IAC Semis: Georgetown Prep’s Standouts in its 9-7 Win over Bullis

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Georgetown Prep and Bullis met for the second consecutive week on Tuesday and the second meeting was just as riveting as the last, as the Hoyas slipped past the Bulldogs 9-7 at home in the IAC semifinal to advance to Friday's championship against archrival Landon. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Both sides dominated for stretches of the game as the Hoyas jumped out to a 5-2 lead after a four-goal run in the second that was immediately swept away by a five-goal run by Bullis. However, Prep mounted another four-goal run in the fourth quarter that was aided by its ride, which opened up opportunities for two of those goals. Bullis' [player_tooltip player_id='15124' first='Jewel' last='Walker'] and Prep's [player_tooltip player_id='14866' first='Owen' last='Horning'] and [player_tooltip player_id='14554' first='Wyatt' last='Bowman'] led the game with three goals each. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["15009"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eThe Little Hoyas' No. 1 cover guy didn't disappoint in his invigorating matchup against No. 3 junior [player_tooltip player_id='14534' first='Jackson' last='Maher']. He finished the game with three goals but only one of those came off a dodge against Welgos and it was generated from a poorly timed switch that Maher took advantage of. Welgos doesn't have the biggest frame at 6'0”, but he makes up for it with his heavy, well-timed slap checks. He lands those checks while keeping his bottom hand tight to his waist and rarely loses his composure in his stance making him a very well-rounded on-ball defender who'll occasionally generate a plethora of turnovers. u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eWelgos has been matched up against Maher throughout his career, so there's certainly a lot of history regarding that matchup. I'm not saying Welgos has the skillset to lockdown every top recruit. 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His size helps give him the confidence to attack teams' top LSMs. Two of his three goals on Tuesday came while he was being guarded by 6'4” defenseman and Bucknell commit [player_tooltip player_id='15279' first='Alexander' last='Latchford'] and his final was off a clutch ground ball that was the Hoyas go-ahead goal. Unlike a lot of other middies with elite size, he isn't one-dimensional. 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Other than opening up space, McCleary showed his high IQ in the pick game, most notably when he opened up the game with a well-timed pick, which could've essentially counted as an assist for the first goal of the game.  u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eHe possesses generational-type burst as a split-dodging middie and will excite Blue Jays fans flashbacks with his shake-and-bake move once he laces up his cleats for the first time at Homewood.u003c/spanu003e","_player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_3_player":["14866"],"_player_evaluations_3_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eHorning was all over the place throughout the entire game despite not scoring until the fourth quarter. He was a key part of the Hoyas' ride that was a major difference maker on Tuesday. He eventually finished the game with a hat trick, scoring three out of the Hoyas' last four goals where he showed his gamesmanship. u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eHis first goal was a crease dive that silenced a 5-0 Bulldog run, his second was a face dodge to a low-to-low outside rip from the high wing, and his third was a speed dodge from behind the cage. 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He was another huge piece to the Hoyas ride, which was exemplified late in the second quarter when he swallowed up Ohio State commit [player_tooltip player_id='15124' first='Jewel' last='Walker'] and sprinted to the hole for a goal. u003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003eCrowe has the mold of every LSM that ACC coaches are dying to have at the moment, which is ironically the same archetype as his teammate and Duke commit [player_tooltip player_id='15353' first='Luke' last='Christmas']. u003c/spanu003e","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":5,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-663e2dcdbdf87"} /-->