Maryland Scores Hidden Ball Trick Goal, Beats North Carolina 13-6 In NCAA Lacrosse Tournament (VIDEO)

Maryland's men's lacrosse team pulled off an unbelievable hidden ball trick goal in the middle of their 13-6 beat down over No. 8 North Carolina in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament.

Holding on to an 8-5 lead in the third quarter, Maryland's Brian Farrell pretended to toss the ball to teammate Grant Catalino. But Farrell quickly caught the ball before Catalino could retrieve it in midair. Catalino faked the entire North Carolina, along with the cameraman, by attacking the net without the ball. Farrell sneakily ran to the other side of the goal and passed it to Drew Snider, who immediately scored on the bewildered Tar Heels.

Comments

[Upside]

01:49 AM on 05/19/2011

This only worked because the guy doing the ball fakes was Grant Catalino, a 6' 5" 220 lb attackman who can singlehandely run through two defensemen. The NC defense had keyed in on him all game with various slide packages, leaving the weak side totally undefended.

Amazing call by the Maryland coach who took advantage of the overly aggressive NC slides.

[SuperRyan]

07:17 PM on 05/17/2011

In the original sport of lacross, players were allowed to hide the ball in their mouths. And if you suspected an opposing player was hiding the ball in his mouth you could punch him in the stomach to force him to cough out the ball.

[chasemonster]

05:25 PM on 05/16/2011

These lacrosse guys aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer to begin with.

[chasemonster]

05:27 PM on 05/16/2011

hehe just kidding bro'

[Prousa]

05:08 PM on 05/16/2011

Too bad the cameramen were fooled, as well.

[beninabox1]

06:25 PM on 05/16/2011

it was at just the right angle for the main camera: the ball was blocked from view by the sticks crossing each other. The other camera operator should have spotted this though.

[Beth7272]

05:01 PM on 05/16/2011

Looks similar to the trick Obama played on you lib voters. SUC.KE.RS!!!

[sockman]

05:25 PM on 05/16/2011

Do you mean the trick about WMD, yellow cake, aluminum tubes, mushroom clouds, drones ....which one?

[AustinTX78759]

05:26 PM on 05/16/2011

Things were so much better under Bush.

So, let's replace Obama with

Palin?
Bachmann?
Gingrich?
Trump?
Santorum?
Romney?

The sad thing about this list is that the least crazy candidate on it is the Mormon ...

[Van The Man]

04:53 PM on 05/16/2011

This is getting tiresome. About 2 weeks ago, regarding the long toss that covered the entire field, I patiently explained the "stunning" goal wasn't stunning--and Lacrosse wasn't a "sport"--just like golf isn't a sport. Nothing's changed in the last 2 week. Oh, and a jockey isn't a "sportsman". The HORSE is the "sportsman. Are there any questions? (Be nice!)

[Big0725]

05:03 PM on 05/16/2011

And how is a jockey not a sportsman?

[Richard Kairis]

05:20 PM on 05/16/2011

Clearly never tried lacrosse or competitive horse racing

[detroitblkmale30]

04:49 PM on 05/16/2011

i saw this live,, it was pretty sick. great idea

[laxfamily]

04:45 PM on 05/16/2011

fun play to watch. see it at least once each season.

[Michael Surratt]

04:06 PM on 05/16/2011

I thought that trick only worked on my dog.

[Crabcake81]

04:04 PM on 05/16/2011

A Division I defense should not be falling for the hidden ball trick. FYI, HBT-haters, the hidden ball trick is done all the time, so calm down. It's totally legitimate, but it's usually reserved for summer league and other times when you don't care about screwing up the play. Now, the "armadillo" is a different story.

[Big0725]

04:53 PM on 05/16/2011

C'mon, I've seen professional athletes fall for ruses half as well-executed as this.

[Crabcake81]

06:06 PM on 05/16/2011

No doubt it was well-executed, but once you have seen the hidden ball trick about a half-dozen times, you know to be on high alert whenever two guys monkey around with the ball at the top of the box. I'm not surprised that they fell for it - only that the ENTIRE defense fell for it, including the goalie. Good play-acting I guess.

[flaghag]

03:30 PM on 05/16/2011

Good thing they pulled it off... That was a close game.

[derekc06]

03:22 PM on 05/16/2011

So much manliness is coming out in the comment section.

Play a real spring sport like baseball..

Just kidding, fellas, take it easy.

[Samcat604]

06:13 PM on 05/16/2011

Any game where you can have multiple kegs on the field without interrupting play is not a sport.

[derekc06]

10:46 PM on 05/16/2011

I would almost say that it makes it a more ingenious sport..

[richjustdonothaveenough]

02:31 PM on 05/16/2011

Penn and Teller on the same team?

[DoctorWhoDat]

02:18 PM on 05/16/2011

Great play.

[colah]

02:15 PM on 05/16/2011

I just heard that GWB & Dick Cheney are taking credit for the goal.

[MWA1111]

03:19 PM on 05/16/2011

did ya really?

[BobSacomano]

04:13 PM on 05/16/2011

Yep, I heard that 'W' got the news while eating a Souffle' (French), and Cheney got the news in the recovery room after having his 9th heart rejected.

[Giglawyer]

02:23 PM on 06/05/2011

Clearly a lie. Cheney neither has nor needs a heart.