CORNELL OVER PENN STATE IN A CLASSIC
Cornell’s 18-17 win over Penn State in the Crown Lacrosse Classic had it all, and it had some fantasizing about what a rematch might look like in May.
Jeff Teat scored the game-tying goal with 18 seconds left and faceoff man Angelo Petrakis scored the winner with 8 seconds left, as No. 9 Cornell remained unbeaten.
No. 1 Penn State rallied from a nine-goal deficit to take the lead late in the fourth-quarter, but could not hold on. Read more here.
DREXEL UPENDS VILLANOVA
The Villanova buzz saw hit an unanticipated snag Sunday, as Drexel scored the last four goals to defeat the 17th-ranked Wildcats 15-12 in the Philly 4 Lacrosse Classic at Saint Joseph’s.
Reid Bowering scored six goals for the Dragons (3-3), who coughed up a four-goal lead and trailed 12-11 with 6:30 remaining before their game-ending flurry. Bowering assisted Casey Waller for the tying goal and Jack Mulcahy finished a Matt Varian feed for the game-winner. A man-up goal by Aidan Coll and Bowering’s seventh tally iced the upset.
Villanova (4-3) was without starting goalie Will Vitton in the second half after he took a hit at the end of the second quarter. Brendan Haggerty played the final 30 minutes between the pipes. Drexel snapped a four-game Wildcats winning streak that included victories over two top-10 teams in Maryland and Penn, the latter coming in the Philly 4 opener Friday.
PENN SURVIVES AT ST. JOE’S
Patrick Burkinshaw made 17 saves, Adam Goldner scored five goals and both came up huge in the final minute as No. 10 Penn defeated No. 20 Saint Joseph’s 13-12 in the Philly 4 Lacrosse Classic finale Sunday in Philadelphia.
Neither team led by more than two goals through the entirety of the closely contested game. Saint Joseph’s goalie Mike Adler, who made 20 saves in the Hawks’ win over Drexel on Friday, made another 19 saves Sunday against the Quakers.
After Adler’s 19th save, however, Goldner collected the rebound and scored the game-winning goal with 48 seconds remaining.
Penn’s Kyle Gallagher, who went 21-for-27, committed a violation on the ensuing faceoff and Goldner got a delay-of-game penalty, giving Saint Joseph’s (5-2) a chance to tie it. With Burkinshaw closing the gap, Levi Anderson hit the post and then Ryan Doran missed wide as the Quakers (2-3) held on to win.
Saint Joseph’s faceoff specialist Zach Cole (75.6 percent this season) did not play due to injury.
Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20
No. 9 Cornell 18, No. 1 Penn State 17
Brown 14, No. 6 Virginia 13
No. 10 Penn 13, No. 20 Saint Joseph’s 12
Drexel 15, No. 17 Villanova 12
Other Scores
Air Force 15, Canisius 11