It’s been a record-setting week for Georgetown’s James Reilly.
The senior surpassed Andy Corno’s school mark for career ground balls in Saturday’s 20-10 rout of Marquette, then moved past Corno’s career total for faceoff victories in Tuesday’s 14-7 triumph over Loyola.
Reilly now has 356 ground balls, 15 more than Corno had for the Hoyas from 2002 to 2005. His 13-for-24 outing against Loyola put him at 633 faceoff victories, while Corno had 624 for his career. –ss
“It’s been awesome,” coach Kevin Warne said. “He wasn’t a guy who was highly recruited, but he’s just a hard worker and to stay and be productive at the X for four years, that’s a lot of whistles. That’s a lot of getting knocked around. He deserves the credit that he’s getting.”
Reilly is also an exception to many of the string of records set across the sport. The bonus year of eligibility due to the pandemic has given players more games to accumulate anything — goals, assists, saves, faceoff wins — and various career lists will probably be a bit skewed for years to come because of it.
Reilly, though, has done his work in just four seasons. Tuesday marked his 52nd career game, four fewer than Corno played in his remarkable career — which included a second-team All-American nod in 2004 as a midfielder before the USILA added a specific spot for faceoff specialists.