Michigan came to College Park on 4/01/23 determined not to be the April Fools. Instead, the Wolverines outplayed the Terps from start to finish to take down the #2 team in the country. Michigan entered the game at 4-4 and unranked. It earned it's biggest win in program history.

I thought about my friend John Paul, who played for Michigan, then coached them as one of the top club teams in the country, then brought them to Division I as their inaugural coach. He laid the foundation for this win years ago. I was lucky to have coached against him and get to know him in my days coaching Cal back in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Once again, I followed my recent routine of shooting photos in the first half and video in the second. I'll have the pics posted on www.proudlacrosse.com in the near future. I also have a bunch of video from after the game of the Michigan guys celebrating with each other, their families/friends and talking with their friends from Maryland. I may post a follow up short video of that or just send it to my old friend and college goalie who has a son on the Michigan team for him to share with any kids/parents in the program. It was fun to see how happy they all were. It showed one of the beautiful aspects of sports.

One of the things I love about what Coach Tillman does with his team is that win or lose, he lets his guys stay after the game the visit with their people before heading to the locker room. I like that after a tough loss like that, the Maryland guys still take time to shake hands, hug and visit with their loved and like ones after the game. Maybe this is common practice among the other college teams, but I've noticed the Terps do every time.

Notes:

- Please check out www.proudlacrosse.com to see more vids and photos.

- Most of the video was shot with a Sony FX3 and Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. The stills and some smaller video clips were shot with a Sony A7iv with both the above lens and also the Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS lens.

Thanks for watching and reading!

Joe