RICHMOND, Va. – Closing out nonconference play, the No. 10 Georgetown University men's lacrosse team defeated No. 18/17 Richmond 14-8 on the road at Robins Stadium on Saturday evening. With the win, the Hoyas head into BIG EAST play with a 6-2 record while the Spiders fall to 5-4 on the year with all four losses coming to top-10 ranked opponents.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Alexander Vardaro led Georgetown with a season-high five goals.
• Aidan Carroll added two goals with two assists, TJ Haley chipped in a goal with three assists while both Graham Bundy Jr. and Joe Cesare had two goals and an assist.
• Patrick Crogan found the back of the cage twice while James Ball, Kade Goldberg and Chase Llewellyn each notched lone assists.
• Ball won 14-of-23 (.608) faceoffs and collected seven ground balls to go with his assist
• Defensively, Georgetown's defense held its sixth-straight opponent to 10 goals or fewer.
• Ty Banks had a pair of caused turnovers with four ground balls while Wallace Halpert matched his four ground balls. Four other Hoyas had at least three ground balls in the game.
• In goal, Anderson Moore (6-2) had 14 saves in cage, including nine in the second half.

How It Happened

• A back-and-forth first quarter saw both sides trading goals as neither squad could gain momentum. Bundy's second goal of the game with 1:41 remaining gave the Blue & Gray a 3-2 lead but Richmond scored with one second left in the frame to knot things up at 3-3.
• In the second, the Hoyas broke the game open and outscored their hosts 6-1 in the quarter. Vardaro posted a hat trick in the frame alone while Crogan netted both of his goals. Georgetown was methodical in its scoring, posting six goals on only eight shots in the quarter.
• Coming out of the locker room, Vardaro found the net early courtesy of a Carroll assist before the Spiders rattled off three-straight goals to pull within three at 10-7. It was all Georgetown from there as the Blue & Gray scored four unanswered goals in the final 12 minutes of the quarter to lead 14-7 with 15 minutes remaining. The Hoyas had another five goals in the stanza on just eight shots.
• In the final frame, Richmond attacked the Hoyas with a barrage of 12 shots but could only manage to score one. Georgetown's offense held the ball down the stretch, attempting just three shots and taking multiple shot clock violations.

Richmond Notes

• Dalton Young led the Spiders with three goals and an assist. He is the first opposing player to score a hat trick against the Georgetown defense since February 17.
• Jared Chenoy won 12 of 23 faceoffs and collected four ground balls.
• Zach Vigue collected 10 saves between the pipes in the loss.

Hoya Notes

• Haley moved into sole possession of 11th place all-time in career scoring at Georgetown, passing Jim Nagle ('84) with 149 points.
• Bundy's three points give him 199 for his career. With one more, he would be just the fourth Hoya in program history to reach 200 career points.

Up Next
The Hoyas open the BIG EAST portion of their schedule on the road at Providence on Saturday, March 30.