RICHMOND, Va. – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team battled steady snow and blustery winds en route to a 15-10 road victory at Richmond on Saturday afternoon. The No. 5/6 Hoyas move to 5-1 on the year while the Spiders fall to 3-3.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Georgetown's midfielders combined for 13 of the Blue & Gray's 15 goals on the day.
• Graham Bundy Jr. led the Hoyas with five goals and an assist, Alex Trippi had three goals and two assists while Declan McDermott posted a hat trick as well.
• James Reilly had a goal and an assist, Dylan Hess found the back of the cage once and Dylan Watson scored twice for the Hoyas.
• TJ Haley tallied two assists and Colin Munro chipped in another.
• Reilly had another spectacular day at the X, winning 19 of 28 (.679) faceoffs and collected five ground balls.
• Defensively, the Hoyas combined for 12 caused turnovers including four from Gibson Smith IV, three from Will Bowen and Alex Mazzone and a pair by Wallace Halpert.
• Bowen and Will Godine led GU with six ground balls, Mazzone and Smith had four each and Halpert and Zachary Geddes both collected three.
• In goal, Owen McElroy had seven saves.

Richmond Notes

• All three Spider losses this season have come against top-10 opponents.
• Dalton Young led Richmond with three goals and an assist while Ryan Lanchbury added two goals and four assists.
• The Spiders collected just 23 ground balls, more than eight below their season average, with Jared Chenoy collecting six.
• In goal, Zach Vigue got the start and allowed nine Georgetown goals in 20 minutes before being replaced by Devin Craven.
• The duo combined for 14 saves in the loss.

How it Happened

• Georgetown scored the first five goals of the game and led 7-3 after the first quarter.
• Both teams would trade goals back-and-forth in the second quarter, each tallying three to make it 10-6 going into halftime.
• Coming out of the break, Richmond scored twice early to pull within a pair at 10-8, but a Bundy snipe with eight ticks remaining on the clock gave the Hoyas a three-goal lead going into the final 15 minutes of action.
• The Spiders would score first in the fourth to make it a two-possession game again at 11-9, but the Blue & Gray scored four of the final five goals of the game to seal the victory.

Of Note

• Reilly moved into a tie for second place all-time at Georgetown in career ground balls with 308, matching Tyler Knarr's (F'14) mark.

Up Next
Georgetown returns home to host Utah on Saturday, March 19 at 11 a.m.