WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team defeated visiting Utah 16-6 in the first ever meeting between the two programs on Saturday morning. The fifth-ranked Hoyas improve to 6-1 on the season while the Utes fall to 3-3.
Hoya Highlights
- Georgetown had eight different goal scorers, led by Dylan Watson with four. Alex Trippi added three goals to go with a pair of assists for a game-high five points and Graham Bundy Jr. posted a hat trick as well.
- Declan McDermott added a pair of goals and two assists, Dylan Hess had a goal and an assist and Alex Mazzone, Cade MacLeod and Peter Thompson each had a lone goal.
- TJ Haley and Connor Morin both had a pair of assists as well.
- James Reilly continues to be solid at the X, winning 11 of 18 (.611) faceoffs to go with five ground balls.
- Georgetown's defense was once again impressive and didn't allow more than two goals in any quarter.
- The Blue & Gray was credited with 12 caused turnovers, led by Will Bowen and Mazzone with three each.
- In goal, Owen McElroy had 12 saves including six in the second quarter.
Utah Notes
- Jordan Hyde led the Utes with three goals and Tyler Bradbury had two assists.
- Samuel Cambere had a pair of caused turnovers and two ground balls while Zack Johns collected 12 saves in his first start of the season.
How it Happened
- A slow start to the game turned in favor of the Hoyas with three goals in a 1:25 span from McDermott, Watson and Trippi at the 8:57 mark to lead 3-0. Utah scored its lone goal of the frame with 2:16 remaining to pull within a pair.
- Georgetown scored first in the second at the 12:54 mark to lead 4-1 but scoring for both teams fell silent for the next 10 minutes before the Utes found the back of the net at the 2:58 mark. The Hoyas responded three-fold, scoring a trio of goals in the final two minutes of the half to take a 7-2 lead going into halftime.
- Coming out of the break, Georgetown scored five unanswered goals to lead 12-2, and after a pair of Utah scores, responded with back-to-back goals to close out the period and take a 14-4 advantage.
- Following a goal from Utah and back-to-back scores from Watson and Bundy, the Hoyas began to empty bench the final six minutes of the game en route to the 16-6 victory.
Up Next
Georgetown hits the road again to face Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m.