Mariano, No. 4 Orange men top No. 1 Fighting Irish
Hofstra, Denver, Army men, Penn St. women win
Nick Mariano scored twice late in the game to break a tie and score the eventual game-winner as No. 4 Syracuse upset No. 1 Notre Dame, 11-10, in men’s lacrosse Saturday.
The visiting Orange improved to 7-1 and 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Fighting Irish fell to 5-2, 1-1.
Notre Dame used a 3-0 run to tie the game at 9 with 3:38 left in the third quarter. Mariano scored the tiebreaker with 13:41 and the game-winner with 8:42 left to play.
Brendan Collins scored to bring the Fighting Irish within one with 6:49 left, but no closer.
Mariano finished with four goals and Nate Solomon had a hat trick.
Notre Dame leading scorers Ryder Garnsey, Sergio Perkovic and Mikey Wynne (St. Paul’s) were held to a combined five points.
Evan Molloy (seven saves) made a save with under a minute to play to preserve the win for Syracuse.
NO. 3 HOFSTRA 10, FAIRFIELD 6: Jack Concannon made 16 saves and the Pride (9-0, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) held the host Stags (3-7, 0-1) scoreless in the second and third quarters.
Josh Byrne had two goals and three assists for Hofstra.
NO. 6 DENVER 20, GEORGETOWN 11: Trevor Baptiste set a school record for career faceoff wins (736) and tied the single-game record (26) as the host Pioneers (7-2, 1-0 Big East) beat the Hoyas (2-8, 0-2).
Baptiste won 26 of 30 attempts to move to ninth in NCAA history in career faceoff wins.
Maryland transfer Connor Cannizzaro had a career-high nine points on four goals and five assists.
NO. 7 ARMY WEST POINT 11, BUCKNELL 10: Conor Glancy had a hat trick and the host Black Knights (9-1, 5-0 Patriot League) led the entire way over the Bison (4-6, 2-4).
Army opened with a 2-0 lead and led by as many as four goals in the third quarter. AJ Barretto (St. Paul’s) made nine saves for the Black Knights.
NO. 8 ALBANY 19, STONY BROOK 11: The visiting Great Danes (8-1, 3-0 America East) went on an 8-0 run in the second quarter and beat the Seawolves (5-4, 1-2).
Connor Fields had four goals for Albany.
NO. 14 VIRGINIA 8, NO. 11 RICHMOND 7: Freshman long pole Jared Conners scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Ryan Conrad (Loyola Blakefield) with 55.6 seconds left to lift the Cavaliers (6-4) over the host Spiders (8-2).
The win was Virginia’s seventh onegoal game of the season and fourth in a row.
NO. 17 PRINCETON 21, BROWN 11: Gavin McBride and Michael Sowers combined to score 10 goals, five each, to lead the host Tigers (6-3, 2-1 Ivy League) past the Bears (4-4, 1-1).
LEHIGH 10, NO. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 6: The host Mountain Hawks (5-4, 3-3 Patriot League) went on a 6-0 run that spanned the second and third quarters and upset the Terriers (9-2, 3-2).
NO. 20 YALE 14, PENN 12: The host Bulldogs (5-3, 3-0) are alone atop the Ivy League after winning their fourth straight.
Ben Reeves scored a career-high five goals to help Yale beat the Quakers (4-4, 1-2).