WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team earned its second-straight road win of the season with a decisive 14-6 victory at Hofstra on Saturday afternoon. The Hoyas improve to 4-1 on the season while the Pride fall to 2-3.
Daniel Bucaro (East Setauket, N.Y. / Ward Melville) continued his hot start to the season with a game-high six points (3G, 3A) in front of his home Long Island crowd.
Lucas Wittenberg (Kennesaw, Ga. / Harrison / Mercer) added five points (2G, 3A),
Robert Clark (Cooksville, Md. / McDonogh) had a game-high four goals and
Jake Carraway (Annapolis, Md. / St. Mary's) tallied a goal and two assists for three points.
Declan McDermott (Pleasantville, N.Y. / Pleasantville) had a goal and an assist while
Austin McDonald (Olney, Md. / Georgetown Prep),
Massimo Bucci (Ithaca, N.Y. / IMG Academy) and
Zachary Geddes (Winchester, Mass. / Belmont Hill / Phillips Andover) each had lone goals.
Defensively,
Owen McElroy (Ridgewood, N.J. / Ridgewood / Avon Old Farms) pulled in 10 saves for his fourth double-digit save performance and third win of the season.
Gibson Smith (Pelham, N.Y. / Pelham Memorial) posted team bests with five ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.
Alex Mazzone (Stony Brook, N.Y. / Ward Melville) was credited with a pair of CTs as well.
James Reilly (Berwyn, Pa. / Conestoga) won 8-of-16 (.500) trips to the faceoff 'X' for the Hoyas.
Georgetown scored first off a goal from Clark less than a minute into the game and was matched by Hofstra at the 8:45 mark to make it 1-1. It was all GU from there as the Blue & Gray scored the next three goals of the frame as part of five straight to take a 6-1 lead. The Pride would pull within three at 7-4, but a Bucaro goal with two ticks left in the half gave the Hoyas an 8-4 lead going into the break.
Outscoring their hosts 6-2 in the second half, the Hoyas had five different goals scorers in the final 30 minutes of action en route to the 14-6 victory.
Ryan Tierney led Hofstra with three goals. He was the only Pride player to register more than one point on the afternoon.
Georgetown returns home to host Furman on Tuesday, March 5 at noon.
