WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 in the BIG EAST standings with a 13-6 victory over visiting Providence on Saturday afternoon. The 10th-ranked Hoyas improve to 6-3 overall while the Friars fall to 5-6 and 1-1 in league action.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Tucker Dordevic led Georgetown with four goals and an assist while Jacob Kelly had three goals and three assists.
• Patrick Crogan and James Reilly both scored twice while Declan McDermott and Jordan Wray each found the back of the cage once.
• Brian Minicus had a pair of assists with Graham Bundy Jr. and TJ Haley both adding one.
• Reilly put together another dominant faceoff performance, winning 17 of 21 (.772) on the day to go with 15 ground balls.
• Georgetown dominated the stat sheet on total ground balls as well, collecting 63 to Providence's 27 in the game. Kelly had nine, Dordevic and Will Tominovich each had four and Bundy, Minicus, Wallace Halpert and Will Godine all hauled in three.
• Defensively, Minicus and Will Bowen both had two caused turnovers for the Blue & Gray as the Georgetown defense held the Friars to just 28 total shots.
• In goal, Michael Scharfenberger and Danny Hincks combined for four saves in the win.

How it Happened

• Providence scored first just 19 seconds into the game, taking advantage of an empty Georgetown net on a 10-man ride. The Hoyas responded with back-to-back goals from Dordevic and Reilly which were answered in full by the Friars to lead 3-2. Georgetown scored three goals in the final 6:03 of the quarter, including Wray's goal with two second remaining in the frame, to take a 5-3 lead.
• In the second, the Hoyas outscored their guests 4-2 in the period to take a 9-4 lead going into halftime. Providence won a combined two faceoffs in the entire first half as GU led the ground ball battle 36-13.
• Coming out of the break, the Hoyas scored a pair of goals to lead 11-4 before Providence began to mount a comeback. The Friars scored four of the next five goals in the frame to make it a 12-8 Hoya lead going into the final 15 minutes of action.
• In the fourth, Crogan's second goal at the 11:31 mark put the Hoyas up 13-8 but PC rallied for three goals in a 66 second span to pull with two, down 13-11 with 4:46 to play. Georgetown's defense held the Friars at bay the rest of the way en route to victory.

Providence Notes

• Michael Chabra and Jack Horrigan both had four goals for the Friars while Ryan Bell posted two goals to go with five assists.
• Gregg Dennison had two caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• In goal, James Corasaniti collected 23 saves in the loss.

 Hoya Notes

• Georgetown's 63 ground balls are the most by any NCAA Division I team this season and the Hoyas are the only program to collect at least 60 ground balls against a Division I opponent.
• The Hoyas have now won six-straight following an 0-3 start to the season.
• Reilly's 15 ground balls are tied for the third most in a game in program history.
• Bowen moves into sole possession of third all-time in career caused turnovers in just his 26th game as a Hoya, passing Alex Mazzone ('22) with 54.

Up Next
The Hoyas hit the road for the first time since March 4 to take on Marquette on Saturday, April 15 in Milwaukee.