Here’s the weekly roundup of state college lacrosse games.
Division I men
No. 4 Maryland 8, Loyola Maryland 7: Matthew Keegan scored the game-winner in overtime after the Terps rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the host Greyhounds on Saturday.
Maryland (2-0) entered the final period trailing 5-2 after being held scoreless in the third quarter. But the Terps scored four straight goals — including three from Eric Spanos — to take a 6-5 lead midway through the frame. Remi Reynolds (Gilman) scored to pull Loyola (0-2) back even, but Daniel Kelly (Calvert Hall) answered two minutes later to put Maryland back on top, 7-6, with 3:11 to go.
It appeared that the Terps would be able to seal the victory in regulation after calling timeout with eight seconds left to set up their defense, but Loyola’s Kenan Everhart scored on a turnaround shot with just two seconds left to force overtime. Keegan then scored with 2:56 remaining in the extra period to secure the Terps’ 24th win in 27 all-time meetings against the Greyhounds.
Maryland held Loyola scoreless for the first 18:27 of the game but still entered halftime trailing 4-2. Loyola’s Max Watkinson finished with 11 saves and Logan McNaney stopped 10 shots for Maryland in a defensive battle. Shea Keethler and Sean Creter combined to win 12 of 17 faceoffs for the Terps, who host No. 2 Syracuse next Saturday in College Park.
Spanos finished with four goals for his sixth career hat trick, while Kelly scored twice and Zach Whittier recorded two assists for Maryland. Everhart scored twice and Matthew Minicus and Luke Murphy each added a goal and an assist for Loyola, which hosts No. 8 Johns Hopkins next Saturday.
No. 8 Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse excels in 11-6 win over No. 10 Georgetown
Navy 22, Iona 9: The host Midshipmen raced out to a 10-2 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in a dominant win over the Gaels (0-2) on Saturday.
Race Ripley (Spalding) scored four goals and Mac Haley added three to lead Navy (1-0), which had 15 players score at least one goal. The Mids outshot Iona 66-22 and won 22 of 35 faceoffs. George Vlahos, Gunnar Schwarz, Andrew Daly, William Perez (Severn) and Will Walsh combined to make 10 saves for Navy.
LIU 15, Mount St. Mary’s 12: The host Mountaineers took an 11-4 lead late in the first half before allowing the Sharks to score 11 of the game’s final 12 goals in a home-opening loss.
Mount St. Mary’s looked well on its way to securing its first 2-0 start since joining Division I in 1989 after Brody Atkinson scored his third goal of the game to take a commanding seven-goal lead. But LIU (1-1) scored five straight goals to make it 11-9, pulled even at 12 on a man-up goal by Aiden Zuhoski late in the third quarter and took the lead for good with less than a minute left in the frame.
Carter Quested scored a team-high four goals and Jack Smith added a goal and three assists for the Mount, who look to bounce back Tuesday against visiting St. Bonaventure.
Division III men
Salisbury 8, Grove City 6: Riley Strub and Chris Wong each scored three goals and the Sea Gulls led wire-to-wire in a win over the Wolverines (0-1) on Saturday at Under Armour Global Headquarters in Baltimore.
Brice Bromwell added a goal and two assists for Salisbury (2-0), which outshot Grove City 37-35 but won just 5 of 16 faceoffs. Nicholas Ransom (St. Mary’s Ryken) made 11 saves for the Sea Gulls, who host Scranton next Saturday.
Stevenson 19, Ohio Wesleyan 14: Max Racich had six goals and two assists and the host Mustangs outscored the Battling Bishops 8-0 in the fourth quarter for a season-opening win Friday night.
Jack Scaliti had five assists, Gavin Gossen scored four goals, Andrew Searing added three goals and an assist and Taz Delaney (Towson University) chipped in four assists for Stevenson, which plays at Muhlenberg next Saturday.
Division I women
Mount St. Mary’s 11, Towson 10: Anna Salerno and MK Allingham each scored three goals and the Mountaineers defeated the host Tigers for just the second time in program history Saturday.
Madison Harmening and Mackenzi Furlong added two goals each for Mount St. Mary’s (1-0), which is now 13-2 all-time against Towson with the other victory coming in 2022. Camille Thomas made eight saves for the Mount, who host Lafayette next Saturday.
Valerie Thompson, Katie Roszko and Ocea Leavy each scored two goals and Jenna Cardeno made 13 saves for the Tigers (0-1), who host Georgetown on Thursday.
No. 1 Boston College 21, No. 10 Loyola Maryland 7: The host Eagles (1-0) opened with a 5-0 run and beat the Greyhounds (0-1) on Friday. Rachel Clark scored a game-high seven goals and Emma LoPinto added six for Boston College. Loyola got two goals each from Ava Kane and Mim Suares-Jury. The Greyhounds’ Lauren Spencer and Eagles’ Shea Dolce each made eight saves. Loyola hosts American next Saturday.
No. 5 Florida 12, No. 11 Johns Hopkins 11: Gianna Monaco scored the game-winning goal with 18 seconds left to break the fifth and final tie and lift the visiting Gators (0-1) over the Blue Jays (0-1) on Friday. Hopkins’ Ashley Mackin finished with a game-high five goals. Kaitlyn Davies had a hat trick for Florida. JHU hosts Duke next Saturday.
No. 18 Navy 16, Saint Joseph’s 9: The host Mids (1-0) opened with a 7-0 run and beat the Hawks (0-1) on Friday. Emily Messinese (Gerstell) finished with four goals and an assist, Alyssa Chung (Severna Park) added three goals and an assist, Emma Kennedy (Glenelg) had three goals and an assist and Mikayla Williams chipped in two goals and three assists for Navy, which travels to Villanova next Saturday.
Division III women
Salisbury 8, Stevenson 6: Julianna Ott (Glenelg), Miranda Mears and Regan McDonnell (Severna Park) each scored two goals to lead the host Sea Gulls over the Mustangs in the season opener Friday night.
Sophia Murray scored two goals while Erin Steinberg (Towson High) and Isabelle VanEmburgh each tallied a goal and an assist for Stevenson, which took a 4-3 lead in the second quarter but couldn’t hold on. Salisbury hosts Catholic next Saturday, while the Mustangs hosts Juniata College.
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