Box Score WASHINGTON – Georgetown University won its fourth consecutive BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship, Presented by JEEP with a 14-12 victory over Villanova on Saturday. The second-ranked Hoyas earn the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will make their 15th NCAA postseason appearance in program history.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Georgetown improves to 15-1 overall on the season.
• Graham Bundy Jr. was named the BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player while Will Bowen, Owen McElroy and Gibson Smith IV joined him on the All-Tournament Team.
• Bundy led the Hoyas with three goals and an assist while TJ Haley added three goals.
• Declan McDermott, Connor Morin and Alex Trippi each had two goals while Dylan Watson added another.
• James Reilly went 15 for 30 (.500) on faceoffs to go with nine ground balls and posted a goal to go with two assists
• Defensively, Smith was credited with three caused turnovers and collected six ground balls while Bowen added another pair of CTs.
• Will Godine, Wallace Halpert, Alex Mazzone, McElroy and Watson all had four ground balls as well.
• In goal, McElroy tied his BIG EAST Championship record from 2021 with 17 saves for his 12th win between the pipes this season.

Villanova Notes

• The Wildcats fall to 9-6 overall.
• Brett Baskin led Villanova with four goals while Matt Campbell added three goals and two assists.
• Patrick Daly and Luke Keating both had two goals while J.P. Basile tallied a goal and an assist.
• Justin Coppola went 15 for 30 (.500) on faceoffs and collected seven ground balls.
• In goal, Will Vitton matched McElroy's 17 saves on the night.

How it Happened

• Georgetown won the opening faceoff and scored six seconds into the game. Villanova responded by taking advantage of a Hoya penalty for a man-up goal just 33 second later to knot things up at 1-1.
• The Hoyas then went on a 7-0 run over the next 28:25 to lead 8-1 before the Wildcats salvaged an 8-3 score going into halftime courtesy of two goals in the final minute of the second frame.
• Coming out of the break, both teams matched each other goal for goal with four apiece in the third to make it a 12-7 GU advantage heading into the final 15 minutes of action.
• Georgetown held VU at bay the majority of the final frame as Bundy notched the hat trick with a goal at the 5:20 mark to lead 14-9.
• Not backing down, Villanova put on a furious onslaught down the stretch and scored three goals in the final 2:31 before Reilly cleanly won the final faceoff of the game to seal the championship for the Hoyas.

Up Next
The Hoyas earn the BIG EAST's automatic berth to the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will find out their first round opponent on Sunday, May 8.