and we got into the second half and honestly I think that some of this a little reminiscent of other games in the past. We felt since we were up by 5 goals at the half that we were on the same path as our other games.”
BYU (6-0) jumped out to an early two goal lead before Minn-Duluth (2-1, 2-0) pulled one back midway through the first quarter. BYU kept gaining momentum and dominated the face-offs allowing them to notch two more goals to Minn-Duluths one goal in the first quarter.
BYU went on a three goal run in the second quarter and didn’t allow Minn-Duluth to score, giving the Cougars a 7-2 lead going into halftime.
Both teams traded goals before Minn-Duluth went on a three goal run late in the third quarter. Minn-Duluth then scored four goals to BYU’s one goal in the fourth to tie the game at 10 with 1:20 remaining.
Minn-Duluth won the ensuing face-off and took it down into their zone but gave up a quick turnover. BYU successfully cleared and BYU Senior Midfielder Tyler Monteath was able to get a goal with 53 seconds remaining, giving BYU a one goal lead.
Minn-Duluth won the face-off and took it into their zone and called a timeout. After the timeout, the Bulldogs tried to run a play but the BYU defense didn’t give up any ground. With about 5 seconds remaining, Minn-Duluth was forced to take a bad shot which trickled out of bounds with 2 seconds left in the game. Minn-Duluth called a timeout to setup one last play. When the whistle blew, Minn-Duluth threw a lob pass into the middle of the field and caught it, but it was too slow as time had run out, sealing a BYU victory.
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