High Point punched 2021’s first ticket to the men’s DI NCAA Tournament.
The Panthers beat top-seeded Richmond, 11-7, to win the SoCon Tournament Championship and earn the league’s AQ. It is High Point’s first SoCon championship since 2015.
Kevin Rogers, the transfer from Lynchburg and IL’s 2020 DIII Player of the Year, had four goals and an assist, pacing the Panthers. Davis Sampere won 17-of-21 face-offs.
High Point opened up big, scoring the first four goals and going up as much as 7-1 early. But like the SoCon Semifinal matchup against Jacksonville, their opponent wasn’t going away easily.
Conference championship games are just what Richmond does.
For the seventh-straight year, the Spiders are in their conference championship game all six years of the SoCon’s existence and one year as the Atlantic Sun.
Top-seeded Richmond handled No. 4 seed Air Force, 11-6, inside Robins Stadium on Wednesday. They’ll host Friday against High Point for a shot at three-straight championships and NCAA berths.
So for a Spider team coming off a 9-8 loss to the Falcons four days ago, it felt pretty much in the bag in terms of who’d advance.
It was led by defense, with Richmond forcing 13 turnovers, led by Sean Menges’ three to go along with four groundballs. When Air Force did have a chance, Jack Rusbuldt gobbled it up 12 times.
Keydets fall to #19 Richmond in home lacrosse opener
Published Saturday, Mar. 13, 2021, 9:53 pm
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VMI fell by a 23-6 score against #19-ranked Richmond Saturday afternoon at Drill Field No. 2.
The Keydets (1-2, 0-1) scored three goals in the first period but were unable to get a rhythm going the rest of the way. The Spiders (2-3, 1-0 SoCon) started quick with nine goals in the first period to jump out to a big advantage early on.
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After Duke and North Carolina took care of business in impressive fashion with midweek wins against High Point and Virginia, respectively, the weekend slate Division I games features a heavy load of key conference matchups.
No. 4 Rutgers visits No. 3 Maryland, 3 p.m. Saturday on Big Ten Network in what is the clear top game of the weekend and the centerpiece of a strong TV presence.
Penn State is at Johns Hopkins at noon on ESPNU, and Michigan is at Ohio State at 4 p.m. Sunday on ESPNU in a B1G TV weekend. One of the other marquee games of the weekend, Georgetown at Denver, was moved to Tuesday because of inclement weather.
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