• Spencer, Stover Power Loyola Past Virginia

Towson kicked off the season wearing throwback uniforms, but the Tigers will anxiously look forward to the rest of the season after a dominating 17-8 victory over No. 7 Johns Hopkins.

The 17 goals were the most ever for the Tigers against their Charles Street rival with senior Brendan Sunday leading the way with a career-best eight points on six goals and two assists.

Hopkins led 4-2 after one quarter, taking the lead on freshman Joey Epstein's goal with 48 seconds remaining in the opening frame. It would be another 18 plus minutes of game time before the Blue Jays scored again. By that point, Towson had scored nine straight goals to take control.

Senior faceoff specialist Alex Woodall was a huge factor for Towson, winning 21-of-28 faceoffs to go along with a goal and two assists.

It's a simple game for @Towson_MLax:

1. Alex Woodall wins the face-off
2. Pass to Brendan Sunday
3. Celebrate a goal pic.twitter.com/NPckw1kM3J

— Colonial Athletic Association (@CAASports) February 9, 2019

Brody McLean added three goals for Towson and junior goalie Tyler Canto made 10 saves in his debut for the Tigers.

Cole Williams had a goal and three assists for Hopkins and Forry Smith scored twice.

PHOTO BY KEVIN P. TUCKER

Hofstra Edges No. 13 Lehigh in Goaltender Showdown

Through 46 minutes, Hofstra had scored just one goal. Sophomore goalie Robert Casey, making his first career start, made sure that didn't matter.

Casey finished the game with 14 saves and Hofstra rallied for three fourth quarter goals to nip No. 13 Lehigh 4-3.

Hofstra's James Philbin and Ryan Tierney scored early in the fourth to tie the game 3-3, and then Matt Elder scored the game-winner with just 1:42 remaining, spoiling a 16-save effort by Lehigh goalie James Spence.

Philbin had a goal and an assist for Hofstra and Mickey Fitzpatrick had a pair of goals for Lehigh.

Record-Breaking Penn State Makes Sure of No Upset

Robert Morris stunned Penn State 12-9 a year ago. There would be no repeat in 2019.

The Nittany Lions erupted for 27 goals, breaking the school record of 26 set in 1976 against Lafayette, to beat the Colonials 27-10.

Penn State scored 25 times in the first three quarters, highlighted by a jaw-dropping 12 in the second quarter.

Grant Ament led the Nittany Lions on seven points (1g, 6a) and Mac O'Keefe scored a game-high five goals. T.J. Malone added four goals and 17 players registered at least one point for the No. 11 Nittany Lions (2-0).

Nichtern Shines in Army Debut

Army rookie Brendan Nichtern had four goals and three assists, including the game-winner in overtime as the Black Knights knocked off No. 16 Massachusetts 12-11.

UMass had forced the overtime on Chris Connolly's goal with just one second left in regulation.

Army won just three faceoffs in regulation, but Evan Condon got the win to start overtime as Johnny Surdick grabbed the groundball. After an Army timeout, Nichtern drove in for the winning goal.

Brendan Nichtern's goal gives @ArmyWP_MLax a 12-11 victory in OT against UMass.  pic.twitter.com/tItUiBFah5

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 9, 2019

AJ Barretto made a career-high 17 saves for Army and Miles Silva scored four goals, three of them in the fourth quarter. Connolly had two goals and five assists for UMass and Gabriel Procyk scored four times. Tom Meyers won 21-of-25 faceoffs in the game.

Utah Earns First NCAA Victory

Josh Stout scored seven goals as Utah earned its first NCAA victory, beating Mercer 13-9. The Utes jumped out to a 5-1 lead after one quarter, but Mercer worked its way back into the game, scoring three straight goals to pull within 9-8 early in the third quarter.

Stout then scored three times in a game-closing 4-1 victory to put the Utes in the win column.

Aaron Fjeldsted had three goals for Utah, James Sexton had a goal and four assists and Liam Donnelly made 13 saves.

History for @UtahLacrosse! Utes get first win in program history with 13-9 win over @MercerLacrosse. Josh Stout with 7G, 1A (video courtesy Pac 12 Network) pic.twitter.com/OP3M0TOyQd

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) February 9, 2019

Rutgers Rallies to Beat St. John's

No. 14 Rutgers scored the final seven goals of the game to post a wild 19-15 victory over St. John's. The Scarlet Knights led by six midway through the second quarter, only to see St. John's score eight straight goals.

St. John's took its biggest lead of the game, 15-12, with 10:03 left on Declan Swartwood's goal, but went scoreless down the stretch. Casey Rose gave Rutgers a 16-15 lead with 4:52 left and Kieran Mullins scored three times in the final four minutes for the Scarlet Knights.

Mullins had a huge day with nine points (6g, 3a) and Adam Charalambides scored four times. Mike Madsen had three goals for St. John's.

Notable

• Life after Trevor Baptiste may be okay. Freshman Brett Boos, a Colorado high school product, won 15-of-19 faceoffs in No. 9 Denver's 11-4 victory over Air Force.

• No. 2 Duke outscored Jacksonville 6-0 in the final 20 minutes to pull away for a 15-8 victory behind five goals from Joe Robertson.

• No. 3 Maryland led 10-4 after three quarters, but Richmond scored the final five goals of the game — four of them by Ryan Lanchbury. Lanchbury's final goal came with 2:01 left, but the Terps hung on for a 10-9 win. Jared Bernhardt had five for Maryland. Lanchbury had five for the Spiders.

• Pat Myers picked up his first career win as Lafayette beat NJIT 14-10. Senior Connar Dehnert had a career-best five goals for the Leopards.

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20

No. 2 Duke 15, Jacksonville 8
No. 3 Maryland 10, Richmond 9
No. 6 Loyola 17, No. 5 Virginia 9
Towson 17, No. 7 Johns Hopkins 8
No. 9 Denver 11, Air Force 4
No. 11 Penn State 27, Robert Morris 10
No. 12 North Carolina 14, Furman 10
Hofstra 4, No. 13 Lehigh 3
No. 14 Rutgers 19, St. John's 15
No. 15 Ohio State 17, Boston University 10
Army 12, No. 16 Massachusetts 11 (OT)
No. 18 Georgetown 13, Sacred Heart 10
No. 20 Marquette 15, Bellarmine 9

Other Scores

Delaware 11, Mount St. Mary's 8
Hobart 21, Canisius 12
Lafayette 14, NJIT 10
Manhattan 11, Wagner 10
Michigan 10, Cleveland State 8
Navy 13, Vermont 8
Providence 12, Holy Cross 5
Saint Joseph's 15, St. Bonaventure 7
UMass-Lowell 12, Quinnipiac 10
Utah 13, Mercer 9