After watching the Hounds lose game after game at home in 2009, it's been a breath of fresh air to see the Hounds putting up some quality wins late in the season.

The Hounds got off to a shaky start, with Real Maryland producing a few quality chances in the beginning. Hunter was money in net, turning aside the short-lived Maryland assault in the Hounds zone.

The Hounds quickly took control of the game around the 10th minute, with Weeks and Deighton creating huge opportunities.

Real Maryland had their defensive "stalwart" Gareth Evans anchoring their defense:

Around the 18th minute, Deighton decided to turn Evans into a corner flag, ran right around him, and buried a left-footed volley in the back of the net. GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL 1-0 Hounds.

Tommy Gray, i.e. Tommy Gun, was relentless the entire game:

He peppered Real goal keeper Brian Levey with a ton of quality strikes, keeping Real's defense on their toes. Or standing flat-footed, in the case of Gareth Evans.

To be honest, Levey was probably the only reason Real was able to stay in the game. He came up with several unreal saves and held down the fort pretty well in Real's zone.

The Hounds came out strong in the second half, aggressively creating several opportunities on Real's flank. Flunder had several ambitious runs up the side of the field, and even got off a few good strikes. Despite their constant pressure in Real's zone, the Hounds continually struggled with capitalizing on their corner kicks.

Real began to come back to life.

But Nathan Salsi had other ideas. He was here, he was there, and he had grey hair. GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL in the 69th minute. Hounds up, 2-0.

The second half was not without controversy.

As always, the refs were garbage. Real was chirping in the officials' ears for most of the game. Didn't help them score any goals late in the game, though.

As the refs retrieved boxes of Kleenex to wipe up the tears of the Real coach, they missed Real scrub #21 Alan Sanchez frolicking into the woods.

Before entering the game, Sanchez was caught urinating on a tree behind the CV tennis courts:

Apparently, he also had time to change into baby-blue booty shorts and party socks when this photo was taken.

And no, he did not wash his hands.

Frustrated, embarrassed, and down-trodden, Real tried to stir things up at the end of the game with a good ol' fashioned battle royal in the corner of the Hounds' zone during added time.

Real forward #16 Isreal Sesay started a scuffle with the Hounds' D, but was quickly tossed aside and into the corner flag.

Sesay would have fought back, but Niko swooped in immediately and "regulated."

With Charlotte drawing against Charleston last night, the Hounds' win creates some further separation on the USL-2 table:

Hell, the Hounds even have a shot of catching Richmond and getting home-field advantage for the first round of the playoffs.

The Hounds have their next game at home on Wednesday against the Harrisburg City Islanders. Huge game with huge implications.

UNLEASH THE HOUNDS!