Surprise hero lifts No. 12 Maryland men’s lacrosse in OT win over No. 9 Ohio State
COLLEGE PARK — The most important victory of the season for Maryland men’s lacrosse was cemented by a senior defenseman who had not scored a goal in four years with the team and made only the third start of his career. Riley Reese collected a pass from graduate student attackman Eric Spanos and scored from the doorstep to lift the No. 12 Terps to an 8-7 victory with 2:40 left in overtime over No.
9 Ohio State on Saturday night before an announced 5,183 at SECU Stadium. Maryland (5-4, 2-1 Big Ten) won for the fourth time in its past five games and kept pace with No. 16 Johns Hopkins (7-3, 2-1) and No.
6 Penn State (6-4, 2-1) atop the conference standings. Reese — the oldest of four children born to former All-American defenseman Brian and former All-American attacker Cathy — called the emotional aftermath of his game-winning goal “surreal. ” “To be able to win the game in general, win a Big Ten game, that’s always the goal at the end of the day, and it was harder than we wanted it to be, but hey, we fought hard,” he said.
“Our offense fought hard. The defense fought hard. We fought hard in the middle of the field, and that’s what it was all about.
That was a team win. ” Reese’s heroics capped an evening when he and 15 of his classmates celebrated senior day with their families on the field afterward. Cathy Reese, who has guided the women’s program to five NCAA championships, was all smiles.
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