No. 13 Orange Falter at No. 3 Virginia

Saturday, April 22

Charlottesville, Va.

2 p.m.

Syracuse University

8-6, 1-4ACC

Virginia

9-3, 3-2ACC

Syracuse

Virginia

4/22/2023 4:06:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Syracuse University men's lacrosse team, ranked 13th in this week's USILA Coaches' Poll, dropped an ACC clash Saturday afternoon, falling 19-12 at No. 3 Virginia.

Syracuse (8-6, 1-4 ACC) had a four-goal day from Alex Simmons, while Cole Kirst added a hat trick as well as an assist. Owen Hiltz posted a four-point day as well with three assists and one goal. The Orange canned two man-up goals, once from Simmons and one from Jackson Birtwistle, his 10th extra-man tally of the year.

Virginia had nine points from Xander Dickson on seven goals and two assists. Payton Cormier had four goals and another two goals and two assists from Thomas McConvey. Petey LaSalla won 17 of his 29 draws.

How it Happened

Virginia jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game before Kirst deposited his first of the day with 3:17 to play in the opening frame.
Michael Leo notched one two minutes later on the other side of a Cavalier goal, ending the first quarter in a 7-1 deficit.
Simmons scored quickly in the second quarter on a Kirst feed, but the Cavaliers scored twice to regain a 9-3 lead. Simmons went for back-to-back goals, trimming the lead down to four at 9-5. The hosts scored once more to take a 10-5 lead into halftime.
Virginia scored the first three goals of the second half before the Orange rallied for a three-goal run of their own. Kirst and Hiltz bookended the first career goal for freshman close defenseman Billy Dwan. Hiltz's goal made it 13-8 with 4:09 to play in the third.
Virginia tallied six of the game's next eight goals, putting the lead out of reach for the Orange. Simmons and Max Rosa had the last two goals of the contest, the former getting a dish from Finn Thomson and the latter with a feed from Joey Spallina.

Up Next for Syracuse

The Orange conclude the regular season and a four-game swing away from home next Saturday.
Syracuse heads for Durham, North Carolina to face Duke, ranked second in both major polls this week.
Game time is set for noon at Koskinen Stadium on ESPNU.