Box Score QUEENS, N.Y. – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team clinched at least a share of the 2023 BIG EAST regular season championship with an 18-12 road victory at St. John's on Saturday afternoon. The Hoyas improve to 9-3 overall and remain an undefeated 4-0 in league play while the Red Storm fall to 0-13 and 0-4 in conference play.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Jacob Kelly led Georgetown with four goals and three assists while Tucker Dordevic added four goals to go with two assists.
• Nicky Solomon added three goals and an assist, Patrick Crogan and Jordan Wray both scored twice, Brian Miniucs had a goal and four assists while Graham Bundy Jr. and Will Tominovich found the back of the cage as well.
• Aidan Carroll, TJ Haley, Jack Leary, Declan McDermott and James Reilly all had assists in the win.
• Reilly won 18-of-25 (.720) faceoffs and collected 16 ground balls.
• Defensively, Tominovich was credited with four caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• In goal, Danny Hincks (3-3) collected 12 saves.

How it Happened

• Georgetown outscored the Red Storm 7-2 in the opening frame, posting the first three goals of the game before their hosts got on the board at the 8:35 mark. A Solomon goal made it 4-1 in favor of the Hoyas before Kelly scored three of the next four goals of the game to give the Blue & Gray a 7-2 lead after the opening 15 minutes of action.
• In the second, both squads traded goals in the opening five minutes before the Hoyas put together a string of three goals, one each from Solomon, Wray and Dordevic, to lead 11-3. Not backing down, the Red Storm responded late with three unanswered goals in a two-minute span to pull within five at an 11-6 halftime lead for Georgetown.
• St. John's opened the scoring in the second half at the 12:57 mark, but Georgetown responded with Kelly's fourth goal of the game just 50 seconds later. The Hoyas would go on to outscore the Johnnies 3-0 the rest of the frame to take a 15-7 lead going into the final quarter.
• In the fourth, the St. John's started on a 3-0 run to make it 15-10 but the Hoyas responded with three-straight to lead 18-10 with 3:39 remaining to put the game away.

St. John's Notes

• Brian Kelly led the Red Storm with three goals while Sean Duffy added two goals and an assist.
• Defensively, Noel Harry was credited with two caused turnovers and had two ground balls.
• In goal, Kyle Munson had 12 saves in the loss.

Hoya Notes

• Reilly's 16 ground balls are the second most in a game in Georgetown history, matching his own mark set in 2021 against Marquette.
• Georgetown has now won eight-straight following an 0-3 start to the season.

Up Next
The Hoyas return home to close out the regular season in a BIG EAST showdown against No. 12/13 Villanova on Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m. on the Hilltop.