Richmond has scared Virginia before, but the Spiders finished the deal this time, upsetting No. 2 Virginia 17-13 to post their first victory in eight tries in the series that began in 2014.
Virginia came out on fire, scoring seven first quarter goals and taking a 9-5 lead on All-American Matt Moore’s goal with 11:11 to play in the second quarter. But the Cavaliers lost both Moore and All-American faceoff specialist Petey LaSalla to injuries in the first half and they did not return.
LaSalla had won nine of the game’s first 10 faceoffs and the Cavaliers were mostly even the rest of the day with Gable Braun winning 11 of 23 on the day. The offense also sputtered without Moore. Virginia scored nine goals in the first 19 minutes and just four over the final 41 minutes of the game.
Richmond’s offense never sputtered, with Dalton Young scoring four goals and adding three assists and Ryan Lanchbury scoring four times. Lanchbury’s halftime buzzer beater gave the Spiders a 10-9 lead at the break and set the tone for the second half.
Richmond (6-3) scored twice in the opening minutes of the third quarter to cap a seven-goal run and Virginia never had an answer. The Cavaliers got to within two goals on three occasions in the second half, but a program known for making big runs was unable to string together consecutive goals at any point in the second half.
Richmond goalie Zach Vigue struggled early, but closed the game strong. Vigue made 11 saves in the second half and finished the game with 16.
Peyton Cormier led Virginia (7-2) with five goals.
Yale Tops Penn in Overtime
In a finish that surprised no one, Penn and Yale went to overtime. The last three games in the series had been one-goal affairs and the teams had played five overtime games in the series since 2016. Another classic was added to the rivalry on Saturday and Yale's Chris Lyons was the hero with a sidearm bounce shot for the game-winner in a 12-11 victory.
The game featured five lead changes, but No. 6 Penn had to come back to force overtime. No. 8 Yale went scoreless in the final 23 minutes of regulation as Penn scored three straight, tying the game at 11 on Cam Rubin's goal with 4:07 left.
Yale's Nicholas Ramsey won the faceoff to start overtime and Penn almost forced a turnover when it deflected a pass behind the goal, but the ball went out of bounds and Yale maintained possession. That set up Lyons to come off the wing and rip home his third goal of the game.
Lyons' three goals led the Bulldogs and Ramsey won 14 of 25 faceoffs while Jared Paquette made 12 saves.
Sam Handley had three goals and two assists for Penn and Rubin also had a hat trick. Patrick Burkinshaw made 14 saves.
Taylor Fuels Notre Dame Rout
A game that felt like it was a must-win situation for both teams was hardly a game as No. 16 Notre Dame blitzed No. 18 Syracuse 22-6 behind a career day from junior attackman Jake Taylor.
Taylor, making his first career start, came into the game with two goals this season and three in his career. He proceeded to find the back of the net eight times, setting a Notre Dame single game record.
Taylor scored four times in the opening quarter as the Irish jumped out to an 8-0 lead. Notre Dame eventually led 12-0 before Syracuse finally scored.
Pat Kavanagh added three goals and six assists for Notre Dame (3-4, 1-1 ACC) and Liam Entenmann made 13 saves.
Syracuse (4-5, 1-2) returned to the national rankings after beating Duke last weekend, but struggled to get anything going against the Irish. Tucker Dordevic scored twice and Jacob Phaup won 20 of 31 faceoffs.
O’Neill, Adler Star as Duke Routs UNC
Brennan O’Neill scored seven goals and Max Adler made 19 saves as No. 13 Duke hammered rival North Carolina 15-6.
O’Neill scored Duke’s first three goals and Adler made nine saves in the first quarter without allowing a goal as the Blue Devils took control early. North Carolina scored just one goal in the first 43 minutes of the game and trailed by as many as 11 goals.
Nakeie Montgomery added three goals for Duke (9-4, 1-1 ACC) and Joe Robertson had two goals and three assists. Chris Gray had a goal and three assists for No. 10 North Carolina (7-3, 0-2) and Collin Krieg made 19 saves.
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Cornell Escapes Dartmouth
Cornell’s 10th straight win in its series with Dartmouth didn’t come easy. Big Red goalie Chayse Ierlan made a save with seven seconds remaining to preserve an 8-7 win over the Big Green.
Dartmouth jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but from late in the first quarter to early in the fourth quarter — a span of over 40 minutes — the Big Green scored just one goal. But seventh-ranked Cornell wasn’t able to put Dartmouth away, leading just 7-5 in the fourth due in large part to 16 saves from Dartmouth keeper Daniel Hincks.
Dartmouth’s Tommy Rogan and Peter Lapina scored back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter to tie the game before Cornell’s Billy Coyle scored the game-winner with 3:08 left.
Coyle, Hugh Kelleher and John Piatelli each scored twice for Cornell (8-1, 2-1 Ivy). Rogan led Dartmouth (4-4, 0-2) with three goals.
Jacksonville Wins Key SoCon Game
Jacksonville fell behind early, seemingly had control a couple of times and then fought off High Point for a 14-13 victory in the Southern Conference opener for both teams.
Jacksonville had three-goal leads on four occasions, but the Panthers kept closing. Isiah Moran-Weekes scored for High Point to pull his team within 13-12 with just over five minutes in regulation. The game then went into a lightning delay with 3:32 to play before Jacksonville got it back up to a two-goal cushion on Jeremy Winston’s goal with 2:30 left.
High Point’s Jackson Clay scored just 14 seconds later to cut the lead back to one and the Panthers had an extra-man opportunity after winning the ensuing faceoff, but got off no shots in the final two minutes and Jacksonville pulled it out.
Ethan LaMond led Jacksonville (9-2, 1-0 SoCon) with five goals and Winston scored four times.