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Jeff Teat just keeps scoring goals and dishing off assists. He was at it again on Saturday, tallying four goals and eight assists to help Cornell get past Harvard 15-11 in a crucial Ivy League game. Both teams now sit at 2-1 in conference.

Teat had a hand in three of the Big Red’s first four goals, helping them take a 4-2 lead into the second quarter. Harvard responded with two goals to tie the game at 4-4. Teat added two goals before halftime to give Cornell an 8-6 lead at the break. 

Jonathan Donville had two of Cornell’s three goals in the third quarter — one in which in shut out Harvard and took a commanding 11-6 lead. Teat continued helping his teammates out in the fourth quarter, allowing the Big Red to fend off a late Harvard rally from Morgan Cheek and Kyle Anderson.

Cheek finished the game with two goals and three assists. Cornell won the faceoff battle 19-11.

Spencer Ties Patriot League Record

Loyola traveled to Lehigh with looking to keep pace at the top of the Patriot League. The Greyhounds have commanded the Patriot League for the past two years, but the Mountain Hawks entered Saturday’s matchup at 5-1 in conference.

The Greyhounds made it clear they still have it takes to lead the Patriot League once again. Pat Spencer tallied four goals and three assists to help Loyola dominate the hosts 16-10 and move to 5-1 in conference. Loyola now sits, at the moment, in a three-way tie for first with Navy and Bucknell.

Spencer’s three assists moved him into a tie for the Patriot League career record. We’ll have more on this game later.

Hopkins Wins Seventh Straight

Johns Hopkins continued its mid-season run on Saturday afternoon, getting 11 saves from Brock Turnbaugh to pull away from Ohio State for the 11-7 victory at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays improve to 2-0 to stay atop the Big Ten, while the Buckeyes move to 0-2 and sit at the bottom.

The Blue Jays came out of the gates strong, picking up three of the first four goals to take hold of the game. Joel Tinney, Patrick Fraser and Shack Stanwick each scored in the opening run. Tre LeClaire and Colby Smith scored for Ohio State to tie the game at 3-3 after one quarter.

The game remained tied at halftime, as both teams scored twice in the second quarter. In the waning seconds of the first half, Leclaire’s point-blank, stepdown shot was stopped by Turnbaugh — one of a few crucial saves on the day.

Brinton Valis and Cole William each had two goals in a Johns Hopkins run out of halftime that spanned into the fourth quarter. The home team scored six of eight goals to pull out to a late 11-7 lead. Williams finished with a team-high four goals.

Ohio State tried to rally, winning all seven faceoffs in the fourth quarter, but could not claw all the way back. The Buckeyes won 19 of 27 faceoffs in total, but were outshot 35-30.

Brown Holds on Against Penn

Senior middie Stephen Hudak scored his second goal of the game with 5:41 remaining to lift Brown to a crucial 10-9 Ivy League win over Penn Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field. The win gives the Bears their second straight, improving to 5-4 on the season and 2-1 in the Ivy League, while Penn falls to 5-6 overall and 1-3 in league play.
 
It certainly wasn't easy for the Bears, who led 8-2 at the half and saw the Quakers tie the game, 9-9, with 8:49 remaining on Connor Keating's goal. After Hudak's goal, Bears' goalie Phil Goss made three saves in the final 5:23 to preserve the victory. Goss finished the game with nine saves. (From Brown Athletics)

Wagner’s the Hero Again

In Queens, it was deja vu all over again.

For the second time in four years, Marquette downed St. John's in overtime by the same score, 11-10. John Wagner tallied his fourth game-winning goal of the season.

The Golden Eagles (5-4) battled back after the Red Storm (6-5) took a late lead, and Wagner scored his third of the day to end the deadlock for good.

Jack Zerillo also netted a hat trick in the win.

The Red Storm hung with Marquette in the first quarter, tying things up both times the Golden Eagles went ahead. It was in the second when the Golden Eagles took over.

St. John's had a two-man advantage in the second, but couldn't score and an offsides penalty ended any momentum. 

Jason Debenedictis notched his second tally with five seconds left in the third, then gave the Red Storm a 9-8 lead to start off the fourth quarter. 

After the Red Storm took their first two-goal lead, Jack Zerillo netted his third tally to bring the Golden Eagles back within one. Connor McClelland tied it moments later.

Matt Hanley made three late saves for the Red Storm to preserve the tie between the end of the fourth frame and overtime. Cole Blazer matched him with a late overtime save of his own to give the Golden Eagles their chance.

The Golden Eagles had lost four of their last five games, including a week ago against Villanova. St. John's has now dropped three straight games, including conference contests against Providence and now Marquette.

— Marisa Ingemi

Sowers Stars for Princeton

Sophomore Michael Sowers dropped nine points — including six in the first half — to fuel Princeton’s 16-8 blowout win over Stony Brook. Sowers was one of three Tigers (Austin Sims, Chris Brown) to score four goals in the rout.

Sowers already had a goal and four assists by the end of the first quarter, helping give Princeton a 6-2 lead. Sims added two goals in the second quarter to push the lead to 10-3 at halftime. 

The second half was cruise control for Princeton, which got multiple goals from Sowers and Brown. The lead never dropped below six goals, and the Tigers moved to 4-5 on the season. Tyler Blaisdell had 10 saves in the cage for the Tigers.

NIKE/US LACROSSE DIVISION I SCOREBOARD

No. 6 Johns Hopkins 13, Ohio State 10
No. 10 Loyola 16, No. 15 Lehigh 10
Brown 10, No. 19 Penn 9
Marquette 11, St. John's 10 (OT)
Vermont 14, UMass-Lowell 7
Princeton 16, Stony Brook 8
Georgetown 8, Providence 4

Complete scoreboard