Brendan Bomberry punctuated another chapter in the riveting Syracuse-Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse rivalry, catching a Sergio Salcido pass on the doorstep and scoring in overtime to send the No. 8 Orange to an 8-7 victory Saturday over the No. 13 Blue Jays at Homewood Field.

Syracuse (5-1) has played in five straight one-goal games, winning the last three.

Johns Hopkins (4-3) has lost three straight games after starting the season 4-0. The Blue Jays overcame a three-goal deficit to tie the game with six minutes left, then went ahead on a nifty play in which faceoff man Hunter Moreland — who surfaced in the second half (8-for-11) after missing the first six games due to an injury — threw a no-look pass over his head to wing man Robert Kuhn, who stuck his second goal of the game to make it 7-6 with 5:58 remaining.

Joel Tinney appeared to make it a two-goal cushion when he deflected a loose ball into the net, but the Johns Hopkins midfielder fell into the crease before the ball crossed the goal line, negating the goal. Tinney had scored a fluky goal earlier in the game when the ball ricocheted off of his helmet.

The Orange capitalized on their last shot in regulation, as Jamie Trimboli fed Nick Mariano in front and Mariano chucked the ball over his shoulder with his back to the goal to tie the game at 7 with 33 seconds left.  

Syracuse won the faceoff in overtime, called timeout, initiated the game-winning play with Salcido, who rolled back to his right hand off an alley dodge and found Bomberry for the finisher.

The beginning of the game was almost as entertaining. About 40 minutes before opening faceoff, during pre-game warmups, players had to be separated after a scuffle at midfield, resulting in both teams starting a man down with unsportsmanlike penalties.

Villanova Stuns Maryland

Villanova attackman Danny Seibel caught a difficult interior pass, turned and rifled a shot past Maryland goalie Dan Morris, lifting the Wildcats to a 13-12 overtime upset Saturday of the fourth-ranked Terps. It was Seibel’s fourth goal of the game, giving Villanova (3-4) its first-ever victory in the series.

Maryland (4-2) came back from a five-goal deficit thanks largely to faceoff man Jon Garino Jr., who went 15-for-19 in relief of Austin Henningsen, who struggled early. The Terps scored four goals in the last seven minutes of regulation to tie the game and nearly won it at the end, but midfielder Jared Bernhardt’s apparent go-ahead goal was overturned due to a crease violation.

Nova wins! And what a smooth finish by Danny Seibel (4G) to lift @NovaLacrosse to its first-ever victory over @TerpsMLax, 13-12 in OT! pic.twitter.com/lIVkHktLM3

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) March 18, 2017

Irish Outlast Cavs in OT

After a lengthy lightning delay, the ACC showdown between No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 12 Virginia proved well worth the wait. Sergio Perkovic busted out of a season-long shooting slump with three goals, including the game-tying goal, and Ryder Garnsey scored in overtime to lead the Fighting Irish to an 11-10 victory.

Notre Dame (4-1) jumped out to a 7-3 lead, but the Cavaliers (4-3) went ahead with a five-goal surge spanning the second and third quarters. Michael Kraus (five goals, two assists) gave Virginia its first lead at 8-7 at the 5:34 mark of the third quarter. The teams exchanged the next four goals, and then Perkovic connected with 4:47 remaining in regulation. The Irish needed a defensive stand on the final possession to send the game to overtime.

Cavaliers goalie Griffin Thompson, a freshman making his first career start, saved a Pierre Byrne shot and Virginia earned possession thanks to Ryan Conrad’s full-extension dive at the sideline. But the Cavaliers committed their second turnover of overtime on the other end. Notre Dame defenseman carried the ball on a clear past the midfield line, sprinted into the offensive box and sent a cross-crease feed to Garnsey, who buried the game-winner.

BOOM! @NDlacrosse 11, @UVAMensLacrosse 10. Epple with major moxie, carries up field and finds Garnsey for the winner in OT. pic.twitter.com/zI7PX18hLc

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) March 19, 2017

BU No Longer Unbeaten

Only four undefeated teams remain after Bucknell defeated No. 20 Boston University 12-6 on Saturday. Goalie Christian Klipstein made a season-high 16 saves to backstop an impressive defensive performance. Bucknell (3-4) blanked BU (7-1) for most of the second half, scoring eight straight goals while the Terriers went scoreless for 34 minutes.

Princeton Pounds Penn in Ivy Opener

Freshman sensation Michael Sowers scored five goals and doled out four assists Saturday to lead No. 9 Princeton to a 17-8 win over No. 16 Penn in both teams’ Ivy League opener. Gavin McBride added a career-high five goals for the Tigers (3-3), who avenged a 20-10 loss to the Quakers in 2016 and rebounded from a rough midweek loss to Rutgers.

Sowers has 40 points (19 goals, 21 assists) in just seven games, already ranking third on Princeton’s all-time single-season scoring list for freshmen, behind Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe and future Hall of Famer Ryan Boyle.

No. Words. pic.twitter.com/VTt2MR3KyT

— Princeton Lacrosse (@TigerLacrosse) March 18, 2017

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 3 Notre Dame 11, No. 12 Virginia 10 (OT)
Villanova 13, No. 4 Maryland 12 (OT)
No. 6 Hofstra 11, Providence 10
No. 7 Army 10, Holy Cross 4
No. 8 Syracuse 8, No. 13 Johns Hopkins 7 (OT)
No. 9 Princeton 17, No. 16 Penn 8
No. 10 North Carolina 17, Dartmouth 6
No. 14 Albany 17, Vermont 6
No. 17 Duke 12, Georgetown 7
No. 19 Loyola 18, Navy 7
Bucknell 12, No. 20 Boston University 6

Division II

Le Moyne keeps finding ways to win — especially in overtime and especially against Merrimack.

Josh Slowinski scored with one second left in double overtime to lift the top-ranked Dolphins (6-0) to a 12-11 victory Saturday over the third-ranked Warriors.

Merrimack freshman Charlie Bertrand scored his sixth goal of the game with 1:08 left in regulation to send it to overtime. The Warriors (3-1) got three shots off in the second overtime but was unable to convert.

Justin Kesselring led Le Moyne with four goals. The Dolphins have won six straight in the series. Merrimack has not lost two a non-Le Moyne opponent in nearly two full seasons.

Scoreboard

No. 1 Le Moyne 12, No. 3 Merrimack 11 (2OT)
No. 2 Limestone 19, No. 19 Lake Erie 10
No. 6 Belmont Abbey 16, No. 10 Mount Olive 4
No. 12 Seton Hill 13, No. 15 Lynn 12 (OT)

Division III

The bounty of bonus lacrosse Saturday carried over to the Mustang Classic, where No. 7 Dickinson upended No. 4 RIT 10-9 in overtime. Dylan Maher scored his fourth goal of the game, splitting two defenders to clinch it with 3:24 remaining in OT.

In the nightcap, No. 8 York scored six unanswered goals bridging the third and fourth quarters to upend host No. 6 Stevenson 11-8. Five different Spartans scored two goals apiece, with Cameron Leech contributing four assists. Kyle D’Onofrio led the Mustangs with three goals and two assists.

Scoreboard

No. 7 Dickinson 10, No. 4 RIT 9 (OT)
No. 11 Cabrini 14, No. 17 Ursinus 9
No. 13 Amherst 10,  Lynchburg 8
No. 8 York 11, No. 6 Stevenson 8