Syracuse took away Johns Hopkins’ home field advantage by storming out to a 7-1 lead in the opening quarter and coasted to a 15-9 victory over the Blue Jays. The Orange, ranked No. 2 in the country by US Lacrosse Magazine and No. 1 by the coaches and media, improved to a perfect 5-0. It's the first 5-0 start for Syracuse since 2016.

Stephen Rehfuss had assists on four of Syracuse’s seven first quarter goals and finished the game with seven overall. Tucker Dordevic, Chase Scanlan and Jamie Trimboli each scored twice in the first quarter and the trio combined for 12 goals in the game, led by Scanlan with five.

Drake Porter made 16 saves for Syracuse and the Orange faceoff tandem of Jakob Phaup and Danny Varello combined to win 18 of 28.

Owen Murphy paced Johns Hopkins (1-4) with three goals.

Stathakis Dominates as Denver Beats Notre Dame

Returning to the state where he dominated at Culver Military Academy, Denver freshman faceoff specialist Alec Stathakis looked right at home as No. 14 Denver beat No. 8 Notre Dame 14-11 in South Bend, Ind.

Stathakis won 22 of 28 faceoffs in the game, helping the Pioneers dominate possession. Despite controlling the ball for much of the first half, Denver led just 7-5 at the break.

Stathakis, a member of the U.S. U19 training team, won all eight third quarter faceoffs and Denver (4-2) scored five times in the first 8:13 of the third quarter to open up a 12-5 lead.

Notre Dame (2-2) scored five straight to get back within two midway through the fourth quarter, but back-to-back goals by Ethan Walker and Ted Sullivan put the game away for Denver.

Walker led the Denver offense with four goals and two assists and Jack Hannah had two goals and two assists, including this airborne beauty in the first half.

Jack Hannah with the finish MID-AIR. 

Hannah was awarded the goal and @DU_MLAX leads @NDlacrosse 5-3. pic.twitter.com/fvcN4UdlCr

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) March 7, 2020

Denver freshman goalie Jack Thompson earned the win, making 12 saves, including five in the fourth quarter.

Junior Wheaton Jackoboice, another Culver graduate, led the Irish with four goals.

Sowers Hits Another Milestone in Princeton Win

Michael Sowers became the 16^th player in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse history to top 300 career points, helping No. 3 Princeton to a 16-11 victory over state rival Rutgers.

Princeton (5-0) trailed 4-2 early and the game was tied 6-6 early in the second half. Sowers then assisted Chris Brown on back-to-back goals to ignite a six-goal run that gave the Tigers control. The second assist was the 300^th point of his career and he finished the game with three goals and two assists to give him 302 points in his career. Albany’s Lyle Thompson holds the NCAA all-time record with 400 points.

This by the way was the Sowers assist to Brown for Sowers' 300th career point. pic.twitter.com/cOAwTR6inJ

— Princeton Lacrosse (@TigerLacrosse) March 7, 2020

Sowers, Connor McCarthy and Alexander Vardaro all had three goals for Princeton.

Sizzling Start Carries Duke Past Loyola

Nakeie Montgomery had a first half hat trick to help No. 11 Duke to a blistering start as the Blue Devils blanked No. 12 Loyola for the first 28 minutes of the game in a 13-10 victory.

Duke (5-2) led 8-0 before Loyola finally found the back of the net on Kevin Lindley’s extra-man goal with just 1:43 left in the first half.

The Greyhounds (4-2) scored four straight on a run going into the fourth quarter to get within three, but the early hole was too much and Duke scored three straight of its own to put it out of reach.

Freshman Dyson Williams led Duke with four goals and Turner Uppgren made a season-high 15 saves to earn the win.

Notable

• No. 5 Yale got big performances from stars Matt Gaudet and TD Ierlan to beat Michigan 17-11 at the Pacific Coast Shootout in Costa Mesa, Calif. Gaudet scored seven goals, four of them in the first quarter, and Ierlan won 25 of 27 faceoffs.

• Maryland led by as many six goals, but things got tight before the Terps hung on for a 14-13 win over Albany. Veterans Logan Wisnauskus (5g, 3a) and Jared Bernhardt (4g, 2a) led the way and Justin Shockey won 23 of 30 faceoffs. Tehoka Nanticoke scored five for Albany.

• No. 13 Georgetown continued its early-season domination with a 16-4 win over Towson. The Hoyas are 6-0 and have won each game by at least six goals.

• Andrew Pettit and Tommy Schelling each had four goals and three assists as No. 16 Lehigh improved to 5-1 with a 15-10 win over Holy Cross.

• No. 19 Ohio State led 7-2 midway through the second quarter and held off a late Hofstra push to win 12-10. Buckeye junior goalie Josh Kirson made a career-high 19 saves, his fifth straight game with double-digit saves.

• Ryan Frawley scored six times as UMBC won its fourth straight, beating High Point 19-13. UMBC is 4-1 for the first time since 2001.

• Marc O’Rourke tied a Bryant record with seven goals (the most in a single game in the school’s Division I era) and the Bulldogs beat Stony Brook 15-11.

• Ben Martin had three goals to help Vermont (3-1) offset a 15-save effort by Daniel Hincks as the Catamounts won 9-8, handing Dartmouth (3-1) its loss of the season.

• LIU won its first game at the Division I level. Nick Grassa scored four times in a 13-9 victory over Quinnipiac.

• Luke Frankeny scored his third goal of the game with 1:07 left in overtime as Mount St. Mary's beat Utah 11-10.

Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Syracuse 15, Johns Hopkins 9
No. 3 Princeton 16, Rutgers 11
No. 5 Yale 17, Michigan 11
No. 7 Maryland 14, Albany 13
No. 14 Denver 14, No. 8 Notre Dame 11
No. 11 Duke 13, No. 12 Loyola 10
No. 13 Georgetown 16, Towson 4
No. 16 Lehigh 15, Holy Cross 10
No. 19 Ohio State 12, Hofstra 10

Other scores

Army West Point 16, Lafayette 8
Bryant 15, Stony Brook 11
Delaware 15, Marist 14
Hartford 18, Wagner 9
Harvard 15, Fairfield 12
Hobart 16, Binghamton 9
LIU 13, Quinnipiac 9
Manhattan 8, NJIT 7
Mercer 10, Monmouth 7
Mount St. Mary's 11, Utah 10
Navy 16, Colgate 14
Providence 14, Sacred Heart 8
Richmond 17, VMI 4
Robert Morris 11, Marquette 10
St. John’s 16, Siena 9
UMass-Lowell 8, Merrimack 6
UMBC 19, High Point 13
Vermont 9, Dartmouth 8

Bucknell at Boston University, ppd.