After a poor start to the 2022 season, Lehigh is quietly unbeaten in Patriot League play.

Cole Kirst chipped in four goals and Mike Sisselberger won 17 of 25 faceoffs to lead the Mountain Hawks to the 11-10 victory over Army at Mitchie Stadium.

Kirst scored twice in the first 10 minutes, helping Lehigh jump out to a 4-0 lead before Army could win a faceoff. The Black Knights answered with four straight goals to tie the game, including two from Paul Johnson.

Up 6-5, Kirst initiated a three-goal run to give Lehigh a four-goal lead that felt even bigger. Army cut the deficit to a goal with 10:04 remaining in the fourth quarter, but a Matt Marker goal with 5:40 became the eventual game-winner. The Black Knight scored with 57 seconds left, but Sisselberger won the ensuing faceoff to clinch the victory.

NOTRE DAME PULLS AWAY

The Kavanagh brothers are the present and future of the Notre Dame offense, and they showed why on Saturday.

Pat and Chris Kavanagh connected on two goals, and combined for eight points, to lead the Fighting Irish to the 12-7 victory over Michigan in South Bend. The win snapped a three-game skid involving three ranked opponents (Georgetown, Maryland, Ohio State).

Michigan held an early 2-1 lead before Notre Dame scored six straight goals to take command of the game. Kavanagh had three assists in the run and Wheaton Jackoboice scored twice. The Wolverines got as close as three goals at 7-4, but the Irish responded with a five-goal rally to put the game away in the fourth quarter.

The battle of the day came in the cages, where Liam Entenmann made 19 saves and Michigan goalie Shane Carr had 17 saves.

‘CUSE BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN

Tucker Dordevic came to Long Island ready to play on a day when Syracuse needed him to step up.

Dordevic, the redshirt junior and leader of the Orange offense, dropped six goals and three assists to lead Syracuse to the 14-9 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday afternoon. The Orange had lost four of five heading into this weekend, but scored a vital win to keep hopes of competing for an NCAA bid in play.

The Seawolves kept pace throughout the first half and into the third quarter, but an eight-goal Syracuse run allowed them to cruise to the win. Dordevic had five goals in 15 minutes during the second-half rally.­

NOTABLE

• Maryland dominated Virginia 23-12 at Audi Field to make it clear which team stands atop college lacrosse. More on that game from Patrick Stevens this evening.

• The Ivy League was absolute madness on Saturday. Click here for a full recap of Ivy League games.

• Rutgers scored the game’s first 10 goals and cruised to the 22-10 victory over Hofstra on Long Island. Brian Cameron led the way with three goals, while Ross Scott had two goals and two assists.

• In the first game of the Capital City Classic, Dylan Watson had four goals to lead No. 5 Georgetown to the 16-6 victory over Utah.

• Max Waldbaum and Jacob Greiner each had four goals to lead No. 13 Jacksonville to the 22-8 victory over UMass-Lowell.

• Cian Collins’ goal with 4:20 left proved to be the game-winner for St. Bonaventure, which downed Marist 7-6 to move to 6-2.

HOW THE NIKE/USAL TOP 20 FARED

No. 2 Maryland defeated No. 1 Virginia 23-12
No. 3 Princeton defeated No. 6 Penn 21-20 (OT)
No. 4 Cornell defeated No. 9 Yale 13-12
No. 5 Georgetown defeated Utah 16-6
No. 7 Rutgers defeated Hofstra 22-10
Lehigh defeated No. 11 Army 11-10
No. 13 Jacksonville defeated UMass-Lowell 22-8
No. 14 Duke defeated Towson 14-7
No. 15 Harvard defeated No. 19 Brown 12-11
No. 16 Notre Dame defeated No. 17 Michigan 12-7
No. 20 Boston U defeated Holy Cross 16-10

FULL SCOREBOARD

Air Force 13, Mercer 10
Bellarmine 17, VMI 8
Binghamton 18, Albany 10
Bryant 16, Merrimack 4
Cleveland State 14, Hampton 6
Colgate 14, Lafayette 7
Dartmouth 17, St. John’s 10
Duke 14, Towson 7
Fairfield 15, Providence 11
Georgetown 16, Utah 6
LIU 12, Wagner 7
Loyola 13, Bucknell 9
Manhattan 9, Quinnipiac 7
Maryland 23, Virginia 12
Jacksonville 22, UMass-Lowell 8
Notre Dame 12, Michigan 7
Princeton 21, Penn 20 (OT)
Robert Morris 10, Marquette 7
Rutgers 22, Hofstra 10
Sacred Heart 9, Hobart 8
Saint Bonaventure 7, Marist 6
Saint Joseph’s 19, Mount St. Mary’s 6
Syracuse 14, Stony Brook 9
Vermont 14, NJIT 3