Saturday was a big day for college men’s lacrosse teams from Pennsylvania, as Bucknell, Gettysburg, Penn and Robert Morris all pulled off upsets that surely will shake up the rankings come Monday.

Here’s a roundup of those games and other notable results from around the country.

Down goes Duke! There will be a new No. 1 on Monday, as @PennMensLax upset the top-ranked Blue Devils 10-9 on this eventual game-winner by McGeary (3G, 1A) pic.twitter.com/aMi6C0T8a1

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 24, 2018

DOWN GOES DUKE

The biggest news of the day came out of Philadelphia, where No. 17 Penn took down No. 1 Duke 10-9. Trailing 9-6 with less than nine minutes remaining, the Quakers (2-1) stunned the Blue Devils with a game-ending four-goal run. Kevin McGeary scored three goals, including the go-ahead tally with three minutes remaining. Read more here about the stunning comeback, and how Franklin Field has become something of a snake pit for Duke.

SANDS STEERS BUCKNELL PAST COLGATE

Patriot League madness, meanwhile, is already in midseason form, as Bucknell upended previously unbeaten Colgate 13-10, snapping a six-game losing streak against the No. 19 Raiders in Hamilton, N.Y. Will Sands factored in more than half of the Bison’s goals with three goals and four assists, becoming just the fifth Bucknell player ever to eclipse the 100-assist mark for his career.

The Bison (3-1) strung together a 7-2 run from the 8:30 mark of the first quarter to the 14:05 mark of the third quarter to dig out of an early 3-0 hole.

Mike Hawkins scored three of his game-high five goals in the second half to keep Colgate (3-1) within striking distance, but Bucknell always had an answer, including three fourth-quarter goals by Sean O’Brien.

BOBBY MO

Robert Morris’ upset came at the expense of Pennsylvania’s flagship school, as the Colonials scored four straight goals to start the fourth quarter and rode a six-point performance by junior attackman Jimmy Perkins to a 12-9 upset victory over No. 14 Penn State in Happy Valley.

The Colonials (2-2) are now 3-3 all-time against their more celebrated in-state rival. The Nittany Lions (2-2), who came into the season with high expectations, probably hoped for better than to split their season-opening four-game home stand. They’ll play five of their next six games on the road.

Penn State lost despite a 17-for-24 faceoff showing by sophomore Gerard Arceri.

The Nittany Lions led 5-2 early in the second quarter. Robert Morris scored four of the last five goals, including a buzzer beater by sophomore midfielder Ryan Smith, to pull even at 6 apiece.

Penn State scored the only goal of the third quarter, as Nittany Lions goalie Colby Kneese (10 saves) and counterpart Alex Heger (11 saves) each made four stops in the frame.

The Colonials busted the game open in the fourth quarter, overcoming their faceoff woes with a four-goal run spanning nearly 10 minutes and then putting the game away with two more goals 95 seconds apart.

GETTYSBURG SHOCKS SALISBURY

Junior Jack Harvey up a loose ball and fired in the game-winning goal with 1:09 left in the second overtime, sending No. 12 Gettysburg to an 11-10 upset over defending NCAA Division III champion Salisbury on Saturday afternoon at a wet Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.

The Sea Gulls (3-1), ranked No. 3 in the Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20, are No. 1 in the USILA coaches poll. The win thus was Gettysburg's first over a No. 1-ranked team since its 7-5 victory over Cortland on March 6, 2010. It was also the Bullets' first home victory over Salisbury since a 7-5 win in the 2002 NCAA Division III quarterfinals.

Junior Tommy Heller assisted on the game-winner and finished with seven points on three goals and a career high-tying four assists.

Senior Tim Brady made 11 saves in goal for the Bullets (3-0), including a big stop from point-blank range in the closing seconds of regulation.

SYRACUSE OUTLASTS ARMY IN 3OT

Syracuse goalie Dom Madonna converted the Carrier Dome back into a football stadium Saturday, rearing back and firing a 48-yard clearing pass to Ryan Simmons for a breakaway goal in triple overtime to lift the Orange to an 11-10 victory over Army. Read more here about the Orange’s comeback win, which came a week after Albany blew out Syracuse in the Dome and appeared headed for a similar outcome.

VILLANOVA TOPS HOFSTRA

Villanova is winning every which way.

Junior goalie Nick Testa, who was not even the starter at the outset of the season, outdueled All-American Jack Concannon as the No. 7 Wildcats defeated No. 16 Hofstra 7-2 in the teams’ first encounter since they were CAA rivals back in 2009. Villanova (3-0) has defeated three straight ranked opponents, two on the road (Penn State and Hofstra) and one at a neutral site (Yale in Dallas). The Wildcats also have proven capable of keeping up in a shootout or prevailing in a defensive affair as they did Saturday in Hempstead, N.Y.

Testa, who was the backup to Virginia transfer Matt Barrett before Barrett went down early in the season opener with a knee injury, made 12 saves, allowing only two unassisted Dylan Alderman goals.

Concannon was sharp as well, making 13 saves. The Pride (0-2) played a ton of defense, winning just three of 13 faceoffs against the Wildcats duo of Luke Palmadesso (5-for-7) and Dan Fisher (5-for-6).

Villanova outshot Hofstra 39-29, including a 17-8 advantage in the third quarter.

Christian Cuccinello led the Wildcats with three goals in a game that featured long scoreless stretches on both sides. Villanova scored three goals in a one-minute stretch in the first quarter, two goals in a span of 42 seconds to start the third quarter and two more goals separated by 1 minute, 35 seconds midway through the third quarter. Both teams were blanked in the second and fourth quarters.

GREAT DANES DESTROY DREXEL

Can anyone stop Albany?

A week after steamrolling Syracuse in a surprise result at the Carrier Dome, the Great Danes made it more of the same in their home opener Saturday against Drexel. They drilled the Dragons with nine first-quarter goals en route an 18-5 victory at Casey Stadium.

Sophomore faceoff ace TD Ierlan was sensational again — nearly invincible, actually. Ierlan went 21-for-22 and scooped 17 ground balls to supply Albany’s prolific offense with plenty of possessions.

Senior attackman Connor Fields, a Tewaaraton finalist last year, scored 41 seconds into the game, and the rout was on. Fields finished with two goals and seven assists. Tehoka Nanticoke, Justin Reh and Kyle McClancy added three goals apiece, as the Great Danes outshot Drexel 53-28.

HOYAS OFF TO BEST START SINCE ’03

Daniel Bucaro scored four goals and added two assists to lead Georgetown to a 12-10 victory Saturday at Towson.

The Hoyas are 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2003. The Tigers, rebuilding after last year’s surprising run to the NCAA semifinals, fell to 1-2.

Bucaro got Georgetown going in the second quarter. With the Hoyas trailing 5-2, he scored three straight goals to spark a 5-0 run.

Towson answered with four of the next five goals, including three unassisted tallies by Jon Mazza, to send the game into the fourth quarter tied at 9.

The Hoyas dominated the final frame, outshooting the Tigers 12-3 and pulling away for the final margin.

Towson committed 16 turnovers, effectively nullifying the possession advantage afforded by faceoff man Alex Woodall (17-for-25).

VIRGINIA WINS ANOTHER SHOOTOUT

Lars Tiffany wants people to believe Virginia is overrated. He’ll have a hard time making that case much longer.

The No. 9 Cavaliers (4-0) defeated No. 20 Princeton 18-15 at Klockner Stadium in a shootout Saturday, renewing a rivalry that provided similarly entertaining games in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Virginia’s faceoff specialist Justin Schwenk was 25-for-34 (73.5 percent), his 25 wins being the second-most in a single game in Cavaliers history. (Jason Hand won 29 faceoffs against Syracuse in 1997.) Freshman Ian Laviano scored a game-high five goals, his second five-goal performance this season, and sophomore Michael Kraus added four goals and three assists to pace Virginia’s prolific offense, which is averaging 15.5 goals per game during its 4-0 start.

The game was tied at 10 at halftime. The turning point came on a man-down goal, when Cavaliers freshman goalie Alex Rode sent a 60-yard pass to Mike D’Amario, who flipped to Kraus for a layup early in the third quarter. That started a three-goal Virginia run. The Cavaliers punctuated the frame with a goal by long pole Jared Conners off a restart as time expired.

Conners finished with two goals and combined with Ryan Conrad (10 ground balls) to give Schwenk the support he needed on the wings to tip the possession balance in Virginia’s favor.

“What would life be like without Justin Schwenk and his wingmen? … Those three were absolutely key today,” Tiffany said.

D-II UPHEAVAL

There were two top-five upsets in Division II men’s lacrosse Saturday.

No. 19 LIU Post defeated No. 5 Adelphi for the first time during the regular season since 2009, riding an impressive defensive performance and efficient shooting to a 9-8 victory and improving to 2-0 under first-year coach Eric Wolf.

No. 15 Colorado Mesa upended No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 13-12 thanks to Jack Griffin’s game-winning goal with 32 seconds remaining. 

NIKE/US LACROSSE
DIVISION I TOP 20 SCOREBOARD

No. 17 Penn 10, No. 1 Duke 9
No. 3 Albany 18, Drexel 5
No. 5 Notre Dame 11, Richmond 7
No. 7 Villanova 7, No. 16 Hofstra 2
No. 8 Yale 15, Michigan 11
No. 9 Virginia 18, No. 20 Princeton 15
No. 10 Loyola 19, Lafayette 5
No. 18 Syracuse 11, No. 11 Army 10 (3OT)
No. 12 Rutgers 12, Fairfield 7
Robert Morris 12, No. 14 Penn State 9
Bucknell 13, No. 19 Colgate 10

MORE SCORES

Brown 18, Stony Brook 11
Bryant 15, Hartford 10
Canisius 14, Furman 13
Cornell 15, Hobart 8
Delaware 15, Monmouth 11
Georgetown 12, Towson 10
Harvard 16, UMass 11
Lehigh 15, Holy Cross 4
Marquette 13, Detroit Mercy 6
Navy 10, Boston University 8
Providence 4, Saint Joseph’s 3
St. John’s 16, High Point 11
Vermont 10, Quinnipiac 5
VMI 11, NJIT 9

DIVISION II

No. 19 LIU Post 9, No. 5 Adelphi 8
No. 15 Colorado Mesa 13, No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 12

DIVISION III

No. 12 Gettysburg 11, No. 3 Salisbury 10 (2OT)
No. 7 Cabrini 16, No. 19 Lynchburg 15
No. 5 RIT 9, No. 14 Bates 7