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The Ivy League started Saturday with five of the top 12 teams in the Nike/USA Lacrosse rankings, but the league’s depth doesn’t end there. Brown stunned No. 8 Penn 12-10 at Franklin Field on Saturday to add more chaos to the league standings.

The Quakers jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the opening quarter, but Brown scored seven times in the second quarter to knot the game at 7 at halftime.

With the game tied at 8 midway through the third quarter, Brown’s Devon McLane scored back-to-back goals to give the Bears the lead for good. McLane’s fourth goal of the game helped wrap things up. Down by one goal, Penn’s Sam Handley took an outside shot that was blocked by the stick of Brown’s Trevor Yeboah-Kodie. Yeboah-Kodie picked up the groundball to start a fast break opportunity and he fed McLane for the insurance goal.

Ryan Aughavin and Reed Moshyedi each added two goals and two assists for Brown (6-4, 1-2 Ivy) and Connor Theriault made 13 saves. Dylan Gergar had three goals for Penn (4-4, 1-3) and Patrick Burkinshaw made 17 saves.

Jacksonville Takes Control of SoCon

A season of breakthroughs added another key milestone as Jacksonville beat Southern Conference rival Richmond for the first time ever, defeating the Spiders 13-11. Richmond, which has either won or finished as the runner-up every year since the SoCon began sponsoring men’s lacrosse in 2015, had won the previous eight meetings against Jacksonville.

The Dolphins (10-2, 2-0 SoCon), who beat 2021 SoCon champion High Point last weekend, built up a 13-6 lead late in the third quarter and needed that cushion after a sloppy close to the game. Jacksonville went scoreless in the final quarter while committing seven turnovers.

Jacksonville goalie Luke Millican kept Richmond at bay, making 10 saves overall and three in the final quarter.

Tyler Corpora, a graduate transfer from Hartford, stepped up in a big way for Jacksonville, scoring four goals. His fourth came with 43 seconds remaining in the third quarter to give the Dolphins a seven-goal cushion. Max Waldbaum and Ethan LaMond each scored twice for Jacksonville.

Richmond (6-4, 1-1), coming off of an upset over then No. 2 Virginia last weekend, was led by Ryan Lanchbury with four goals and two assists. Luke Frankeny added three goals and Jared Chenoy won 17 of 26 faceoffs. Zach Vigue made 14 saves.

Notre Dame Outguns Duke

No. 15 Notre Dame led from start to finish in a 16-15 victory over Duke, evening the Irish’s record at 4-4 while moving to 2-1 in the ACC. Duke was unable to build off the momentum of a blowout win over North Carolina last weekend, losing for the third time in the last five games to fall to 9-5, 1-2.

Notre Dame led 7-3 after the opening quarter, forcing the Blue Devils to play catch up the rest of the way. Jake Naso’s goal with 5:44 left in the second quarter pulled Duke to within 8-7, but the Irish scored three goals in the final four minutes of the first half.

Duke got to within one goal again late in the third quarter, trailing 13-12 after an Owen Caputo goal capped a three-goal rally, but Notre Dame again had an answer with Wheaton Jackoboice scoring with 10 seconds left in the quarter.

Notre Dame pushed the lead to three goals again in the third quarter before Duke closed the scoring on goals by Reed Landin (4:16) and Brennan O’Neill (0:08).

Pat Kavanagh led the Irish offense with seven points (3g, 4a) and Jackoboice also had a hat trick. O’Neill and Nakeie Mongomery each had three goals and two assists for Duke.

Virginia Turns to Defense, Beats UNC

With All-American attackman Matt Moore sidelined, No. 5 Virginia’s offense took a while to get going, but the Cavaliers defense was more than up to the task in an 11-4 win over No. 14 North Carolina.

Freshman goalie Matt Nunes made 13 saves while allowing just four goals and the Cavaliers forced North Carolina into 17 turnovers. North Carolina led 2-1 after the opening quarter, but scored just one goal in the final 37 minutes of the game.

Payton Cormier led Virginia (8-2, 4-0 ACC) with four goals, including back-to-back tallies in the last 2:26 of the first half to help give the Cavaliers momentum and a 6-3 halftime lead. Griffin Schutz and Evan Zinn each scored twice for Virginia and Jeff Conner had a goal and three assists.

Chris Gray led North Carolina (7-4, 0-3) with three goals.

Reid Leads Ohio State Past Hopkins

Jackson Reid did it every which way, scoring five goals in No. 11 Ohio State’s 12-10 over Johns Hopkins at Ohio Stadium.

Reid had a no-look goal, picked up a rebound in front of the cage for second-chance goal and intercepted a clearing pass that he turned into an empty-net goal to key the Buckeyes (8-3, 2-1 B1G).

The last goal came in the opening moments of the fourth quarter to tie the game after the Blue Jays had taken a 9-8 lead on Ryan Evans goal in the final minute of the third quarter. Ohio State took advantage of another broken play to take the lead for good when Reid found Scott White for an open look after a Hopkins defender had to leave the field due to a broken stick.

Jack Myers had a goal and four assists for the Buckeyes and Johnny Wiseman and Connor Mitchell each scored twice.

Garrett Degnon scored three times for Johns Hopkins (5-7, 1-2) and Jacob Angelus (1g, 3a) and Jack Keogh (2g, 2a) each had four-point games.

Cornell Stops Harvard Streak

No. 12 Harvard’s seven-game winning streak ended with a thud in a 17-9 loss to No. 6 Cornell. The Big Red led 10-1 early in the second half and stayed in control other than a four-goal Harvard spurt midway through the third quarter.

John Piatelli led Cornell with four goals and CJ Kirst had three goals and three assists. The Big Red also got solid efforts from Angelo Petrakis with 17 of 27 faceoff wins and Chayse Ierlan with 10 saves.

The 17 goals allowed matched the season-high allowed by Harvard, which came in a 17-12 loss to Ohio State in its season opener.

Denver Grinds Out Win at Villanova

Jack Hannah scored three goals and Jack Thompson made 15 saves as No. 20 Denver picked up its third win in its last four games, edging No. 19 Villanova 12-10.

Neither team led by more than two goals in the close battle. Back-to-back goals by Noah Manning and Ellis Geis in the final 81 seconds of the third quarter gave Denver a 10-8 lead entering the final frame.

Villanova’s J.P. Basile scored with 1:10 left in the game to get the Wildcats within one goal, but Denver faceoff specialist Alec Stahakis scored just 16 seconds later to seal the victory.

Notable

  • Graham Bundy Jr. matched his career-high of six goals as No. 2 Georgetown improved to 9-1 with a 15-5 victory over Providence.

  • Freshman Coulter Mackesy continued his breakout season with a three-goal effort as No. 3 Princeton pulled away from No. 18 Boston University for a 12-7 victory. Erik Peters made 14 saves for the Tigers, who used a five-goal run after leading 7-6 late in the third quarter.

  • No. 13 Army survived an upset scare from Colgate, scoring the final three goals to win 13-11. Brendan Nichtern had three goals and three assists for the Black Knights, including a goal and two assists on the final three goals.

  • Towson moved into first place in the CAA standings at 2-0 with a 12-9 victory over Massachusetts. Shane Brennan made 16 saves in the win.

  • Brett Dobson made 20 saves while allowing just three goals in St. Bonaventure’s 6-3 win over Monmouth. In its last two games, Monmouth has scored just four goals while seeing opposing goalies make 41 saves after Siena’s Chris Yanchoris made 21 saves while allowing just one goal in a 10-1 win over the Hawks last weekend.

  • Loyola scored nine first-quarter goals and routed Navy 18-7 behind three goals and four assists from Aidan Olmstead.

  • Freshman Bobby O’Grady scored a school record eight goals and Marquette set a single-game school record 23 goals in a 23-13 victory over St. John’s.

  • Hofstra snapped a three-game losing streak, picking up a key 12-11 CAA win at Delaware, handing the Blue Hens their third straight loss. Rory Jones and Dylan McIntosh each scored three goals.

How the Nike/USA Lacrosse Top 20 Fared

No. 2 Georgetown defeated Providence, 15-5
No. 3 Princeton defeated No. 18 Boston University, 12-7
No. 5 Virginia defeated No. 14 North Carolina 11-4
No. 6 Cornell defeated No. 12 Harvard, 17-9
No. 7 Yale defeated Dartmouth, 23-6
Brown defeated No. 8 Penn, 12-10
No. 9 Jacksonville defeated No. 17 Richmond, 13-11
No. 15 Notre Dame defeated No. 10 Duke, 16-15
No. 11 Ohio State defeated Johns Hopkins, 12-10
No. 13 Army defeated Colgate, 13-11
No. 20 Denver defeated No. 19 Villanova, 12-10

All Scores

Air Force 13, Detroit Mercy 4
Army 13, Colgate 11
Brown 12, Penn 10
Cornell 17, Harvard 9
Denver 12, Villanova 10
Drexel 19, Fairfield 18
Georgetown 15, Providence 5
Hobart 12, Wagner 3
Hofstra 12, Delaware 11
Jacksonville 13, Richmond 11
Lafayette 21, Holy Cross 11
LIU 14, Mount St. Mary’s 10
Loyola 18, Navy 7
Manhattan 8, Siena 7
Marquette 23, St. John’s 13
Mercer 22, Hampton 6
Merrimack 11, Sacred Heart 8
Notre Dame 16, Duke 15
Ohio State 12, Johns Hopkins 10
Princeton 12, Boston University 7
Quinnipiac 15, Canisius 10
Robert Morris 12, Bellarmine 9
Saint Joseph’s 11, Bryant 10
St. Bonaventure 6, Monmouth 3
Stony Brook 20, NJIT 12
Towson 12, Massachusetts 9
UMBC 16, Albany 7
Utah 15, Cleveland State 11
Vermont 23, UMass-Lowell 9
Virginia 11, North Carolina 4
Yale 23, Dartmouth 6