Men's Lax falls to top-ranked Syracuse

Over spring break, the Hopkins men’s lacrosse team dropped two games against two highly touted opponents. The first match took place in Syracuse, N.Y., where the Jays faced off against the top-ranked Orange and lost with a score of 13-10.

The next match took place this past Saturday when the Jays played another highly contested game against seventh-ranked Virginia. The game took place on Homewood Field and required overtime to settle the score, with Hopkins ultimately losing 16-15.

Junior Holden Cattoni led the Jays in scoring with four goals, while freshman Joel Tinney posted a hat trick as well as two assists.

The match was a game of streaks as each team went on multiple scoring sprees throughout the game, resulting in multiple lead changes. The first streak belonged to the Cavaliers as Greg Coholan, Ryan Tucker and A.J. Fish took Virginia to a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter.

The Jays were quick to respond with Tinney scoring his first goal of the day shortly after Tucker’s. Hopkins then went on a scoring spree of its own late in the first quarter, netting five goals in five minutes to close out the first quarter and begin the second. 

Sophomore Cody Radziweicz both sparked and closed out this streak, scoring two goals on the day. The score, however, was tied 6-6 at the half as Virginia scored three unanswered goals to end the second quarter.

The third quarter proved to be extremely back-and-forth. The two teams scored a combined 10 goals and produced numerous lead changes.

Crawley and Cattoni kicked things off, scoring a goal each less than a minute apart to put the Jays ahead 8-6 in the opening minutes of the quarter.

Tinney and the Stanwick brothers also contributed a goal apiece in the quarter. Virginia would net five goals of its own to keep the score tied 11-11 going into the final quarter.

Aided by three goals from Cattoni and a goal from Connor Reed, the Jays led 15-13 with under two minutes left to play in the fourth quarter. Virginia, however, rallied in the end as Tyler German and Tucker each fired home clutch shots to force overtime. In extra time, Coholan sealed the win for the Cavaliers.      

The Jays will be back in action this coming Saturday against Rutgers. The game will take place on Homewood Field and is the first Big Ten game of the season for Hopkins. Opening face-off is slated for 2 p.m.