Orange Earn Massive Road Win

Saturday, April 24

Charlottesville, VA

12 PM

Syracuse University

6-4, 2-3ACC

Virginia

10-4, 2-4ACC

Syracuse

Virginia

4/24/2021 2:27:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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'Cuse tops Virginia 13-11

A wire-to-wire victory by the Syracuse men's lacrosse team snapped a three-game ACC losing skid, taking down No. 5 Virginia 13-11.

Jakob Phaup dominated at the X, winning 24-of-27 restarts to give 'Cuse a massive possession advantage, while Owen Hiltz (3-2) led the Orange in scoring. Owen Seebold (2-2) notched four points in his first collegiate start, and Jamie Trimboli posted a hat trick.

The 'Cuse defense was again phenomenal, holding the Cavaliers to their second-lowest offensive total, behind the earlier matchup this year when SU held Virginia to 10 goals in the Dome. Drake Porter made nine big saves in net and Brett Kennedy's three caused turnovers and career-high eight ground balls helped the Orange.

Syracuse struck early, scoring the game's first two goals off the sticks of Trimboli and Lucas Quinn. The 'Hoos evened things up with two minutes left in the first, but Hiltz notched his first of the day in the waning seconds of the first period to give the Orange a 3-2 lead after one. That goal ignited a five-goal run, with Trimboli, Quinn, Seebold and Hiltz (twice) scoring in the stretch.

A pair of goals from Xander Dickson pulled the Cavaliers within three, but Stephen Rehfuss capped the run with a late goal before the half, giving Syracuse an 8-4 lead at the break.

Virginia scored four of the first-five goals of the second half to pull within one at 9-8, but Syracuse's resilliency showed again, Seebold, Hiltz, Curry and Trimboli scored four in a row to open a 13-8 lead.

The Cavaliers continued to chip away late, but never got within two.

Syracuse will look for their third top-five win of the year next week, when the team travels to Notre Dame. Faceoff is scheduled for Noon on ESPNU.

Gallery: (4-24-2021) Syracuse at Virginia