Michigan
2-1
Canisius
0-3
Zawada Eclipses 100 Career Goals in Win Over Golden Griffins
2/21/2023 7:01:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
» Senior Josh Zawada netted the 100th goal of his Wolverine career, becoming the fastest player in Michigan history to reach the milestone.
» Junior Michael Boehm recorded nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) to match his career-high as well as the third-highest output in school history.
» U-M led wire-to-wire in the victory, with ten different players scoring goals and 47 players seeing action.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Senior Josh Zawada scored the 100th goal of his career on Tuesday (Feb. 21) as the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team defeated the Canisius Golden Griffins by a 19-8 score at U-M Lacrosse Stadium.
Zawada collected six points (three goals and three assists). With three goals on the day, the hat trick now puts him three away from matching the school record of 102 (Brent Noseworthy).
The Wolverines (2-1) led wire-to-wire, taking a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes and never looking back. Junior Michael Boehm scored a first quarter hat-trick, netting goals at 8:39, 3:44 and :04 of the opening stanza as U-M led 4-2 after one quarter.
U-M's defense, guided by freshman goalkeeper Hunter Taylor, held Canisius (0-3) to just one goal in the second quarter, while the offense did its part by pumping in seven scores to lead 11-3 at the half. Zawada netted two of his three tallies at 11:31 and 3:36 while also assisting on Boehm's fourth of the contest with 1:05 to go in the half on a man-up chance.
Canisius scored once in the third quarter as Michigan tacked on three more, and the Wolverines stretched the lead to as many as 11 at the start of the fourth quarter, with Boehm scoring his fifth and final marker at 12:07 to run the count to 15-4. The Golden Griffins crept within eight scores at 7:46 of the fourth as the score sat at 16-8, but U-M closed on a 3-0 run with goals from senior Kevin Pimental, sophomore Graham Hertzberg and sophomore Emmett Houlihan to bring the final count to 19-8.
The start in goal for Taylor was the first of his Wolverine career. It was aided by standout efforts from close defender Jack Whitney (four caused turnovers, three ground balls), longstick midfielder senior Ryan Schriber (three ground balls), and senior Michael Cosgrove (one caused turnover). Cosgrove was also instrumental U-M's perfect day clearing 21-for-21 in attempts.
Ten different goalscorers featured on the afternoon, while 47 players saw action. Boehm's nine points (five goals, four assists) tied a career-high that ranks third in single-game program history, while Zawada (three goals), sophomore Ryan Cohen, and senior Jacob Jackson registered multi-goal games.
Tweet of the Game
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— Michigan Men's Lacrosse (@UMichLacrosse) February 21, 2023
With that goal, Josh Zawada becomes the second player in U-M history to reach 100 scores in a career.#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/zBT00Pc4PM
The Wolverines next hit the road for a neutral-site matchup against the Marquette Golden Eagles in the Southwest Florida Shootout on Saturday (Feb. 25). The event will be held at Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples, Florida, with a start time slated for 3 p.m. The game will be streamed live on B1G+.
