DENVER – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team opened BIG EAST play with a 17-9 victory on the road at No. 17 Denver on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the third-ranked Hoyas defeated their fifth nationally-ranked opponent of the year and improve to 8-1 on the season and 1-0 in league action.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Dylan Watson led all players with a career high seven goals while Connor Morin tied a career high with four.
• Graham Bundy Jr. had three goals and an assist, Alex Trippi added two goals and three assists and James Reilly found the back of the net as well.
• TJ Haley dished out five assists while Will Bowen, Zachary Geddes and Declan McDermott each had one.
• Reilly continued his impressive senior campaign at the X, winning 17 of 28 (.607) faceoffs to go with nine ground balls.
• Defensively, the Hoyas held their fifth opponent of the year to fewer than 10 goals and held the Pioneers to just 36 shots.
• Bowen was credited with two caused turnovers while Colin Munro, Gibson Smith IV and Watson each added another.
• The Hoya defense also held Jack Hannah, the BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, scoreless on the day.
• Trippi, Will Godine and Wallace Halpert each had three ground balls.
• In goal, Michael Scharfenberger collected 13 saves for his second-straight win between the pipes.

Denver Notes

• JJ Sillstrop led the Pioneers with three goals while Richie Connell added two to go with an assist.
• Riley Curtis and Alex Simmons both had a goal and two assists on the day.
• Alec Stathakis won 12 of 29 faceoffs to go with eight ground balls.
• Defensively, AJ Mercurio was credited with three caused turnovers.
• In goal, Jack Thompson had 17 saves in the loss.

How it Happened

• Trading goals early to a 2-2 tie, Denver pushed its lead to 4-2 before Watson's first goal – on a man-up advantage – made it 4-3 after the first.
• The Hoyas scored four unanswered goals to start the second quarter before Denver scored with 1:52 remaining in the half to cut Georgetown's 5-0 run – and a 18:59 scoreless drought – to salvage a 7-5 Hoya lead going into halftime.
• Coming out of the break, the Blue & Gray outscored Denver 6-1 in the third and didn't allow a Pioneer goal until the 4:11 mark to make it 13-6 after three.
• In the fourth, Denver couldn't manage to do any more than match Georgetown goal-for-goal en route to a 17-9 Hoya victory.

Of Note

• Georgetown's 17 goals are the most Denver has given up at home since the 1999 season.
• Smith's caused turnover gives him 79 for his career, tying Chris Nourse ('13) for the most in program history since the stat became official in 2010.
• Watson's seven goals give him 111 points for his career, passing fellow Canadian Travis Comeau ('13) and tying him for 22nd all-time on the Hilltop with Kevin Noonan ('94) and Mike Henehan ('01)
• Haley's five assists move him into Georgetown's top 10 all-time, tying Jim Nagle ('84) for ninth with 68.

Up Next
The Hoyas remain on the road and continue BIG EAST play at Providence on Saturday, April 9.