PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Georgetown University's men's lacrosse team opened BIG EAST play with a 15-10 road victory at Providence on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 7-2 on the season and 1-0 in league play while the Friars fall to 4-6 overall and 0-1 in conference action.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Alexander Vardaro led Georgetown with four goals and two assists. Graham Bundy Jr. added a hat trick with an assist.
• Bundy's four points give him 203 for his career, making him just the fourth Hoya in program history to reach 200 career points.
• Aidan Carroll had two goals and an assist, Patrick Crogan scored twice and TJ Haley scored a goal to go with a team-high three assists.
• Wallace Halpert and Jack Leary both notched a goal and an assist in transition from the rope unit, including a man down goal from Leary.
• Chase Llewellyn added a goal while Ty Banks, Joe Cesare and Kade Goldberg all chipped in assists.
• James Ball won 16-of-26 (.615) faceoffs and collected 11 ground balls.
• Defensively, Georgetown's defense held its seventh-straight opponent to 10 goals or fewer.
• Seamus Foley was credited with three caused turnovers and hauled in a pair of ground balls while Banks and Dylan Hess both notched two caused turnovers as well.
• In goal, Anderson Moore (7-2) had five saves, all in the third quarter.

How It Happened

• A back-and-forth opening frame saw the two squads trade goals before Providence broke open a 2-2 tie with consecutive goals 15 seconds apart at the 3:35 mark to lead 4-2 after the first.
• The Friars scored on the opening possession in the second to lead 5-2, but Georgetown responded by closing out the half with nine unanswered goals to lead 11-5 going into halftime.
• Coming out of the locker room, both sides kept pace with each other, scoring two goals apiece en route to 13-7 GU lead with 15 minutes to play.
• In the final frame, an early Georgetown goal made it 14-7 before the Friars began to chip away at the lead with three-straight goals to make it 14-10 with 4:31 to play. Down the stretch, Bundy put the game away for good with his third goal at the 2:15 mark courtesy of a Vardaro assist.

Providence Notes

• Michael Chabra and Richie Joseph both had four goals for the Friars.
• Gregg Dennison had two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• James Corasaniti collected 12 saves between the pipes in the loss.

Hoya Notes

• Bundy's four points give him 203 for his career, making him just the fourth Hoya in program history to reach 200 career points.
• The win is the 17th-straight BIG EAST conference win and the 23rd-consecutive victory over league opponents including the BIG EAST Championships.

Up Next
The Hoyas continue BIG EAST play at home against Marquette on Saturday, April 6.