TJ Malone achieved a career high of seven points in Penn State’s 15-13 win over Ohio State on Saturday.
The Penn State men’s lacrosse team, which has remained in the post-Grant Ament era Gaining a foothold, took a step in the right direction on Saturday, defeating Ohio State 15-13 to claim his first win of the season.
TJ Malone scored five goals, three of them in the second half, and added two assists added to lead the Nittany Lions (1-2) to 15th place in a back and forth game. Dylan Foulds scored three of his four goals in the first quarter and Mac O’Keefe closed the deal, scoring two of his three goals in the 6:04 final to seal the win.
Jack Myers and Tre Leclaire each scored three goals and Justin Inacio won 17 of 29 games for the 12th Buckeyes (1-2), which were scored with 24 turnovers.
Penn State’s offense was in the first two games, the losses at Rutgers and to Home against Maryland, inappropriate. The Nittany Lions weren’t particularly keen on Saturday either. They made 18 sales and caused the greatest damage in individual fights. But they shot nearly 35 percent off the field and had an answer to every run in Ohio.
No. 2 Maryland scored 10 unanswered goals, including an 8-0 lead in the third quarter that made the difference in one 18:10 win on Saturday against No. 19 Johns Hopkins at College Park, Md., Excellent. It was the 120th meeting between the historic rivals who will meet again later this season in Baltimore as part of the Big Ten’s home-and-home schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tewaaraton candidate Jared Bernhardt scored five goals and Logan Wisnauskas had seven assists to lead the Terps (3-0). Joey Epstein scored three goals and Cole Williams had two goals and three assists for the Blue Jays (1-2).
Lehigh dominated Loyola in the middle and drove with the hot hands of Faceoff specialist Mike Sisselberger (16:19 ) and goalkeeper James Spencer (17 saves) to a 6-6 win on Saturday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was the first time for the Mountain Hawks – every win over the Greyhounds, the perennial favorite of the Patriot League.
No. 11 Loyola (2-2, 0-1 Patriot League) has the injured faceoff specialist Bailey Savio (1:12) got back, but his rust showed. Sisselberger, who scored all the reps with the equally dangerous Connor Gaffney due to COVID-19 protocols, also scored a goal for the second game in a row.
A week after the late rally against Mount St. Mary’s went into overtime the retrievers four extra frames with America East’s rival Stony Brook on Saturday before Nick Dupuis’ man-up gate gave UMBC in Catonsville, Md. a 13:12 win in four overtime hours. It was the longest game in school history.
The Retrievers (2-0, 1-0, America East) were leading 12-11 at the end of the fourth quarter when Danny Cassidy was marked for an illegal body check. The Seawolves (2-2, 0-1) benefited when Cory Vanginhoven converted a Dylan Pallonetti feed to seven seconds of regular time to send the game into extra time.
UMBC’s Brett McIntyre scored in the second Half-time four goals at game height. Goalkeeper Tommy Lingner made 16 saves, one each in double and triple overtime.
Vermont turned out to be more annoying than expected, but No. 8 Syracuse drove a 20-save performance from goalkeeper Drake Porter to a 17-13- Victory on Saturday at the Carrier Dome.
Owen Hiltz scored four goals and Stephen Rehfuss had two goals and six assists for Orange (2-1), who led almost the entire game despite a significant possession deficit.
Tommy Burke won 24 of 34 encounters for the Catamounts (1-2), who outperformed Syracuse 51-32 but shot only 25 percent.
No. 4 Georgetown, No. 5 Rutgers, and No. 9 Denver outperformed on Saturday 20 goals against top-class opponents. The Hoyas (4-0, 3-0, Big East) scored nine goals in the third quarter alone and defeated Marquette 20-13. The Scarlet Knights (3-0) scored from their line of scrimmage from Adam Charalambides (four goals, five assists ), Kieran Mullins (two goals, five assists) and Connor Kirst (four goals, one assist) in a 22 absurd 21 point -12 win in Michigan. The Pioneers (5-2, 3-0, Big East) scored a 20-6 win at St. Johns with 12 goals and nine points ahead of Alex Simmons (five goals, four assists).
St. Bonaventure won the first game in program history, defeating Quinnipiac 13-5 in both teams’ season opener on Saturday. Austin Blumbergs had three goals and three assists and Brett Dobson scored 14 saves for the Bonnies, who in their opening season 2019 0-13 and last year 0-6 were before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the game.
Brendan Nichtern had three goals and three assists and Wyatt Schupler scored 17 saves to get the Army No. 7 to a 12:10 win at the Boston University to lead the start of the Patriot League. It was the third win in a row for the Black Knights (3-1), who took a 5-0 lead and withstood several BU runs. Timmy Ley had four goals and two assists for the Terriers (2-1).
Tehoka Nanticoke made his season debut for Albany No. 17 and didn’t seem to miss a beat. He scored three goals and added four assists in a 17-6 win over Hartford. The Great Danes are 2-0 (1-0 America East).
No. 2 Maryland 18, No. 19 Johns Hopkins 10
No. 3 North Carolina 16, Mercer 8
# 4 Georgetown 20, Marquette 13
No. 5 Rutgers 22, Michigan 12
No. 6 Virginia 20, Air Force 4
No. 7 Army 12, Boston University 10
No. 8 Syracuse 17, Vermont 13
No. 9 Denver 20, St. Johns 6
No. 10 Notre Dame 12, Bellarmine 6
No. 14 Lehigh 10, No. 11 Loyola 6
No. 15 Penn State 15, No. 12 Ohio State 13
No. 18 Albany 17, Hartford 6
Binghamton 11, NJIT 5
Bryant 20, Merrimack 8
Canisius 8, Siena 7
Drexel 12, Towson 10
Hobart 13, Mount St. Mary’s 9
LIU 13, Sacred Heart 10
Marist 15, Detroit Mercy 11
Monmouth 8, Manhattan 5
St. Bonaventure 13, Quinnipiac 6
UMBC 13, Stony Brook 12 (4OT)
VMI 13, Lafayette 12
An eight-goal sprint from halftime brought Maryland No. 2 to an 18-10 win at College Park.
Maggie Bostain’s score with 5:46 remaining won the game for # 5 Virginia versus # 20 Louisville.
Penn State was still finding its post-Grant Ament stand and taking a step in the right direction.
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