WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's senior faceoff specialist James Reilly set the men's lacrosse program record for career ground balls with 347 following a 17-for-31 (.548) showing at the 'X' with nine ground balls in a 20-10 win over Marquette in BIG EAST action. The Hoyas improve to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in league play to claim sole ownership of first place in the league standings with two conference games remaining.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Along with Reilly's record-breaking day, Dylan Watson became just the 10th Hoya in program history to reach 100 career goals and Owen McElroy became just the seventh player to reach 500 career saves.
• Watson paced the Hoyas with five goals and an assist while Connor Morin added four goals and an assist.
• Dylan Hess scored three times, Declan McDermott and Colin Munro both found the back of the net twice and Graham Bundy Jr., Kade Goldberg, Alex Mazzone and Alex Trippi each scored as well.
• Trippi added three assists, Bundy had two and Connor Humiston, Jack Leary, Mazzone and Reilly all had one.
• Defensively, the Hoyas were credited with 22 caused turnovers off of 27 Marquette miscues. Will Bowen and Wallace Halpert both had four on the day while Will Tominovich added three.
• Bowen had five ground balls while James Donaldson, Will Godine, Tominovich and Watson each had four.
• In goal, McElroy made his first start after missing the last three games for the Hoyas. He collected 11 saves against nine goals allowed in just shy of 50 minutes of action between the pipes.

Marquette Notes

• The Golden Eagles fall to 4-8 overall and 2-1 in BIG EAST play.
• Bobby O'Grady led Marquette with five goals while Devon Cowan and Pierce Washburn both had two.
• Despite giving up 19 of MU's 20 goals, Michael Allieri was still impressive in net for Marquette with 26 saves on the day.

How it Happened

• Trading goals early, the Hoyas posted three-straight goals to lead 4-1 before Marquette battled back to make it 7-3 after the first quarter.
• In the second, the Blue & Gray scored the first three goals but was countered by three-straight man-up goals from Marquette in less than a three-minute span to make it 10-6. Georgetown then posted back-to-back goals from Watson to close out the half and take a 12-6 lead into the locker room.
• Coming out of the break, the Hoyas outscored MU 5-2 in the third quarter to lead 17-8 and was up 19-9 with 10 minutes to play in the fourth before pulling their starters en route to the 20-10 win.

Of Note

• Reilly broke the career ground ball record held by three-time All-American Andy Corno ('05) since 2005.
• Reilly is now also just three faceoff wins shy of Corno's program record 624.
• McElroy's 11 saves give him 507 for his career, just three shy of Scott Schroeder ('02) for sixth place all-time.
• With his six points, Watson now has 120 for his career and is tied for 19th place all-time with Peter Conley ('17) and Craig Berge ('18).
• Bundy's three points move him past Lucas Wittenberg ('18) and Bo Stafford ('15) for 26th place all-time.
• Haley's five assists give him 73 in his two seasons on the Hilltop, tying him for sixth place all-time with Daniel Bucaro ('19).

Up Next
The Hoyas return to the Hilltop for their nonconference finale against Loyola Maryland on Tuesday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m.