Christian Cuccinello had a career-high seven goals, including Villanova's final two goals, as the No. 6 Wildcats rallied for a 13-12 victory at No. 18 Delaware in a battle of unbeatens. Villanova is 5-0 for the first time in school history.

The game was tied six teams and neither team led by more than two in the contest, but Delaware never found a way to stop Cuccinello, the senior attackman from Mountain Lakes, N.J., who leads Villanova with 19 goals this season.

Villanova did not take the lead in the game until early in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats scored three goals straight in a span of just 1:15, two of them extra man, with the last coming just 14 seconds into the fourth quarter from teh stick of Danny Seibel to give Villanova an 11-10 lead.

Delaware (3-1) regrouped with back-to-back goals by Dean DeSimone to put the Blue Hens up 12-11 with 10:40 to play, but Cuccinello scored the game-tying goal at the 9:57 mark and the game-winner with 7:30 to play.

Villanova goalie Michael Toomey made two saves in the final six minutes to preserve the victory. Toomey, Villanova's third-string goalie at the start of the season, came in with the scored 11-11 at the 11:32 mark of the final quarter and earned the victory.

Seibel and Connor Kirst each had a pair of goals to aid Cuccinello on Villanova's offense and Dan Fisher won 17-of-27 faceoffs.

DeSimone led Delaware with five goals and Bryce Reid added four. Matt DeLuca made 14 saves for the Blue Hens.

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— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) March 3, 2018

Arceri Dominates as Penn State Upsets No. 12 Penn

A slow start was just a minor obstacle as Penn State rallied for a 10-7 upset victory over No. 12 Penn at Franklin Field.

The Quakers, playing for the first time since winning at No. 1 Duke last Saturday, scored the first four goals of the game, and held Penn State off the scoreboard for more than 21 minutes.

Fueled by faceoff specialist Gerard Arceri, Penn State (3-2) stormed back with six straight goals in the final 8:58 of the second quarter and then took a 7-4 lead early in third quarter on a goal by Kevin Hill.

Arceri won 18-of-20 faceoffs in the game, including all eight draws in the second quarter. He finished the game with 13 ground balls and also scored a goal during the Nittany Lions' second-quarter outburst.

Penn's Reilly Hupfeldt ended Penn State's seven-goal run with 5:31 left in the third quarter, ending a scoreless stretch of 20:33 for the Quakers (2-2).

Tripp Traynor and Christopher Sabia answered with back-to-back goals for Penn State and Nick Spillane iced it for Penn State with 3:41 left after Penn had scored a pair.

Dylan Foulds, Mac O'Keefe and Spillane each had two goals for Penn State. Colby Kneese made 10 saves to earn the win. Simon Mathias led Penn with two goals and an assist.

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— Penn State Men’s Lacrosse (@PennStateMLAX) March 3, 2018

Breschi Wins 200th as North Carolina Escapes

William Perry's goal with 6.8 seconds left gave No. 11 North Carolina a 9-8 victory over St. John's. The victory was the 200th in the career of North Carolina coach Joe Breschi, who won 92 games in 11 years at Ohio State before coming to North Carolina for the 2009 season.

Before Perry's goal, North Carolina had gone 28:45 in the second half without a goal since Timmy Kelly had scored just 1:08 into the second half to take an 8-5 lead.

St. John's scored the next three goals, tying it 8-8 on Ryan Schaeffer's goal with 7:08 remaining.

St. John's goalie Matt Hanley made a pair of saves down the stretch, but Perry scored off a tough angle from the left wing in the final seconds to send the Tar Heels to 6-0 for the season.

MacKay Lifts Vermont in Overtime

Ian MacKay scored his fourth goal of the game 25 seconds into overtime as No. 19 Vermont improved to 6-0 with an 11-10 victory over Jacksonville in a neutral site game played in Severn, Md.

Vermont's Charlie Erdmann won just 9-of-22 faceoffs in the game, but won the critical faceoff to start the overtime period with Andrew Simeon picking up the groundball. After a timeout by Vermont, MacKay, who missed last season with an injury, scored the winner.

"We were absolutely planning on putting the ball in #45's stick," said Vermont head coach Chris Feifs. "He is our offensive captain and leader and came up clutch to get his team the win."

McLean Chicquen had three goals and an assist for Jacksonville (2-4), which lost its second straight overtime game after falling to Ohio State on Sunday.

PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER

Hopkins Storms Past Princeton

No. 20 Johns Hopkins scored 10 second half goals, overcoming an early 5-4 deficit to beat Princeton 16-9 on Homewood Field.

After falling behind 3-0 early, Princeton scored four straight goals and then took its final lead at 5-4 with 11:14 remaining in the first half. Over the next 40 minutes, Princeton scored just twice more as Hopkins took control.

Johns Hopkins' Hunter Moreland won 20-of-25 faceoffs to help the Blue Jays dominate possession. The Blue Jays outshot Princeton 52-30 in the game.

Cole Williams led the Blue Jays (2-2) with four goals and Kyle Marr added two goals and three assists. Michael Sowers had three goals and three assists for Princeton (1-2).

Games of Note

• Connor Kelly was lights out with 10 points (3g, 7a) as No. 1 Maryland topped Notre Dame 12-10. Read about it here.

• Justin Guterding had six goals and two assists and Danny Fowler made 10 saves as No. 3 Duke controlled Richmond 14-4.

• Ethan Walker had four goals and three assists, giving him 21 points in Denver's last three games, as the No. 4 Pioneers won 13-8 at Furman. Coming off a 22-for-22 performance against Cleveland State, Trevor Baptiste won 23-of-24 faceoffs against Furman. Duke plays at unbeaten North Carolina on Monday.

• Sophomore Brody Wilson made his first start of the season and made 10 saves as No. 8 Yale beat Bryant 11-8. Ben Reeves had four goals on just six shots as Yale won its third straight game since a season-opening loss to Villanova.

• No. 14 Army blanked Lafayette for the first 35 minutes of the game, downing the Leopards 13-4. AJ Barretto made nine saves for the Black Knights who improved to 4-1 and won their Patriot League opener.

• Despite a 20-save day from Brown's Phil Goss, No. 15 Rutgers took a 10-8 win over the Bears in Rhode Island. Jules Heningburg led a balanced Rutgers attack with two goals and two assists, helping the Scarlet Knights (4-1) come back from an early 4-1 deficit. The eight goals scored by Brown was the fewest for the Bears since Mike Daly took over the Bears coach last season.

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20

No. 1 Maryland 12, No. 5 Notre Dame 10
No. 3 Duke 14, Richmond 4
No. 4 Denver, 13, Furman 8
No. 6 Villanova 13, No. 18 Delaware 12
No. 8 Yale 11, Bryant 8
No. 11 North Carolina 9, St. John's 8
Penn State 10, No. 12 Penn 7
No. 14 Army 13, Lafayette 4
No. 15 Rutgers 10, Brown 8
No. 17 Georgetown at Hofstra, ppd., no makeup date announced
No. 19 Vermont 11, Jacksonville 10 (OT)
No. 20 Johns Hopkins 16, Princeton 9

Other Scores

Boston University 15, Air Force 9
Dartmouth 9, Wagner 8
Drexel 15, Marist 5
Harvard 14, Hartford 10
Hobart 17, Binghamton 6
Lehigh 10, Colgate 7
Michigan 13, Siena 7
Monmouth 9, UMass-Lowell 8
Mount St. Mary's 16, VMI 9
Navy 13, Bucknell 8
Quinnipiac 18, NJIT 6
Robert Morris 16, High Point 11
Sacred Heart 10, Providence 9 (OT)
Stony Brook 11, Fairfield 9
Towson 8, UMBC 6