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If the lacrosse gods were against the Hoyas, then they were most certainly for Connor Shellenberger.
After Kevin Warne won his first playoff game in his ninth season as Georgetown’s head coach last week, he got hit in the head with a ricocheted shot in warmups before the Hoyas’ game against Virginia at Hofstra in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Warne fell to his knees, but was ultimately fine. The first possession of the game, face-off specialist James Reilly (58.4%) was pushed in the back and could barely put any pressure on his right foot.
It was the perfect storm of bad omens for the Hoyas looking to make a run to the Final Four, and Virginia took full advantage with shutdown defense and sharpshooting offense en route to a 14-3 win on Saturday.
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Down six in the third quarter, Syracuse killed Georgetown’s man-up opportunity when the Hoyas attack lost his footing at X and dropped the ball. With a chance to recover and potentially spark a comeback in what turned into a scoreless third period for the Orange, Owen Seebold fired a shot. The ball crashed into a defender, and the Hoyas went on to tack on three more goals during the third quarter via Dylan Hess, Jake Carraway and Graham Bundy.
Georgetown hands Syracuse lacrosse one of its worst NCAA tournament losses ever, 18-8
Updated May 15, 2021;
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College Park, Md. The Syracuse lacrosse team’s season of high expectations ended with a thud on Saturday night.
Declan McDermott and Jake Carraway each scored five times, and Dylan Hess added four as Georgetown thrashed SU 18-8 in a first-round NCAA tournament game in College Park, Maryland.
Jamie Trimboli paced SU with three goals. Drake Porter made 15 stops in net for SU while his Hoyas counterpart, Owen McElroy, stopped 10.
Georgetown’s total was one shy of the most goals SU has ever allowed in a NCAA tournament game. The Orange’s deficit was also one shy of its biggest tournament loss ever, 19-8 to Johns Hopkins in the 2003 semifinal. Syracuse has lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament for three straight years (not counting last season’s Covid-shortened season).
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