Louisville Pulls the Upset of Virginia Tech
Meghan Siverson scored five points for Lousiville, including the game-winning goal in overtime, to lead Louisville to a 13-12 upset of No. 17 Virginia Tech in a back-and-forth ACC matchup.
In a game that featured no scoring streaks of more than two goals, the Cardinals and Hokies went into halftime tied 4-4. Emma Harden had two goals in the half.
The scoring picked up in the second half, with six goals in the first 10 minutes of the period. Hannah Koloski starting to take over for the Cardinals, as did Kirstine Loscalzo for the Hokies, scoring a combined five goals in the half.
The second half featured ties at 7-7, 8-8, 9-9. 10-10, 11-11 and 12-12. Elise Kohl scored with 1:05 left in regulation to send the game to overtime, where Siverson finished it off with 5:01 remaining in the first period.
Koloski finished with four goals for Louisville, while Losclazo and Harden had the same for Virginia Tech.
Maryland cruises past Michigan
No. 1 Maryland used a big first half to blow the game open and dominate Michigan 20-7 in Big Ten play. Four different Terps — Megan Whittle, Kali Hartshorn, Jen Giles and Brindi Griffin — tallied hat tricks to lead the way.
Michigan kept within striking distance through the first 10 minutes, trailing 3-2 with less than 20 minutes left in the first half. From that point, Maryland put together a 10-0 run that spanned into the second half to put the game out of reach for Michigan. Whittle, Hartshorn and Taylor Hensh had multiple goals in the run.
The Terps lost the draw control battle 18-11, but they outshot the Wolverines 34-18 and had two more ground balls.
Gators Dominate Commodores
No. 3 Florida needed a bounce back win after falling to Maryland earlier this week, and it got one with a 16-6 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon. Mollie Stevens scored four goals to fuel the Gators’ win.
The game was in hand for Florida from the beginning, as the Gators scored the first 14 goals through halftime. Stevens had three goals in the opening run, which saw seven of her teammates score.
Florida outshot Vanderbilt 22-12 in the one-sided first half, Jill Doherty scored twice to lead the Commodores.
NIKE/US LACROSSE TOP 20 SCOREBOARD
No. 1 Maryland 20, Michigan 7
No. 3 Florida 16, Vanderbilt 6
No. 5 Penn State 16, Ohio State 12
No. 6 Cornell 12, Rutgers 9
No. 20 James Madison 9, No. 11 Towson 5
No. 18 Boston College 17, No. 16 Virginia 10
Louisville 13, No. 17 Virginia Tech 12 (OT)
Florida Southern Holds Off Florida Tech
Shannon Mazza scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help No. 4 Florida Southern survive a furious rally from No. 11 Florida Tech and win 12-11. The Mocs led 8-4 in the second half before the Panthers mounted a comeback and eventually took the 11-10 lead with minute remaining.
Kendall kerge scored with nine seconds left to tie the game at 11-11 and send it to ovetime, where Florida Southern got the victory. Mazza finished with four goals for Florida Southern.
DIVISION II TOP 20 SCOREBOARD
No. 1 Adelphi 18, Southern New Hampshire 5
No. 2 Lindenwood 17, No. 15 West Chester 7
No 3 Le Moyne 10, Stonehill 6
No 4 Florida Southern 12, No. 11 Florida Tech 11 (OT)
No. 5 LIU Post 16, University of DC 3
No. 8 Queen's (N.C.) 22, Tusculum 8
No. 9 NYIT 17, No. 20 Bridgeport 3
No. 14 Mercyhurst 16, Kutztown 5
No. 19 Bloomsburg 5, No. 17 Slippery Rock 3
Indiana (PA) 11, No. 18 Shippensburg 5
Presuto Comes Up Big for Presuto
Kimberly Presuot had 14 saves for No. 6 Ithaca to help her team beat No. 13 St. John Fisher 12-9. With the game tied 5-5 in the second half, the Bombers scored five straight goals to grab some breathing room and held on for the win.
Ally Runyon had five goals for Ithaca, which improves to 8-1 on the season.
DIVISION III TOP 20 SCOREBOARD
No 3 Brockport 14, Oswego 3
No 4 Washington and Lee 17, Lynchburg 6
No. 5 Franklin & Marshall 14, Haverford 3
No. 6 Ithaca 12, No. 13 St. John Fisher 9
No. 8 William Smith 14, Vassar 4
No. 11 York 18, Marymount 9
No. 12 Cortland 20, New Paltz 6
No. 14 Catholic 20, Scranton 4
No. 16 Salisbury 13, St. Mary's 5
No. 20 Hamilton 13, Bates 5