Maryland Exacts Revenge
The headline matchup going into Saturday’s action was the 2016 title game rematch between Maryland and North Carolina. The Terps came to Chapel Hill looking of revenge from the classic championship, and they got it in the form of a 15-7 blowout of the Tar Heels.
Maryland scored six of the first seven goals to establish its momentum. It scored those six goals in just six shots, with two coming from Colin Heacock. Dylan Maltz scored three goals in the final three quarters — Matt Rambo also added two goals, moving him past 200 points in his career — to maintain and add to the lead.
Maltz led the way with his hat trick, but six different Terps scored multiple goals. Timmy Kelly paced North Carolina with two goals.
Maryland used multi-goal games from six different players to blow out North Carolina 15-7.
Irish Halt Buckeyes Momentum
In a somewhat overshadowed No. 2 vs. No. 3 matchup, Notre Dame got a hat trick from Sergio Perkovic to hand Ohio State its first loss of the season by a score of 12-7.
The Irish started with the momentum, scoring four of five goals to begin the game. Ryder Garnesy had both of his goals during the early run. Tre LeClaire, who finished with four goals, scored two in the final 10 seconds of the first half to cut the deficit to 7-5 going into the break.
Behind LeClaire and Eric Fannell, Ohio State kept the game close through most of the second half. However, Notre Dame finished with the game’s final three goals to seal the win and move to 5-1.
Denver Outlasts Towson
Up 12-11 with 22 seconds remaining in the game against Towson, Denver was holding on for dear life. However, Trevor Baptiste helped Denver win the ensuing faceoff and run out the clock, allowing the Pioneers to escape with a one-goal win and bounce back from a blowout loss to Ohio State last weekend.
Denver scored the game’s first two goals and led throughout, but Towson mounted a comeback after going down 12-8 with 4:41 left. Ryan Drenner, Brian Bolewicki and Tyler Konen scored in a 90-second span to cut Denver’s lead to one before it won the final faceoff.
Freshman Ethan Walker led the way for the Pioneers, scoring four goals and adding an assist. Goalie Alex Ready chipped in 10 saves to keep his team in the lead.
Drenner highlighted the Towson box score, tallying six points on three goals and three assists.
Nittany Lions Stay Undefeated
On a day when undefeated teams were falling, Penn State held steady with a 15-8 win over Cleveland State to finish non-conference play at 10-0. Mac O'Keefe and Grant Ament led the Nittany Lions with four goals, while Nick Apont finished with three goals and two assists.
The trio of O'Keefe, Ament and Aponte score six of Penn State's seven first-half goals, allowing it to take a 7-4 lead into the break. O'Keefe and Ament led a four-goal rally in the third quarter to give the Nittany Lions the 11-5 lead and put the game out of reach,
Noah Gleeson, Chase Baker and Jack Frickleton scored two goals each for Cleveland State.
NIKE/US LACROSSE DIVISION I TOP 20 SCOREBOARD
No. 1 Penn State 13, Cleveland State 8
No. 2 Notre Dame 12, No. 3 Ohio State 7
Delaware 13, No. 4 Rutgers 9
No. 6 Army 10, Colgate 8
No. 7 Syracuse 12, No. 10 Duke 11 (OT)
No. 8 Denver 12, No. 14 Towson 11
No. 9 Maryland 15, No. 18 North Carolina 7
No. 12 Richmond 12, High Point 4
No. 13 Albany 21, UMass-Lowell 11
No. 16 Johns Hopkins 18, No. 15 Virginia 17 (OT)
No. 17 Michigan 10, UMBC 7
Bucknell 9, No. 19 Loyola 8 (OT)
No. 20 Marquette 11, Georgetown 10
DIVISON II
The biggest shakeup in the Division II world happened on Saturday, as No. 1 Le Moyne fell to unranked Southern New Hampshire 10-9. Southern New Hampshire got goals from eight different players to pull off the biggest upset so far this season.
The Penmen scored three straight goals to take a 6-4 lead into halftime, but the Dolphins responded with their of their own to hold a 7-6 lead in the third quarter. Southern New Hampshire scored four of five goals to take a 10-8 lead that it would not lose.
Le Moyne outshot Southern New Hampshire 46-25 and had fewer turnovers, but could not stay unbeaten.
In the other big Division II matchup, Limestone got by Lindenwood 12-7.
Scoreboard
Southern New Hampshire 10, No. 1 Le Moyne 9.
No. 2 Limestone 12, No. 3 Lindenwood 7
No. 4 Merrimack 15, No. 7 Pace 9
No. 5 Mercyhurst 11, No. 11 Seton Hill 7
Division III
Cortland outlasted Cabrini in the only matchup between ranked teams in Division III on Saturday. Thomas McNaney and Devin Phelps had four goals each to fuel the victory for the Red Dragons.
Cortland led 12-5 in the second half when Cabrini put together a five-goal run that cut the deficit to two goals. However, Cortland answered with six of the next seven goals to run away with the game.
Scoreboard
No. 4 St. Lawrence 13, RV Union 7
No. 8 Dickinson 9, RV Washington College 8
No. 11 Cortland 18, No. 12 Cabrini 13
No. 16 Bowdoin 14, RV Middlebury 13