WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's fourth-ranked men's lacrosse team dropped a 13-7 decision to No. 10 Denver in BIG EAST action in Colorado on Tuesday afternoon. The Hoyas drop to 4-1 overall, 3-1 in league play, while the Pioneers improve to 6-2 on the year and 4-0 in conference.
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Declan McDermott led the Hoyas with two goals and an assist for three points.
• Jake Carraway and Graham Bundy Jr. each scored a pair of goals while TJ Haley and Dylan Hess both had two assists.
• Peter Thompson also found the back of the net for the Blue & Gray.
• In goal, Owen McElroy collected a season-high 12 saves between the pipes.
• In a faceoff battle between the top two specialists in the BIG EAST, James Reilly won 11-of-23 faceoffs and hauled in four ground balls.
• Defensively, Will Godine had a pair of caused turnovers to go with three ground balls while Hess added three GBs as well.

 
DENVER NOTES

• Ethan Walker led the Pioneers with five points off of three goals and two assists.
• Jack Hannah had four goals and Jackson Morrill added four assists.
• In goal, Jack Thompson matched McElroy's 12 saves.
• At the 'X', Alec Stathakis won 13-of-24 faceoffs and pulled in three ground balls.

 
OF NOTE

• Reilly's 11 faceoff wins give him 290 in his three-year career, moving him into fifth place all-time at Georgetown.
• The loss is the first for the Hoyas since a 19-16 setback to Yale in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
• Georgetown and Denver will meet again on Saturday, April 17 in Washington, D.C. as part of the BIG EAST's home-and-home scheduling this season.

 
NEXT FOR THE HOYAS

• Georgetown remains on the road and travels to the Ocean State to take on Providence on Saturday, March 20 at 12 p.m.

 
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All Georgetown men's lacrosse home games are currently scheduled to be played at Cooper Field. In accordance with Washington, D.C. regulations which limit the size of in-person gatherings, fans are regrettably not permitted to attend home games at this time.