WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's 15th-ranked men's lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 16-8 victory over visiting UAlbany on Tuesday afternoon at Cooper Field. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 2-3 on the year while the Great Danes fall to 2-4.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Rory Connor led the Hoyas with four goals and two assists while Jack Schubert added four goals and an assist, Liam Connor chipped in with a goal and five assists on the day.
• Jack Ransom scored twice while George Acton, Evan MacFarland, Pax Marshall, Johnny Price and Jordan Wray each scored a goal.
• Hayden Cody and Natty Mason dished out two assists apiece with Charlie Hoffman adding another.
• Cody went 12-for-26 (.461) on faceoffs to go with seven ground balls.
• Defensively, Evan MacFarland was credited with three caused turnovers and three ground balls while Acton added three caused turnovers and six ground balls to go with his goal.
• In goal, Anderson Moore (2-3) posted 12 saves in the win and had two caused turnovers with two ground balls.

How it Happened

• Despite an early faceoff advantage for UAlbany, the Hoyas took a 2-0 lead halfway into the opening quarter with consecutive goals from Schubert. The Great Danes would find their first goal with just 62 seconds remaining in the frame to make it 2-1 after 15 minutes of action. In the second, Georgetown scored off the opening faceoff with a pole goal from MacFarland 12 seconds into the quarter. After a scoreless six minutes, Silas Richmond scored his first goal for UAlbany at the 9:01 mark to make it 3-2, but the Blue & Gray strung together three-straight goals from Marshall, Ransom and Rory Connor to lead 6-2. Another late Great Dane goal from Richmond, this time with 35 seconds to go in the half, salvaged a 6-3 GU lead heading into the break.
• Coming out of the locker room, offenses exploded for a combined 10 goals in the third quarter. Six-straight goals from the Hoyas in the opening seven minutes – including back-to-back Rory Connor goals within four seconds of each other – propelled the Hoyas to a12-3 advantage.  UAlbany responded with three consecutive goals of its own to make it 12-6, but Schubert's third goal of the game with four seconds left gave Georgetown a 13-6 lead with 15 minutes to play. 
• The Great Danes managed a pair of goals in the first three minutes of the fourth to pull within five at 13-8, but Georgetown held its guests scoreless the rest of the way while adding three goals in the final seven minutes to seal the 16-8 victory.

UAlbany Notes

• Richmond led the Great Danes with three goals and an assist. He was the only UAlbany player with more than one point on the day.
• Austin Oppenheim went 15-for-22 (.681) on faceoffs with six ground balls.
• Defensively, Cade Galko was credited with three caused turnovers and two ground balls.
• In goal, Brady Smith (2-4) had 13 saves in the loss.

Up Next
The Hoyas have the weekend off before traveling to face Loyola on Tuesday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in Baltimore.