How high will Hofstra go in this week’s rankings?

No. 15 Hofstra beat defending national champion North Carolina for the second straight year and is 5-0 after winning 11-9 in Chapel Hill against the No. 4 Tar Heels. It was the Pride's fourth two-goal victory of a season that includes a win over Princeton.

Hofstra junior goalie Jack Concannon made five of his 13 saves in the fourth quarter, three of them in the final two minutes, including a nifty stop on a behind-the-back shot by North Carolina’s Chris Cloutier, to preserve the victory.

The game featured seven ties, but Hofstra took control on a four-goal spurt in just five mintues late in the third quarter into early in the fourth quarter. Alex Moeser gave Hosftra a 9-8 lead with 2:49 left in the third quarter and then Moeser and Josh Byrne eached scored in the opening 65 seconds of the fourth quarter to stretch the lead to 11-8.

North Carolina’s Michael Tagliaferri scored with 11:46 remaining to make it 11-9, but neither team would score again. North Carolina turned it over on a 6-on-4 extra man opportunity midway through the fourth and fired off five shots in the final 45 seconds. North Carolina went 0-for-4 on extra man opportunities in the game.

Hofstra’s starting midfield line of Dylan Alderman (3g, 3a), Byrne (3g, 2a) and Alex Moser (2g) combined for 13 points in the victory. Alderman's six points was a career high. Cloutier, Andy Matthews and Luke Goldstock each had two goals for North Carolina (4-2).

Big House. Big Victory

Unranked Michigan hung on for a 13-12 victory over No. 10 Penn on Saturday at Michigan Stadium to improve to 7-1 for the season. Michigan’s only loss of the season came against No. 1 Notre Dame and the Wolverines could find themselves in the national rankings for the first time since moving to varsity status in 2012.

Michigan opened up a 6-1 lead early in the second quarter and led by as many as six goals early in the fourth quarter before the Quakers stormed back. Michigan made eight fourth quarter turnovers and Penn took advantage, scoring seven goals in the final frame. Penn’s Simon Mathias scored with 1:50 left to cut the Michigan lead to 12-11, but Mikie Schlosser than scored an empty-net goal with 0:52 left to put the Wolverines back up two. Penn faceoff specialist Chris Santangelo won the faceoff and scored just seven seconds later to get the Quakers back within one. Penn had another chance to tie, but Michigan goalie Tommy Heidt made a save with 16 seconds left to seal the victory.

Ian King (3g, 2a) and Brent Noseworthy (3g) led the Michigan offense, which connected on 13-of-30 shots in the game. Penn’s Kevin McGeary scored five goals and Mathias added a hat trick. Santangelo won 16-of-28 faceoffs.

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Towson Downs Hopkins at Home Again

No. 17 Towson got four goals from senior Joe Seider and beat No. 9 Johns Hopkins 13-8 at Johnny Unitas Stadium. It was the first time in school history that Towson won back-to-back home games against its Charles Street rival.

Johns Hopkins (4-2), looking to rebound from last Friday’s blowout loss at Princeton, took a 4-3 lead on Patrick Fraser’s man-up goal early in the second quarter, but Towson then scored the next four goals of the game and the Blue Jays never led again.

Seider had a goal in all four quarters for Towson (4-1) while Ryan Drenner (3g, 1a), Alex Woodall (2g, 1a, 16-of-25 faceoffs) and Tyler Young (2g, 1a) also contributed. John Crawley had three goals and an assist for Hopkins.

Williams OT Winner Saves Virginia

Virginia survived a nightmare first quarter and a fourth quarter comeback by Cornell, beating the Big Red 19-18 in overtime in the Pacific Coast Shootout in Costa Mesa, Calif. Zed Williams delivered the game winner with 2:41 remaining in overtime.

Cornell came into the game 0-3, having been outscored by a combined 29 goals in losses to Penn State, Hobart and Albany, but dominated the first quarter against No. 11 Virginia. The Big Red led 6-0 after the opening 15 minutes and then scored two late goals in the second quarter to take a 9-4 halftime lead.

The Cavaliers (5-2) high-octane offense finally erupted in the third quarter, scoring nine times to take a 13-11 lead, but the fireworks were far from over. The two teams combined for 12 goals in the fourth quarter. After Cornell had scored three straight goals to take a 17-15 lead, Virginia answered with three of its own and appeared to have taken the win on Williams' goal with 14 seconds left. However, Cornell won the faceoff and Jordan Dowiak tied it with four seconds remaining to force overtime.

Virginia won the faceoff to start overtime and Cornell never touched the ball in the final frame. After a shot from Dox Aitken went high, Williams buried the game-winner on an outside shot off a feed from Michael Kraus.

Kraus had a game-high seven points for Virginia (3g, 4a) while Mike D'Amario (5g, 1a) and Williams (4g, 2a) also had big games. Cornell's highly-touted freshman Jeff Teat had five goals and four assists after netting just three goals in the first three games of the season. Dowiak also scored five goals.

Cornell, which had won just 32.6 percent of its faceoffs in its first three games, held its own, winning 20-of-39 with senior Grant Mahler winning 14-of-23.

Danowski Ties Starsia as Duke Upsets Loyola

Duke upset No. 12 Loyola 15-7, giving head coach John Danowski his 375^th career coaching victory, tying former Brown and Virginia coach Dom Starsia for the most among NCAA Division I men’s coaches. Saturday’s win was the Blue Devils third straight of the season and was keyed by a dominant second quarter. Duke (5-2) outscored the Greyhounds 5-0 in the second quarter to break open a 3-3 game and Loyola never got closer than four goals the rest of the way. Danny Fowler made 14 saves for Duke while the starting attack unit of Jack Bruckner (4g, 1a), Justin Guterding (3g, 2a) and Joey Manown (3g, 1a) did the damage on offense. Brian Sherlock led Loyola (3-3) with three goals and Pat Spencer had two goals and an assist.

Penn State Matches Program’s Best Start

No. 3 Penn State downed Harvard 15-12 on Saturday to move to 7-0, matching the 1992 team for the best start in school history. Penn State, the second-highest scoring team in the country, had nine different goal scorers, led by senior midfielder Matt Florence and freshman attackman Mac O’Keefe with hat tricks. Freshman faceoff specialist Gerard Arceri won 22-of-29 faceoffs and picked up 14 groundballs. Harvard (4-1) was led by J.T. Palladino with three goals. Penn State will go for a school record eight consecutive wins to open a season when it hosts Fairfield next Friday afternoon in a game that will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

Syracuse Holds Off St. John’s

Syracuse played its fourth straight one-goal game, holding off St. John’s for a 9-8 victory. The Orange (4-1) scored the first five goals of the game, but the Red Storm kept battling back, pulling within a goal on three separate occasions. The last time happened on Jackson O’Leary’s goal with 54 seconds left. Syracuse won the faceoff, but turned the ball over and a final shot for St. John’s went wide. Nick Mariano had two goals and three assists to lead Syracuse and Evan Molloy made nine saves. Nick Heller (2g, 1a) was one of three St. John’s (1-5) players with two goals and Daniel Costa made 11 saves.

Ohio State Stays Perfect

Ohio State downed Cleveland State 12-4 in the first game between two men’s Division I teams from Ohio since the Buckeyes played Bowling Green in 1979. Ohio State is now 7-0 for the first time since the 1966 squad went a perfect 14-0. Freshman Tre Leclaire led the Buckeyes with three goals while Danny Tesler had a pair for Cleveland State (2-6).

Yale Snaps Streak with Overtime Win

No. 19 Yale snapped a three-game losing streak with an 11-10 win over state rival Fairfield in double overtime. Yale (2-3) scored the first five goals of the game, and led 9-6 entering the final quarter before Fairfield stormed back. Three straight goals for the Stags tied it, but Yale went back on top on Jack Tigh’s goal with 6:25 left. Fairfield forced overtime on Dylan Beckwith’s tying goal before Yale star Ben Reeves scored the game-winner with 1:14 left in the second overtime. Matt Gaudet had four goals for Yale, Reeves had three goals and two assists and Conor Mackie won 20-of-25 faceoffs. Travis Ford (4g) and Colin Burke (3g) led Fairfield (2-5).

Lafayette Stuns Navy for First Win

Luke Smith hadn’t scored yet this season, but registered a hat trick as Lafayette stunned Navy 9-8 on Saturday for its first victory of the season. Smith scored all of his goals in the first half to help the Leopards to a 6-3 halftime lead. Lafayette stretched the lead to 9-5 entering the fourth quarter, before Navy scored three straight to tie the game 9-8 with 7:43 to play. Navy outshot Lafayette 15-1 in the final quarter, but Jonathan Anastos made six of his 11 saves in the fourth to preserve the upset.

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Maryland at No. 14 Albany (ppd until April 12)
No. 3 Penn State 15, Harvard 12
No. 15 Hofstra 11, No. 4 North Carolina 9
No. 7 Army 6, Lehigh 4
No. 8 Syracuse 9, St. John’s 8
No. 17 Towson 13, No. 9 Johns Hopkins 8
Michigan 12, No. 10 Penn 12
No. 11 Virginia 19, Cornell 18 (OT)
Duke 15, No. 12 Loyola 7
No. 18 Ohio State 12, Cleveland State 4
No. 19 Yale 11, Fairfield 10 (2 OT)
No. 20 Boston University at Colgate (ppd until 3/13)

Division II

No. 1 LeMoyne 8, No. 14 Mercy 4
No. 2 Limestone 13, No. 10 Lynn 4
No. 4 NYIT 24, U. of District Columbia 4
Florida Tech 5, No. 7 Seton Hill 3
No. 11 Adelphi at Saint Rose (ppd to 4/18)
No. 12 Belmont Abbey 11, No. 9 Tampa 9
No. 15 Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Wingate 9
No. 16 St. Leo 16, No. 19 Westminster 9
Chestnut Hill 7, No. 17 LIU Post 6 (OT)
No. 20 Queens 5, Mars Hill 5

Division III

No. 1 Salisbury 14, No. 15 Washington College 1
No. 2 Ithaca 19, Houghton 1
No. 6 Stevenson 16, Ohio Wesleyan 12
No. 7 Dickinson at Widener (ppd to 3/12)
Frostburg State 11, No. 8 Cabrini 8
No. 9 Gettysburg 13, Eastern 6
No. 10 Amherst at No. 17 Bates (ppd to 3/12)
No. 12 York 12, Haverford 6
No. 14 Denison 13, Montclair State 4
No. 19 Lynchburg 21, Bridgewater 4
No. 20 Wesleyan 12, Hamilton 8