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Maryland men’s lacrosse overcomes breakdowns on road to Final Four

Maryland advanced to the Final Four after its bus broke down on the way to the quarterfinals, an apt metaphor for its up-and-down season.

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Senior attackman Daniel Maltz leads Maryland with 28 goals this season, including four in last weekend’s win in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. (Scott Taetsch for The Washington Post)
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Late last week, the Maryland men’s lacrosse team was traveling to Long Island for the NCAA tournament quarterfinals when one of the charter buses carrying players stalled after barely making it across the George Washington Bridge into New York.

It was around 2 in the afternoon, and traffic was mounting. Practice had been scheduled for midday, when the seventh-seeded Terrapins were due to arrive at a high school not far from Hofstra, one of the host sites for last weekend’s games, but wound up being postponed until early evening.