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1 CLEVELAND STATE April 4, p.m. Charlottesville, Va. Klöckner Stadium (8,000) GAME 11 5 NCAA TITLES 17 ACC TITLES 12 LACROSSE HALL OF FAMERS VIRGINIA CAVALIERS Record: 6-4, ACC: 0-2 Head Coach: Lars Tiffany UVA Record: 6-4 first season Career Record: th season Tiffany vs. Cleveland State: 0-0 VS CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS Record: 3-7, Away: 1-4 Head Coach: Dylan Sheridan CSU Record: 3-7 first season Career Record: 3-7 first season Sheridan vs. UVA: 0-0 OPENING DRAW GAME OVERVIEW Virginia returns to Klöckner Stadium on Tuesday for a non-conference tilt with Cleveland State. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. This week Virginia is ranked No. 16 in the USILA coaches poll and No. 14 in the Inside Lacrosse/Maverik media poll. THE SERIES VS. THE VIKINGS Cleveland State and Virginia are meeting for the first time in series history. The 2017 season marks the inaugural men s lacrosse campaign for Cleveland State. The last time UVA played an opponent that was in its inaugural campaign was 2014 when the Cavaliers were the first-ever opponent for in-state foe Richmond. UVA won, UVA is 11-1 all-time against opponents from the state of Ohio. The Cavaliers are 6-1 all-time against Ohio State, 4-0 against Denison and 1-0 against Ohio Wesleyan. Cleveland State head coach Dylan Sheridan was an assistant coach for Bill Tierney at Denver the last time UVA faced the Pioneers, a 14-8 win in the 2011 NCAA semifinal round. Sheridan has an inaugural roster of 35 freshmen out of 37. ONE-GOAL GAMES Seven of UVA s 10 games this season have been decided by one goal or less. UVA is 3-4 in those games with two losses in overtime. The three games not decided by one goal or less took place over a four game span between Feb. 18-March 1. Date: Tues., April 4, 2017 Location: Charlottesville, Va. Stadium: Klöckner Stadium (8,000) Rankings: Virginia (14 coaches, 12 media) Series vs. Cleveland State: First Meeting in Charlottesville: First Meeting at Klöckner Stadium: First Meeting Last Meeting: N/A First Meeting: N/A Largest UVA win: N/A Longest UVA Win Streak: N/A Tiffany vs. Sheridan: First Meeting Websites: VirginiaSports.com CSUVikings.com VIRGINIA S PROBABLE LINEUP Freshman Jared Conners scored his first two collegiate goals, including the game-winning score on Saturday at then-no. 12 Richmond. He also caused a key turnover on UR s final possession to help secure the victory. Attack Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 2 Michael Kraus Fr GBs Inside Lacrosse s No. 16 overall recruit 36 Zed Williams Sr GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (honorable mention) 43 Joe French Sr GBs Owns 26 career goals in 39 career games First Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 5 Ryan Lukacovic Sr GBs Has 126 career points (63 goals, 63 assists) 22 Ryan Conrad So GBs Scored three goals and picked up 11 GBs vs. Cornell 32 Dox Aitken Fr GBs Inside Lacrosse s No. 2 overall recruit Face-off Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 15 Will McNamara Sr GBs One of UVA s three captains 16 Michael Howard Sr GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (honorable mention) 28 Jared Conners Fr GBs Inside Lacrosse s No. 20 overall recruit 46 Jason Murphy Jr x191 FOs No. 25 in the nation with a.560 winning pct. Defensive Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 14 Matt Dziama So GBs Played in 25 career games at SSDM 15 Will McNamara Sr GBs One of UVA s three captains 16 Michael Howard Sr GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (honorable mention) 28 Jared Conners Fr GBs Inside Lacrosse s No. 20 overall recruit Close Defense Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 6 Tanner Scales Sr GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (honorable mention) 25 Scott Hooper Jr CTs Owns 38 career starts 45 Zach Ambrosino So GBs Has started 19 straight games Goalie Yr. GAA/Sv% Rec. Notes 1 Griffin Thompson Fr / Won first career game off the bench against Cornell 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time /Result TV F. 11 at 6/5 Loyola (Md.) W/16-15 F. 18 DREXEL W/18-14 ACC Net. Extra F. 21 SIENA W/20-13 ACC Net. Extra F. 25 at 17/20 Penn L/10-11 ESPN3 M. 1 HIGH POINT W/18-12 ACC Net. Extra M. 5 at 11/10 Syracuse* L/13-14 ACC Net. Extra M. 11 vs. Cornell^ W/19-18 (OT) M. 18 3/2 NOTRE DAME* L/10-11 (OT) ESPNU M. 25 at 18/17 Johns Hopkins L/17-18 (OT) ESPN3 A. 1 at 12/11 Richmond W/8-7 A. 4 CLEVELAND STATE 7 p.m. ACC Net. Extra A. 9 20/19 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. ESPNU A. 11 ROBERT MORRIS 7 p.m. ACC Net. Extra A. 15 at Duke* 1 p.m. ACC Net. Extra A. 28 ACC Championship SF! 6/8:30 p.m. ESPNU A. 30 ACC Championship F! Noon ESPNU M NCAA First Round & TBA ESPNU M NCAA Quarterfinals $ TBA ESPN2 or ESPNU M. 27 NCAA Semifinals % TBA ESPN or ESPN2 M. 29 NCAA Finals % TBA ESPN or ESPN 2 All Times Eastern; *ACC game;! Durham, N.C.; ^ Pacific Coast Shootout, Costa Mesa, Calif.; & NCAA First Round games at home sites; $ NCAA Quarterfinals hosted at Hofstra (May 20) & Delaware (May 21); % NCAA Final Four hosted at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass. Rankings: coaches poll/media poll ACC Network Extra Luke Neer, play-by-play Doug Tarring, analyst ON THE AIR VIRGINIA MEDIA RELATIONS Men s Lacrosse Contact: Vincent O: (434) C: (434) Virginia.Lacrosse #GOHOOS: BY THE NUMBERS UVA is No. 1 in the nation with ground balls per game. Tuesday UVA will play its 13th all-time game against a team from the state of Ohio. Dox Aitken leads the nation s freshmen midfielders with 25 goals. He is tied for 2nd among all freshmen goal scorers. Michael Kraus 45 points (25-20) rank No. 9 all-time among UVA freshmen.

2 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS COVERING THE CAVALIERS UNIQUELY UVA The University of Virginia is an institution rich with history and tradition. Here is some of the terminology that contributes to UVA s culture. Grounds: The term used by students, faculty and alumni to refer to the University dating as far back as Thomas Jefferson. Campus is never used. First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year: Instead of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. Why you may ask? To be a senior implies that a person has reached the final phase of learning, a feat that Thomas Jefferson believed to be impossible, arguing instead that education is a life-long process. Commonwealth: Virginia is one of four constituent states of the United States of America that officially uses the name Commonwealth instead of the word state in all references. The other three commonwealths are Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. UNIVERSITY NICKNAMES Virginia s athletics teams have been accompanied by a somewhat confusing array of nicknames. The most prominent and widely accepted of these monikers are Cavaliers, Wahoos and Hoos. Although the terms Cavaliers, Wahoos and Hoos are used almost interchangeably to refer to University teams and players, Cavaliers is more often used by the media, while Wahoos and Hoos are frequently used by Virginia students and fans. Legend has it that Washington & Lee baseball fans dubbed the Virginia players Wahoos during the fiercely contested rivalry that existed between the two in-state schools in the 1890s. By 1940, Wahoos was in general use around Grounds to denote University students or events relating to them. The abbreviated Hoos sprang up later in student newspapers and has gained growing popularity in recent years. THE CAVALIER MASCOT The costumed Cavalier with a large character head debuted during Virginia s 1984 football season and has remained the official mascot of the University. UNIVERSITY COLORS Orange and blue were adopted as the University of Virginia s official athletic colors at a mass student meeting in UVA athletic teams had previously worn silver gray and cardinal red, but those colors did not stand out on muddy football fields, prompting a student movement to change them. One of the students attending the mass meeting was Allen Potts, a star athlete who played on Virginia s first football team in Potts showed up at the meeting wearing a navy blue-and-orange scarf that he had acquired during a summer boating expedition at Oxford University. Orange and blue were chosen as the official athletic colors after one of Potts fellow students pulled the scarf off Potts neck and, waving it to the crowd, yelled, How will this do? UVA later served as the inspiration for schools like Auburn and Florida when they selected school colors. WAH-HOO-WAH The origin of Wah-hoo-wah is uncertain. The cheer was used to root on Virginia teams as early as 1890 and may have been borrowed from Dartmouth College, whose athletics teams were once known as the Indians. Legend attributes the yell to Natalie Floyd Otey, who sang the ballad Where er You Are, There Shall My Love Be at Charlottesville s Levy Opera House in The predominantly student audience noticed that Otey warbled the first three words of the song between each of the stanzas and decided to join in the refrain. By evening s end, goes the legend, the crowd had corrupted Where er You Are into Wah-hoowah. The Levy Opera House stands at the corner of High Street and Park Street and has since been renovated into an office building. ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS VINCENT BRIEDIS Asst. Director for Media Relations (Primary Football Contact) Player Interviews Office: Mobile: MAILING ADDRESS John Paul Jones Arena 295 Massie Road, Room 154 P.O. Box Charlottesville, VA CREDENTIALS Admission to the press box is by official credential only and is strictly limited to members of the working press, radio and television personnel. Please allow ample time for the mailing of credentials or they will be left at the Will Call window at Klöckner Stadium. Special requests should be made in advance. Parking is always available on an unreserved basis at University Hall. Normal pregame and postgame information is supplied. PHOTOGRAPHERS Requests for photo passes must be made in advance through the Athletics Media Relations Office. Photographers must observe the field markings for lacrosse. No tri-pod equipment may be used on the field level, for the safety of the players and photographers. RADIO Broadcasts are made from the radio broadcast facilities in Klöckner Stadium. There is one courtesy line available for use by visiting radio crews. Adequate space is available for the visiting team needs. Arrangement for broadcasts must be validated in advance through the UVA Athletics Media Relations Office. INTERVIEWS All requests for interviews with coaches and players should be made through Vincent Briedis in the Athletics Media Relations Office. Postgame interviews are conducted at field level following the postgame handshake. Locker rooms are closed. COVERING A GAME AT KLÖCKNER STADIUM When covering a game at Klöckner Stadium, please include the umlaut above the letter o in Klöckner. Mac users can do this by clicking Alt-u or Option-u and then typing the letter o. PC users should make sure their number lock is off and then type Alt PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYERS 5 - Lukacovic Luke-A-Vic 10 - D Amario Duh-Mario 14 - Dziama Jomma (rhymes with momma) 18 - Milan Milan (like in Italy) 19 - Kratky Krat-key 23 - Offutt OFF-it 32 - Dox Aitken Dox (like Sox) - Ai-k uh n (Aiken) 41 - Theo Dol Tay-OH Dahl 48 - Brugel Brew-Gull 2

3 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 352 USILA ALL-AMERICANS VIRGINIA ON THE GREEN GRASS OF KLÖCKNER Virginia owns a (.7962) all-time record at Klöckner Stadium, including a 3-1 mark in UVA also is 11-3 all-time at Klöckner Stadium in the NCAA Tournament. Klöckner Stadium first hosted lacrosse in NEAR INVINCIBLE UNDER THE KLÖCKNER LIGHTS Virginia has lost only eight night games at Klöckner Stadium. Overall UVA is 37-8 when playing under the lights at Klöckner Stadium. UVA is 2-1 so far in 2017 under the Klöckner lights. Overall the Cavaliers had 21-consecutive night wins since moving to Klöckner in UVA fell to Duke in 2008, the first night loss - a game that started at 6 p.m. in April daylight shadows. Virginia dropped its second overall game under the Klöckner Stadium lights, ironically, also to Duke on April 17, UVA dropped back-to-back night games at Klöckner Stadium for the first time with losses to Duke on April 13, 2012 and North Carolina in the ACC Tournament a week later on April 20, Originally scheduled for 1 p.m. on March 9, 2013, the fifth loss came to Cornell after field conditions due to snow in the Charlottesville area pushed game back to an evening start. UVA also lost to North Carolina in 2015, a 7 p.m. start. UVA lost its first night game in 2016, an overtime setback (12-11) to High Point. THREE OVERTIME GAMES IN A ROW UVA has played three overtime games in a row for only the second time in program history. This year UVA has gone to overtime with Cornell (March 11), Notre Dame (March 18) and Johns Hopkins (March 25). The only other time UVA has gone to overtime in three straight games was the 1980 NCAA Tournament and UVA beat Cornell in overtime, North Carolina in double overtime, before losing to Johns Hopkins in double overtime. USILA Coaches Poll (April 3) 1. Penn State 2. Syracuse 3. Notre Dame 4. Hofstra 5. Denver 6. Maryland 7. Albany 8. Army 9. Ohio State 10. Duke 11. Johns Hopkins 12. Rutgers 13. Princeton 14. Virginia 15. Towson 16. Richmond 17. Yale 18. Villanova 19. Loyola 20. North Carolina CURRENT POLLS ORV: Michigan, Boston, Binghampton, Providence, Marquette, Delaware, Air Force IL/Maverik Media Poll (April 3) 1. Penn State 2. Syracuse 3. Hofstra 4. Notre Dame 5. Denver 6. Army 7. Albany 8. Maryland 9. Ohio State 10. Duke 11. Johns Hopkins 12. Virginia 13. Rutgers 14. Richmond 15. Princeton 16. Towson 17. Yale 18. Villanova 19. North Carolina 20. Binghamton ORV: Loyola, Boston, Michigan, Providence, Marquette, Air Force, Penn, Navy, Bucknell VIRGINIA WEEK-BY-WEEK Week Coaches Media Preseason Feb Feb Feb March March March March 27 t16 14 April COMPARISONS UVA CSU Goals-Shot Attempts Goals Scored Average Shot Pct Assists Ground Balls Turnovers Caused Turnovers Total Goals Man-up Goals Man-down Goals 1 0 Overtime 1 0 Man-up Opp Faceoffs 173-of of-249 Faceoff W-L Pct Clears 183-of of-180 Clear Pct Penalties Penalty Min. 29:30 24:30 3

4 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS WILLIAMS ALREADY IN THE CLUB Attackman Zed Williams ( G-A-P and 44 ground balls) is the only player in the nation with at least 40 points and 40 ground balls. AITKEN ONE OF THE NATION S TOP FRESHMEN Midfielder Dox Aitken leads the nation s freshmen midfielders with 25 goals and is tied for No. 2 in the nation among freshmen goal-scorers. UVA freshman attackman Michael Kraus is tied with Aitken at No. 2 among freshmen goal-scorers with 25 goals. No. 7 is Ben French, the younger brother of current UVA senior Joe French. Here are the top freshmen goal scorers: NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION GOALS 1. Mac O Keefe, Penn State, A Dox Aitken, Virginia, M 25 Michael Kraus, Virginia, A Tre Leclaire, Ohio State, A/M 24 Kieran Mullins, Rutgers, A 24 Michael Sowers, Princeton, A Charlie Kitchen, Delaware, A Ethan Walker, Denver, A Ben French, Vermont, A 20 AITKEN AND KRAUS AMONG UVA ALL-TIME FRESHMEN Attackman Michael Kraus and midfielder Dox Aitken are climbing the all-time points list by UVA freshmen in a season: NAME, SEASON POINTS (G-A) 1. Steele Stanwick, (36-22) 2. Kevin Pehlke, (34-22) 3. Conor Gill, (22-30) 4. Michael Watson, (31-19) Joe Yevoli, (40-10) 6. Tom Duquette, (24-23) Danny Glading, (26-21) 8. Matt Ward, (26-20) 9. Michael Kraus, (25-20) 10. John Christmas, (29-15) 11. Garrett Billings, (30-13) CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A GOAL Name, Pos. Streak 17 Goals Career Goals Streak Started Mike D Amario, A March 1, 2017 Dox Aitken, M March 18, 2017 AJ Fish, M March 25, 2017 Zed Williams, A March 25, 2017 Jared Conners, D April 1, 2017 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A POINT Name, Pos. Streak 17 Points Career Points Streak Started Zed Williams, A April 23, 2016 Dox Aitken, M Feb. 11, 2017 Michael Kraus, A Feb. 11, 2017 Ryan Conrad, M Feb. 21, 2017 Mike D Amario, A March 1, 2017 Jared Conners, D March 25, 2017 AJ Fish, M March 25, 2017 T18. Dox Aitken, (25-8) Attackman Michael Kraus and midfielder Dox Aitken are climbing the alltime goals list by UVA freshmen in a season: NAME, SEASON GOALS 1. Joe Yevoli, Steele Stanwick, Kevin Pehlke, Michael Watson, Garrett Billings, John Christmas, Matt Ward, Danny Glading, Dox Aitken, Michael Kraus, Tom Duquette, Chase Monroe, Drew McKnight, Conor Gill, Attackman Michael Kraus is climbing the all-time assists list by UVA freshmen in a season: NAME, SEASON ASSISTS 1. Conor Gill, Mike Caravana, Kris Snider, Tom Duquette, Jay Connor, Kevin Pehlke, Steele Stanwick, Paul O Brien, Tim Whilteley, Danny Glading, Michael Kraus, Drew McKnight, Matt Ward, Michael Watson,

5 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 352 USILA ALL-AMERICANS AITKEN AMONG UVA FRESHMEN MIDFIELDERS Midfielder Dox Aitken has the most goals all-time by a UVA freshman midfielder in a season: NAME, SEASON GOALS 1. Dox Aitken, Larry LeDoyen, Jay Jalbert, Richie Werner, Roddy Marino, Brad Hoag, Shamel Bratton, Midfielder Dox Aitken is the UVA freshman midfielder record holder for points in a season: NAME, SEASON POINTS (G-A) 1. Dox Aitken, (25-8) 2. Scott Gerham, (11-16) 3. Larry LeDoyen, (19-6) 4. Jay Jalbert, (19-4) 5. Doug Cooper, (11-10) 6. Andy Kraus, (12-8) Rob Emery, (13-7) TIFFANY STARTED OUT 3-0 AT UVA Lars Tiffany won his first three games as Virginia s 17th head coach. He is only the fifth Cavalier head coach to not lose a game in his first contests at the helm. Jim Adams in 1978 started his UVA career out 4-0 before losing his first game. Here is the full list of UVA head coaches with the best undefeated starts in program history: NAME YEAR UVA UNDEFEATED START Jim Adams Robert Fuller Robert Sandell Buddy Beardmore Lars Tiffany VIRGINIA ATTACK SCORING POINTS UVA attackmen Mike D Amario, Michael Kraus and Zed Williams have a combined 118 of UVA s 247 points (47.8 percent). With 113 points, UVA owns the highest-scoring primary attack in the nation. Duke is No. 2 with 98 points. BRUGEL HAS NICE DEBUT AGAINST DREXEL UVA first year Luke Brugel was 12-of-15 from the faceoff X in his collegiate debut against Drexel. Brugel also scored a goal, dished out an assist, while picking up five ground balls. Brugel was a perfect 11-of-11 on faceoffs in the second half. TIFFANY CONNECTED TO UVA S TITLE COACHES UVA head coach Lars Tiffany is connected in the lacrosse world to both Glenn Thiel and Dom Starsia, the two Virginia coaches who brought NCAA titles to Charlottesville. Tiffany played for Starsia at Brown and coached under Thiel at Penn State ( ). CAREER STARTS Name, Pos Career Streak Tanner Scales, D 9 16 * Zed Williams, A * Ryan Lukacovic, A * Scott Hooper, D * * Logan Greco, D * * Zach Ambrosino, D * * * AJ Fish, M * Mike D Amario, A * * Ryan Conrad, M * * * Michael Kraus, A * * * * Joe French, A * Will Railey, GK * * Dox Aitken, M * * * * Will McNamara, M * * Griffin Thompson, GK * * * * Michael Howard, D * Matt Emery, M * * * did not play Note: Some starts may be at positions other than the ones listed. GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Opponent Attack Midfield Defense Goalie at Loyola French Conrad Ambrosino Railey Kraus Fish Hooper Williams McNamara Scales Drexel French Conrad Ambrosino Railey Kraus Lukacovic Hooper Williams McNamara Scales Siena D Amario Conrad Ambrosino Railey Kraus Lukacovic Hooper Williams McNamara Scales at Penn D Amario Conrad Ambrosino Railey Kraus Lukacovic Hooper Williams McNamara Scales High Point French Aitken Ambrosino Railey Kraus Fish Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales at Syracuse French Aitken Ambrosino Railey Kraus Conrad Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales vs. Cornell French Aitken Ambrosino Railey Kraus Conrad Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales Notre Dame French Aitken Ambrosino Thompson Kraus Conrad Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales at Johns Hopkins French Conrad Ambrosino Thompson Kraus Fish Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales at Richmond French Aitken Ambrosino Thompson Kraus Conrad Hooper Williams Lukacovic Scales 5

6 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES 2017 CAREER CAREER 3+ GOALS Kraus Aitken Williams D Amario Conrad French Fish Lukacovic Conners Murray Emery Lamb MULTIPLE ASSIST GAMES 2017 CAREER CAREER 3+ ASSISTS Kraus Williams Lukacovic Aitken Conrad D Amario Fish Herring Lamb French GOALS TOTAL PCT. Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Totals 149 ASSISTS TOTAL PCT. Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Totals 98 POINTS TOTAL PCT. Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Totals 247 SCORING DROUGHTS FOR OPPONENTS Below are the longest scoring droughts for OPPOSING teams against Virginia this season (min. 10 minutes): Opp. Time Drought (Quarter) Date High Point 23:25 0:59 (1st) to 7:44 (3rd) 3/1 Notre Dame 20:28 6:58 (2nd) to 2:30 (3rd) 3/18 Richmond 17:23 8:37 (1st) to 6:14 (2nd) 4/1 Syracuse 16:45 1:14 (1st) to 14:29 (3rd) 3/5 Loyola 15:09 6:14 (2nd) to 7:05 (3rd) 2/11 Johns Hopkins 13:05 0:53 (2nd) to 2:48 (3rd) 3/25 Cornell 12:49 10:32 (3rd) to 13:43 (4th) 3/11 Loyola 12:33 4:53 (1st) to 8:20 (2nd) 2/11 Drexel 12:13 2:14 (2nd) to 5:01 (3rd) 2/18 Cornell 11:13 14:09 (2nd) to 2:56 (2nd) 3/11 Notre Dame 11:10 11:22 (1st) to 0:12 (1st) 3/18 Penn 11:09 7:39 (3rd) to 11:30 (4th) 2/25 Penn 11:08 7:05 (1st) to 10:57 (2nd) 2/25 Johns Hopkins 11:02 3:56 (1st) to 7:54 (2nd) 3/25 Drexel 10:40 15:00 (1st) to 4:20 (1st) 2/18 High Point 10:02 15:00 (1st) to 4:58 (1st) 3/1 FIRST YEARS SHINE AT LOYOLA First years Dox Aitken (four goals) and Michael Kraus (two goals, three assists) led UVA with nine combined points at then-no. 6 Loyola. The nine combined points is the most by a UVA freshmen duo in a season-opening collegiate debut since Drew McKnight (two goals, four assists) and Jay Jalbert (four goals) combined for 10 points in the 1997 season opener against then-no. 2 Syracuse. Aitken s four goals in his collegiate debut makes the freshman the third Cavalier since 1997 to score four goals in a season-opening collegiate debut, joining Jay Jalbert (1997, 4 against Syracuse) and Joe Yevoli (2002, 4 against Drexel). Aitken and Kraus become the 6th and 7th Cavalier freshmen since 1997 to record at least four points in a season-opening debut. Here is a list of UVA true freshmen since 1990 that tallied at least four points in a collegiate debut that came in the season opener: NAME YEAR OPPONENT POINTS Kevin Pehlke 1990 Washington & Lee 7 (5 goals, 2 assists) Drew McKnight 1997 Syracuse 6 (2 goals, 4 assists) Michael Kraus 2017 Loyola 5 (2 goals, 3 assists) Jay Jalbert 1997 Syracuse 4 (4 goals) Ben Rubeor 2005 Drexel 4 (1 goal, 3 assists) Danny Glading 2006 Drexel 4 (2 goals, 2 assists) Steele Stanwick 2009 Drexel 4 (2 goals, 2 assists) Dox Aitken 2017 Loyola 4 (4 goals) AITKEN SCORES UVA S FIRST GOAL OF 2017 Dox Aitken scored the first goal of 2017 for the Cavaliers at then-no. 6 Loyola on Feb. 11. It is the second year in a row the first goal of the season for UVA was scored by a true freshman. Ryan Conrad scored the first goal of 2016 for UVA against Loyola at Klöckner Stadium. Conrad was the first true freshman to do so since Ryan Tucker in 2012 at Drexel. Since 2010 a UVA true freshman has scored the season s first goal five times. Connor English did so in 2010 and Rob Emery in TIFFANY S STAFF IS CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER UVA head coach Lars Tiffany brought both of his full-time assistants with him from Brown, Sean Kirwan and Kip Turner. Both Kirwan and Turner own a championship pedigree. Turner is a 2007 Virginia graduate and was the starting goalie on the Cavaliers historic 17-0 NCAA title team in Turner later went on to win three MLL championships as a player. He won his first in 2011 with Boston, followed by 2012 and 2013 with Chesapeake. Kirwan, an All-American attackman at Tufts, won the 2010 NCAA DIII title and helped guide the Jumbos to the 2014 NCAA DIII title as an assistant coach at his alma mater. VIRGINIA IS A GROUND BALL MACHINE UVA has led the nation in ground balls three of the last eight years. Currently UVA ranks No. 1 in the nation in ground balls (45.20). UVA is the only school in the nation to finish in the Top-5 nationally in ground balls per game seven times over the last eight seasons. Duke is the closest team to UVA, finishing in the Top-5 four times during the same span. The only school in 2016 to finish with more ground balls per game was new UVA head coach Lars Tiffany s 2016 Brown team. Below is how UVA has fared over the last eight seasons in ground balls: Virginia s NCAA Ranking for Ground Balls Per Game Year NCAA Rank Ground Balls Teams Ahead of UVA (Rank) per game North Carolina (1) per game N/A per game VMI (1), Jacksonville (2) per game Bryant (1), Robert Morris (2) per game N/A per game N/A per game 11 other teams per game Brown (1) per game N/A 6

7 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 352 USILA ALL-AMERICANS CAN T SCORE UNLESS YOU CLEAR THE BALL Virginia registered a.918 percent success rate on clears in 2013, giving the Cavaliers four seasons in a row clearing the ball above.900 percent. No other team in the nation has ever been able to boast such a streak. UVA cleared at a.907 rate in 2012, a.900 rate in 2011 and a.922 rate in During that time UVA twice ranked No. 3 in the nation in scoring offense, scoring goals per game in 2010 and goals per game in UVA ranked No. 11 in 2012 with 11.5 goals per game. The streak snapped in 2014 when UVA only cleared at a.851 rate. According to research in collaboration with all NCAA DI men s lacrosse SIDs, only 30 teams have cleared at over.900 in a season, five times its been done by UVA, dating back to the first year lacrosse was an NCAA Championship sport. UVA records on clearing date back to some schools like Syracuse (1983), only go back to a certain year in regards to clearing stats. Below is the current list of all-time.900+ clearing schools in a season: Clearing All-Time Top Seasons 1. Loyola (2013) Virginia (2010).922 Marist (2014) Bellarmine (2014) Richmond (2015) Virginia (2013).918 Syracuse (2013).918 Ohio State (2014).918 Loyola (2014) Syracuse (2011) Richmond (2016).917 Ohio State (2016) Loyola (2012) High Point (2015).913 Siena (2016) Rutgers (2016) Maryland (2016) Virginia (2012).907 Albany (2016) Binghamton (2012).906 Hobart (2016) North Carolina (1988).905 Syracuse (2015) Virginia (2015).903 Hofstra (2011) North Carolina (2012).902 Syracuse (2016) Marist (2013) Virginia (2011).900 Penn State (2016).900 VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS Virginia has been ranked in the top five of the USILA Coaches poll 280 weeks all-time. UVA has been ranked in the Top 10 in 413 polls all-time. The USILA Poll began in CAPTAINS NAMED Attackman Ryan Lukacovic, midfielder Will McNamara and defenseman Tanner Scales have been selected by their peers as the captains of the 2017 men s lacrosse team. Scales is a repeat captain from HONORS TEWAARATON TROPHY WATCH LIST Dox Aitken, M Zed Williams, A IL FACE-OFF YEARBOOK PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Michael Howard (LSM), honorable mention Tanner Scales (D), honorable mention Zed Williams (A), honorable mention ACC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dox Aitken, M (Feb. 13) Mike D Amario (Feb. 20) Zed Williams (Feb. 27) Zed Williams (March 13) ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tanner Scales, D (Feb. 13) INSIDE LACROSSE/ALPHA LACROSSE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dox Aitken, M (Feb. 16) EPOCH/US LACROSSE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Mike D Amario (Feb. 20) USILA/BSN DIVISION I OFFENSIVE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Zed Williams (March 15) All-TIME UVA CAREER 100 GOAL SCORERS Name Years Games Goals Goals Per Game 1. Doug Knight Michael Watson Matt Ward Kevin Pehlke Chris Bocklet Ben Rubeor Steele Stanwick Garrett Billings Mark Cockerton Danny Glading Chase Monroe Jay Jalbert Tom Duquette Tucker Radebaugh Jeff Nicklas UVA ALL-TIME MIDFIELDER CAREER GOAL LEADERS Name Years GlS 1. Eldredge, Pete Carroll, Brian Bratton, Shamel Poskay, Matt Rotelli, Chris Traynor, Greg Jalbert, Jay* Tucker, Ryan Kraus, Andy 87-89, Emery, Rob Holman, Tom Giusto, Rick Jones, David Cooper, Doug Kroll, Rich Colin Briggs Shannon, A.J.* Bratton, Rhamel Curry, David* Dixon, Kyle Coholan, Greg* * - career goals as a midfielder 7

8 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS VIRGINIA IN THE NCAA RANKINGS Statistic National Rank Conference Rank Value National Leader Value Conference Leader Value Assists Per Game (69 ranked) Albany (NY) Virginia 9.80 Caused Turnovers Per Game (69 ranked) Rutgers Virginia 9.20 Clearing Percentage (69 ranked) Loyola Maryland North Carolina Face-Off Winning Percentage (69 ranked) Denver North Carolina Ground Balls Per Game (69 ranked) Virginia Virginia Man-Down Defense (69 ranked) Richmond Syracuse Man-Up Offense (69 ranked) Johns Hopkins Virginia Points Per Game (69 ranked) Albany (NY) Virginia Saves Per Game (69 ranked) Princeton Virginia Scoring Defense (69 ranked) Richmond 5.70 Duke 8.00 Scoring Margin (69 ranked) Albany (NY) 7.78 Duke 4.64 Scoring Offense (69 ranked) Albany (NY) Virginia Shot Percentage (69 ranked) Princeton Duke Turnovers Per Game (69 ranked) Johns Hopkins Hofstra Syracuse Winning Percentage (68 ranked) Penn St Syracuse Statistic Player National Rank Conference Rank Value National Leader Value Conference Leader Value Assists Per Game (140 ranked) Zed Williams Michael Kraus Ryan Lukacovic Dox Aitken Ryan Conrad Mike D'Amario Will Sands, Bucknell 3.80 Sergio Salcido, Syracuse 2.50 Caused Turnovers Per Game (71 ranked) Scott Hooper Tanner Scales Craig Chick, Lehigh 3.22 Scott Hooper, Virginia 1.90 Face-Off Winning Pct (73 ranked) Jason Murphy Trevor Baptiste, Denver Kyle Rowe, Duke Goals Per Game (147 ranked) Dox Aitken Mike D'Amario Michael Kraus Zed Williams Connor Fields, Albany (NY) 3.89 Justin Guterding, Duke 2.73 Goals-Against Average (66 ranked) Benny Pugh, Richmond 5.47 Shane Doss, Notre Dame 8.37 Ground Balls Per Game (74 ranked) Ryan Conrad Zed Williams Jared Conners TD Irelan, Albany (NY) Kyle Rowe, Duke 7.20 Individual Man-up Goals (56 ranked) Dox Aitken Zed Williams Mike D'Amario Michael Kraus Gavin McBride, Princeton 7 Dox Aitken, Virginia Brad Smith, Duke Zed Williams, Virginia Points Per Game (145 ranked) Michael Kraus Zed Williams Dox Aitken Mike D'Amario Ryan Lukacovic Connor Fields, Albany (NY) 7.22 Justin Guterding, Duke 5.09 Save Percentage (66 ranked) Benny Pugh, Richmond Shane Doss, Notre Dame Saves Per Game (66 ranked) Will Railey Michael Zingaro, Manhattan Shane Doss, Notre Dame 9.71 Shot Percentage (74 ranked) Dox Aitken Mike D'Amario Matt Gaudet, Yale Brendan Bomberry, Syracuse

9 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 352 USILA ALL-AMERICANS Game 1 Virginia 16, Loyola 15 Feb. 11 Baltimore, Md. It was a wild finish at the Ridley Athletic Complex as 13 combined goals were scored in the fourth quarter, but No. 14 Virginia (1-0) outlasted No. 6 Loyola (0-1), 16-15, to open the Lars Tiffany era. Virginia owned a 10-5 lead with 7:50 left in the third quarter when Zed Williams found Ryan Conrad for a Cavalier goal that capped a 6-0 UVA run. It took 45 seconds for Loyola to begin a 5-0 run of its own to tie the game, 10-10, with 12:57 left in the game. Making his collegiate debut against Loyola, Dox Aitken went straight toward the cage and scored his third goal of the game with 12:19 left in the contest to halt the Greyhounds run, giving UVA the lead back, Conrad scored unassisted at 11:27 to give UVA a advantage. Aitken and Conrad s goals were the beginning of a 4-1 UVA, giving the Cavaliers a lead. Aitken capped the run with his fourth goal of the game with 8:13 left to play. The Greyhounds came roaring back with a 4-1 run of their own, tying the game at after Graham Savio won a faceoff and sprinted toward the UVA cage with 2:59 left. Virginia wasted no time after winning the ensuing faceoff as Williams dodged and flipped a pass behind his back to Conrad and the sophomore deposited the game s final goal, lifting UVA to the win. A UVA turnover in the final seconds set up an opportunity for Loyola to tie the game. But Tanner Scales knocked down Zack Sirico s pass with three seconds left and Conrad picked up the ground ball as time expired. Loyola started the game s scoring with a Mike Perkins goal via an assist by Zach Sirico at 12:08 in the first quarter. Virginia responded with a 4-1 run to take a two-goal lead, 4-2. Aitken and Joe French each scored goals for UVA, while Jason Murphy and Michael Kraus capped the run. Kraus first collegiate goal came with 8:56 left in the first half. The Greyhounds retaliated with a 3-0 run, taking a 5-4 lead. Loyola received goals from Brian Begley and one from Zirico. Savio capped the Loyola run with an unassisted goal with 6:14 left in the second quarter. Virginia held Loyola scoreless for the next 14:09, while the Cavaliers took a 10-5 lead, via a aforementioned 6-0 run. Virginia Loyola Att-4618 Scoring (G-A) V: Michael Kraus 2-3, Dox Aitken 4-0, Zed Williams 1-3, Joe French 2-0, Ryan Lukacovic 1-1, Mike D Amario 1-1, Jason Murphy 1-0, Dave Smith 1-0, Matt Dziama 0-1, AJ Fish 0-1, Will McNamara 0-1. L: Alex McGovern 2-3, Zack Sirico 2-2, John Duffy 2-1, Brian Begley 2-0, Jay Drapeau 2-0, Graham Savio 2-0, Mike Perkins 1-1, Pat Spencer 0-2, Jared Mintzlaff 1-0, Peter Swindell 1-0, Romar Dennis 0-1, Foster Huggins 0-1. Goalie Summary V: Will Railey 60:00 mins. 11 saves 15 goals against. L: Jacob Stover 50:55 mins. 4 saves 13 goals allowed, Grant Limone 9:05 mins 1 save 3 goals allowed. Shots: V-40, L-43 Ground Balls: V-45, L-48 Clearing: V-20x25, L-21x21 Faceoffs: V-16, L-19 Penalties: V-3-2:00, L-2-2:30 EMO: V-1x3, L-1x3 Game 2 Virginia 18, Drexel 14 Feb. 18 Charlottesville, Va. Attackman Mike D Amario scored seven goals to lead No. 7 Virginia (2-0) to an triumph over the Drexel Dragons (0-1) inside Klöckner Stadium. The seven goals by D Amario were the most by a Cavalier since Matt White scored seven in the championship game of the 2013 ACC Tournament against North Carolina. The scoring was steady and often for both teams. UVA opened up the game with a comfortable 8-3 run. Ryan Lukacovic scored the first two goals for Virginia unassisted. D Amario scored two of his seven goals during this run. Luke Brugel capped the run with 12:31 left in the second quarter on a helper from Dox Aitken. It was Brugel s first career goal on Aitken s first career assist. Sloppy play by the Cavaliers led to a 5-1 Drexel run to close out the second half, giving UVA a narrow 9-8 lead entering the intermission. UVA sprinted out of the locker room in the third quarter, going on a 4-0 run to extend its lead to five goals, D Amario scored his fourth and fifth goals of the game during the run, capping it on a Zed Williams helper at 5:13 in the third quarter. The Dragons crept back to one goal, 14-13, via a 5-1 run. Marshal King scored his second goal of the game with 11:31 left in the contest to finish off the Drexel sprint. After the Drexel run, UVA had one more spurt in them. Aitken and D Amario each scored two goals on a 4-1 UVA run to finish the game and secure the Cavalier victory. Virginia won the battle of shots (56-32), ground balls (57-35), faceoffs (23-13) and was 4-of-5 on extra-man opportunities. Drexel won the battle of saves (12-6) and turnovers (25-17). Drexel Virginia Att-2960 Scoring (G-A) D: Robert Frazee 3-2, Cole Shafer 3-1, Marshal King 3-1, Jeremy Omrod 1-2, Reid Bowering 2-0, Jacob O Donnell 1-1, Zach Manns 0-2,Will Manganiello 1-0, Will Stabbert 0-1, Jude Whalen 0-1 V: Mike D Amario 7-0, Zed Williams 2-5, Ryan Lukacovic 3-2, Dox Aitken 3-1, AJ Fish 1-1, Luke Brugel 1-1, Michael Kraus 1-0, Joe French 0-1. Goalie Summary D: Jimmy Joe Granito 60: saves, 18 goals allowed. V: Will Railey 30:00. 4 saves, 8 goals allowed; Griffin Thompson 30:00. 2 saves, 8 goals allowed. Shots: D-32, V-56 Ground Balls: D-35, V-57 Clearing: D-17x24, V-17x18 Faceoffs: D-13, V-23 Penalties: D-6-3:30, V-3-2:30 EMO: D-1x2, V-4x5 Game 3 Virginia 20, Siena 13 Feb. 21 Charlottesville, Va. Ten different Cavaliers scored goals as No. 6 Virginia (3-0) rolls to a victory over the visiting Siena Saints (0-3) inside Klöckner Stadium. Virginia started out hot, opening the game on a 9-3 run. Zed Williams started the scoring on a Ryan Conrad helper 1:02 into the game. Michael Kraus scored back-to-back goals to put UVA up 3-0 after only 2:59 expired on the game clock. Siena responded with three-straight goals to even the score, 3-3, with 5:29 left in the first quarter. After Brian Prunty scored for Siena to tie the game, the Saints didn t score again for the next 8:07 and by that time Virginia reeled off six-straight goals to end that early 9-3 run. Ryan Lukacovic capped the Virginia sprint with 13:00 left in the second quarter. Virginia closed the first half with a narrow 4-3 margin to take a 13-5 lead into the intermission. Siena used goals from Eric Munn, Chris Robertson and Keenan Cook to outscore UVA in the third quarter, 3-2. The fourth quarter UVA outscored Siena, 5-4 to punctuate the victory. Virginia won the battle of the shots (52-42), ground balls (60-44) and saves (14-11). Faceoffs were tied (19-19) and Siena had more turnovers (19-15). UVA was led by Williams game-high four goals and six points. Kraus had three goals and three assists to also lead UVA with six points. Joe French also added a hat-trick and collected one assist. UVA received the first career goals from Milan Murray, who finished with two. Cameron Stafford scored his first career UVA goal after transferring from Vermont where he scored 25 over the last two seasons for the Catamounts. Siena Virginia Att-1012 Scoring (G-A) S: Chris Robertson 3-1, Eric Munn 3-0, Keenan Cook 1-1, Mike Reilly 1-1, Tim Cousin 1-1, Brian Prunty 1-0, Dylan Pantalone 1-0, Jordan Barlow 1-0, John McDonald 1-0, Patrick O Loughlin 0-1, Jon- Michael Tokar 0-1. V: Zed Williams 4-2, Michael Kraus 3-3, Joe French 3-1, Mike D Amario 2-2, AJ Fish 2-2, Ryan Conrad 1-2, Milan Murray 2-0, Ryan Lukacovic 1-0, Cameron Stafford 1-0, Will McNamara 1-0, Dox Aitken 0-1, Luke Brugel 0-1, Mitch Gordon 0-1. Goalie Summary S: JAaron Lewis 60: saves, 20 goals allowed. V: Will Railey 55: saves, 10 goals allowed; Ryan Montgomery 3:40. 1 saves, 3 goals allowed; William Hudson 1:01. 0 saves, 0 goals allowed. Shots: S-42, V-52 Ground Balls: S-44, V-60 Clearing: S-15x23, V-22x25 Faceoffs: S-19, V-19 Penalties: S-3-2:00, V-1-1:00 EMO: S-0x1, V-1x3 9

10 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS Game 4 Penn 11, Virginia 10 Feb. 25 Philadelphia, Pa. Virginia s Dox Aitken scored four goals, but it wasn t enough as the No. 17 Penn Quakers (2-0) outlasted the No. 6 Cavaliers (3-1), 11-10, inside historic Franklin Field. Penn took an early 3-0 on the heels of two transition goals off faceoffs. Alex Roesner capped the early 3-0 Penn run with an unassisted goal 4:40 into the game. Dox Aitken scored his first goal of the game at 7:14 in the first quarter to put UVA on the board, 3-1. Penn faceoff specialist Chris Santangelo won the ensuing faceoff and scored it unassisted nine seconds later to increase the Penn lead back to three, 4-1. Virginia tied the game, 4-4, after a 3-0 run. The Cavaliers received goals from Zed Williams, Aitken and Michael Kraus capped the run at 14:33 in the second quarter. Penn went on a 3-1 run to take a 7-5 lead with 3:35 left in the first half, but goals by Williams and Aitken tied the game for UVA, 7-7, heading into the intermission. The Quakers scored a couple of transition goals in the third and started the fourth quarter with a score to finish off a 3-1 run, taking a 10-8 lead with 11:30 left to play. UVA won the ensuring faceoff and Aitken scored his fourth goal of the game, cutting the Cavalier deficit back to one goal, After a failed Penn clear, Joe French found Williams in transition at 8:48 to tie the game, Penn retook the lead for good, 11-10, with 5:52 left when Kevin McGeary found Tyler Dunn for the goal. UVA had three opportunities with under a minute to tie the game, but Junkin made a couple big saves for the Quakers to hold onto the win. Virginia won the battle of shots (48-36), ground balls (28-21), faceoffs (14-10) and had more turnovers (16-13). Penn had more saves (16-10). Virginia Penn Att-1012 Scoring (G-A) V: Dox Aitken 4-0, Zed Williams 3-0, Ryan Lukacovic 1-1, Ryan Conrad 0-2, Michale Kraus 1-0, Milan Murray 1-0, Joe French 0-1, Luke Brugel 0-1. P: Tyler Dunn 3-1, Kevin McGeary 1-2, Reilly Hupfeldt 2-0, Chris Santangelo 2-0, Keyveat Postell 1-1, Simon Mathias 0-2, Alex Roesner 1-0, Connor Keating 1-0. Goalie Summary V: Will Railey 60: saves, 11 goals allowed. P: Reed Junkin 60: saves, 10 goals allowed. Shots: V-48, P-36 Ground Balls: V-28, P-21 Clearing: V-17x19, P-17x21 Faceoffs: V-14, P-10 Penalties: V-5-5:00, P-3-2:30 EMO: V-0x2, P-2x5 Game 5 Virginia 18, High Point 12 March 1 Charlottesville, Va. The No. 11 Virginia Cavaliers (4-1) used an early 10-0 run to cruise past the High Point Panthers (2-3) inside Klöckner Stadium, The Cavaliers took an early 3-0 lead on the heels of two Michael Kraus goals and one assist. Kraus capped the run with 5:45 left in the first period, unassisted. It was one of two unassisted goals by the Cavaliers against the Panthers. High Point retaliated with three goals of its own, tying the game at 3-3. Nate Carter scored his first goal of the season to cap the run with 59 seconds left in the first period. UVA won the ensuing faceoff and Mike D Amario scored the first of his four first-half goals with 31 seconds left in the first quarter. D Amario s goal started a 10-0 run that gave the Cavaliers a 13-3 lead with 11:19 left in the third quarter. D Amario scored all four of his goals during the spurt. Dox Aitken scored three of his career-high five goals during the run as well. High Point made it interesting in the third, returning serve with a 6-1 run to cut its deficit to six goals, Nick Basile scored an extra-man goal with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. UVA held off High Point in the fourth, outscoring the Panthers 4-3 in the final frame to seal the victory. Aitken scored his fifth goal on a Kraus assist at 4:29, followed by Mikey Herring s first goal of the season on an extraman situation with 1:05 left in the game to cap UVA s scoring. Four Cavaliers tallied at least five points, led by Kraus and his seven. Kraus scored two goals and dished out five assists. Zed Williams also dished out five assists. Williams first assist of the game was the 100th career point of the senior s career. Aitken (five goals) and D Amario (four goals, one assist) round out the top UVA scorers. UVA assisted 16-of-18 goals. Joe French also had a hat-trick with three goals, while adding one assist. High Point Virginia Att-840 Scoring (G-A) H: Jason Ashwood 3-1, Connor Robinson 2-1, Nick Basile 2-0, Sean Harrison 1-1, Michael LeClair 0-2, Nate Carter 1-0, Cole Carns 1-0, Nick Walsh 1-0, Grant Bimstefer 1-0, Mitchel Snyder 0-1, Terrell Sands 0-1, Tim Troutner Jr 0-1, Luke Cappetto 0-1, Ricky Koehler 0-1 V: Michael Kraus 2-5, Dox Aitken 4-1, Mike D Amario 4-1, Zed Williams 0-5, Joe French 3-1, AJ Fish 2-1, Ryan Lukacovic 1-2, Mikey Herring 1-0, Ryan Conrad 0-1. Goalie Summary H: Tim Troutner Jr. 60: saves, 18 goals allowed. V: Will Railey 30:00. 6 saves, 3 goals allowed; Griffin Thompson 30:00. 6 saves, 9 goals allowed. Shots: H-41, V-51 Ground Balls: H-40, V-54 Clearing: H-24x31, V-22x25 Faceoffs: H-8, V-25 Penalties: H-6-4:30, V-4-3:00 EMO: H-2x4, V-4x6 Game 6 Syracuse 14, Virginia 13 March 5 Syracuse, N.Y. The No. 12 Syracuse Orange (3-1, 1-0 ACC) overcame a five-goal deficit and outlasted the No. 11 Virginia Cavaliers (4-2, 0-1 ACC), 14-13, inside the Carrier Dome. Sergio Salcido s goal with 15 seconds left in the game gave the Orange their only lead of the afternoon. With 11:06 left in the third quarter the Syracuse Orange trailed by five goals, The Orange went on a 6-1 run to tie the game, 11-11, with 12:06 left in the contest. UVA retaliated right back when Ryan Conrad picked up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff and streaked toward the Orange goal, depositing his second of the day with 11:56 left. Ryan Simmons for Syracuse found nylon with 10:15 left to play, tying the game again, Dox Aitken recorded his hat-trick at 7:04 on an unassisted goal to put UVA up one goal, Syracuse evened the score with 5:45 left,13-13, on a Matt Lane goal. UVA won the ensuing faceoff, but after Michael Kraus drew a pushing penalty with 3:10 left, the Cavaliers never possessed the ball again on offense. After UVA goalie Will Railey saw a barrage of shots, saving three in the final three minutes, Salcido slipped the game-winner in with 15 seconds left. The Cavaliers started the game fast, taking an early 2-0 lead on the heels of goals by Conrad and Aitken. Zed Williams and AJ Fish also scored in the first quarter as the game was knotted at 4-4 after 15 minutes of play. UVA played stellar defense in the second quarter, shutting out the Orange, while scoring four goals in the process, leading at the intermission, 8-4. Kraus scored three of this four goals in the second frame, securing the natural hat-trick. Kraus led UVA with four goals and two assists. Aitken tallied his fifth career hat-trick in his sixth collegiate game. Aitken is up to 19 goals on the season, which ties him with Larry LeDoyen (1983) and Jay Jalbert (1997) for most goals by a UVA freshman midfielder in program history. Syracuse won the battle of shots (47-41) and saves (12-8). UVA won the battle of ground balls (43-27) and faceoffs (17-14), while turnovers were the same (11-11). Virginia Syracuse Att-4783 Scoring (G-A) V: Michael Kraus 4-2, Dox Aitken 3-2, Zed Williams 2-1, Ryan Conrad 2-0, Mike D Amario 1-0, AJ Fish 1-0, Ryan Lukacovic 0-1. S: Sergio Salcido 2-3, Matt Lane 3-2, Nate Solomon 3-2, Nick Mariano 1-1, Jamie Trimboli 1-0, Jordan Evans 1-0, Peter Dearth 1-0, Brendan Bomberry 1-0, Ryan Simmons 1-0, Tyson Bomberry 0-1, Stephen Rehfuss 0-1. Goalie Summary V: Will Railey 60:00. 8 saves, 14 goals allowed. S: Evan Molloy 60: saves, 13 goals allowed. Shots: V-41, S-47 Ground Balls: V-43, S-27 Clearing: V-14x15, S-16x18 Faceoffs: V-17, S-14 Penalties: V-4-2:30, S-4-2:30 EMO: V-1x4, S-1x4 10

11 2017 VIRGINIA MEN S LACROSSE 352 USILA ALL-AMERICANS Game 7 Virginia 19, Cornell 18 - OT March 11 Costa Mesa, Calif. Zed Williams scored the game-winning goal 1:19 into the overtime period to lift No. 13 Virginia (5-2) over the Cornell Big Red (0-4) in front of 6,035 fans at LeBard Stadium, 19-18, in the Pacific Coast Classic. Williams scored all four of his goals in the second half as the Cavaliers tallied 15 of their goals in the second half. UVA trailed by two goals, 17-15, with 3:46 left. Virginia scored three straight goals, to take an lead with 14 seconds left. Williams scored a man-up goal with 2:20 left, followed by AJ Fish s game-tying goal with 51 seconds left. Williams lifted UVA up by one goal, 18-17, with 14 seconds left on a man-up opportunity. Cornell won the ensuing faceoff and with four seconds left Jordan Dowiak scored unassisted for Cornell, tying the game, Once the overtime faceoff went out of bounds off of the stick of Cornell s Paul Rasimowicz, UVA took two shots and Williams stuck the game-winner at 2:41 in overtime off of a Michael Kraus helper. The Cavaliers overcame a big first-half deficit. After one quarter of play Cornell led 6-0 and at halftime it was a 9-4 Big Red advantage. The Cavaliers used a nine-goal third quarter coming out of the intermission to give UVA a lead, its first of the game. During UVA s nine-goal third quarter Mike D Amario scored three of his five goals, while Kraus scored three as well. The fourth quarter the goals came in bunches, the first three by Cornell as the Big Red retook the lead, 14-13, with 10:44 left. D Amario and Williams scored back-to-back, giving UVA a lead. Cornell scored three more goals in a row to snatch the two-goal lead before UVA s final push by Williams and company. Virginia won the battle of shots (58-42) and ground balls (51-33). Cornell had more faceoff wins (20-19), saves (15-8) and turnovers (15-7). UVA was led by D Amario s eight points (five goals, three assists), Kraus (three goals, three assists) and Williams (four goals, two assists) each added six points. The 37 combined goals set a Pacific Coast Shootout record. Saturday s game was UVA s first in the state of California. Cornell Virginia Att-6035 Scoring (G-A) C: Jeff Teat 5-6, Jordan Dowiak 5-0, Clarke Petterson 4-1, Connor Fletcher 2-3, Andrew Keith 1-0, Dan Bockelman 1-0, Kason Tarbell 0-1. V: Mike D Amario 5-3, Zed Williams 4-2, Michael Kraus 3-3, Ryan Conrad 3-1, Ryan Lukacovic 2-2, Dox Aitken 0-2, AJ Fish 1-0, Joe French 1-0. Goalie Summary H: Christian Knight 61: saves, 19 goals allowed. V: Will Railey 30:00. 3 saves, 9 goals allowed. Griffin Thompson 31:19. 5 saves, 9 goals allowed. Shots: C-42, V-58 Ground Balls: C-33, V-51 Clearing: C-15x18, V-19x20 Faceoffs: C-20, V-19 Penalties: C-6-5:00, V-4-3:00 EMO: C-2x4, V-5x6 Game 8 Notre Dame 11, Virginia 10 - OT March 18 Charlottesville, Va. No. 3 Notre Dame (4-1, 1-0 ACC) outlasted No. 13 Virginia (5-3, 0-2 ACC) in overtime, 11-10, at Klöckner Stadium. UVA has lost all three of its games this season by one goal. There was also a lightning delay in the first quarter that delayed the game for one hour and thirteen minutes. Virginia owned a 10-9 lead with 6:33 left to play after Mike D Amario was fed on the crease from Michael Kraus. Notre Dame responded with a goal by Sergio Perkovic at 4:47, forcing the overtime period. UVA had a chance in the closing seconds, but a shot by Kraus was blocked out in front. UVA won the overtime faceoff, but immediately turned the ball over. After a big time save by freshman goalie Griffin Thompson, making his first collegiate start, UVA was on the offensive. An errant UVA pass started the Notre Dame clear, which resulted in the game-winner by Ryder Garnsey. Long-pole Garrett Epple supplied the assist in what became somewhat of a transition opportunity. The game started in the Fighting Irish s favor. Notre Dame took an early 2-0 lead in the first quarter on goals by Perkovic and Mikey Wynne. Ryan Conrad and Kraus scored backto-back goals to tie the game, 2-2, with 1:06 left in the first quarter. The rain delay came with 3:21 left in the first quarter, splitting the UVA run. After Kraus goal, Notre Dame went on a 5-1 spurt to take a 7-3 lead with 6:58 left in the first half. Kraus scored his third of the half to cut UVA s deficit to three goals, 7-4, heading into the intermission. UVA went on a 5-1 sprint in the third quarter to take a 9-8 lead heading into the final frame. Dox Aitken capped the run with his 20th goal of the year at 1:04 in the third quarter. Aitken s goal makes the freshman UVA s all-time rookie midfielder goal scorer in program history. Notre Dame held a 3-1 goal advantage in the fourth, setting up the overtime heroics by Garnsey. Virginia won the battle of shots (42-31), ground balls (50-34), faceoffs (15-9), while turnovers (18-18) were the same and Notre Dame won the saves (14-7) battle. Notre Dame Virginia Att-3725 Scoring (G-A) ND: Ryder Garnsey 1-3, Mikey Wynne 3-0, Sergio Perkovic 3-0, Brendan Gleason 1-1, Bryan Costabile 1-1, Pierre Byrne 1-1, Bobby Gray 1-0, Garret Epple 0-1, Drew Schantz 0-1. V: Michael Kraus 5-2, Mike D Amario 2-0, Ryan Lukacovic 1-1, Zed Williams 0-2, Ryan Conrad 1-0, Dox Aitken 1-0, Scott Hooper 0-1. Goalie Summary ND: Shane Doss 62:34 mins. 14 saves, 10 goals allowed. V: Griffin Thompson 62:34 mins. 7 saves, 11 goals allowed. Shots: ND-31, V-42 Ground Balls: ND-34, V-50 Clearing: ND-15x19, V-18x22 Faceoffs: ND-9, V-15 Penalties: ND-3-2:00, V-3-2:00 EMO: ND-0x3, V-1x3 Game 9 Johns Hopkins 18, Virginia 17 - OT March 25 Baltimore, Md. The No. 15 Virginia Cavaliers (5-4) overcame a three-goal deficit in the final 1:51 to force overtime, but fell in sudden death to the No. 18 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (5-3), 18-17, at Homewood Field. Johns Hopkins went on a 5-0 run in the fourth quarter, leading with 2:15 left to play when Cody Radziewicz scored unassisted to cap the spurt. It was the first time all game Johns Hopkins led. UVA gained possession back and scored with 1:51 left to play when Zed Williams took a dandy pass from Ryan Conrad, cutting the UVA deficit to two goals, UVA won the ensuing faceoff and Conrad stuck a zinger off a Dox Aitken pass with 1:13 left. UVA forced an unsettled turnover on the ensuing faceoff and Aitken found Williams for the game-tying goal with 11 seconds left. UVA had a chance in regulation after UVA won the ensuing faceoff and Conrad s bullet of a shot with two seconds left was rejected. Virginia won the overtime faceoff, but Mike D Amario was called for crossing the midline, turning the ball over. Shack Stanwick stuck the game-winning goal on the doorstep of the crease 58 seconds into the sudden death period, giving Hopkins the triumph. UVA led early, taking a 3-0 lead to start the game on goals by Conrad, Dave Smith and Joe French. A 7-3 UVA run gave the Cavaliers a 10-4 lead with 9:05 left in the second quarter. Aitken scored twice during the run, as did D Amario. The Blue Jays finished the first half on a 4-1 run, cutting UVA s lead to 11-8 at the intermission. Virginia for most of the third quarter had the only two goals, extending its lead to five, But with 2:48 left in the frame a goal by Alex Concannon started a 9-1 Hopkins run to take the advantage before UVA s frantic finish in regulation. Johns Hopkins won the battle of shots (62-41), ground balls (38-34) and faceoffs (21-18). UVA had more saves (16-10) and turnovers (13-10). Virginia Johns Hopkins Att-3173 Scoring (G-A) V: Michael Kraus 4-0, Dox Aitken 2-2, Zed Williams 2-1, Ryan Conrad 2-1, Ryan Lukacovic 1-2, Mike D Amario 2-0, AJ Fish 1-1, Matt Emery 1-1, Joe French 1-0, Dave Smith 1-0, Tanner Scalres 0-1, Jared Conners 0-1. JH: Kyle Marr 6-1, Cody Radziewicz 3-3, Shack Stanwick 1-3, Joel Tinney 3-0, John Crawley 1-1, Craig Madarasz 1-0, Patrick Fraser 1-0, Forry Smith 1-0, Alex Concannon 1-0, Robert Kuhn 0-1, Austin Spencer 0-1. Goalie Summary V: Griffin Thompson 58:40 mins. 16 saves, 17 goals allowed. Will Railey 2:18 mins. 0 saves 1 goal allowed. JH: Gerald Logan 18:26 mins. 3 saves, 8 goals allowed. Brock Turnbaugh 42:32 mins. 7 saves, 9 goals allowed. Shots: V-41, JH-62 Ground Balls: V-34, JH-38 Clearing: V-14x16, JH-12x13 Faceoffs: V-18, JH-21 Penalties: V-5-3:00, JH-3-2:30 EMO: V-1x3, JH-3x4 11