Men's Lacrosse Fails to Hold Off No. 2 Virginia

Saturday, April 18

Charlottesville, Va.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Virginia

Men's Lacrosse Fails to Hold Off No. 2 Virginia

4/18/2009 4:00:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team clung a slim 6-5 lead into the final quarter, but second-ranked Virginia netted eight unanswered goals in the final 12:32 to defeat the Big Green, 13-6, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.

Dartmouth (4-9) got two goals from senior captain Tim Daniels (Duxbury, Mass.), while fellow senior captain Brian Koch (Rye, N.Y.) added a goal and an assist. Senior captain Jonathan Livadas (Wilmington, Del.) added his second goal of the season and senior Philip Killian (Washington, D.C.) posted his third of the year. Freshman goaltender Fergus Campbell (New Canaan, Conn.) made double-digit saves for the fifth time this season as he pushed aside 13 shots in the loss.

Virginia (13-1) had Brian Carroll, Garrett Billings and Steve Giannone each record three goals, while Danny Glading posted three assists to lead the Cavaliers to the win. Goaltender Adam Ghitelman registered nine saves to earn the win over the Big Green.

Virginia struck first to go up 1-0 in the first minute of play as Carroll tallied his first of the game just 59 seconds in the first quarter. Dartmouth answered with 9:07 remaining as junior Ari Sussman (New Haven, Conn.) added his 12th of the year to tie the score at 1-1. Giannone put the Cavaliers back on top at 2-1 with 4:27 left and once again the Big Green fired back to even the score as Killian tallied his lone goal with 2:51 left in the quarter.

Dartmouth got its second opportunity with the man advantage in the second frame and Livadas made Virginia pay to give the Big Green its first lead at 3-2 with the assist going to junior Josh Gillam (Peterborough, Ont.). Dartmouth was not done as it win the face-off and track down field. Koch buried his lone goal to put the Big Green on top 4-2 with 10:16 remaining in the half. The Cavaliers got one back on a goal by Billings at the 7:37 mark, but Dartmouth went back up by two goals with a score from Daniels to make it 5-3 in favor of the Big Green at the half.

The third quarter didn't have a lot of scoring action as Virginia was able to claw back to even the score with two goals in the third frame. With 3:39 remaining, Carroll put one past Campbell to inch the Cavaliers closer on a man-up situation and Shamel Bratton brought Virginia even with the Big Green with four seconds left in the quarter.

Daniels got the final quarter off to a good start for Dartmouth as he added his second of the game with 13:18 remaining. Unfortunately, that was the last time the Big Green saw the back of the net as Virginia reeled off eight-straight goals to earn the 13-6 win. Billings added two during the stretch, while Giannone also added a pair.

Coming into the game, face-offs were a big deal for the Big Green in facing their former teammate in Chad Gaudet. Dartmouth won 13-of-23 face-offs on the afternoon, including 9-of-10 in the first of half. The Cavaliers earned a 41-27 shot margin and each team capitalized on one man-up opportunity. The Big Green was shot in the foot by turnovers with 19 to Virginia's 12, including 13 in the second and third quarters combined. Dartmouth won the ground ball battle with a 37-35 advantage.

The Big Green will be back action against top-ranked Princeton a week from today down in New Jersey, beginning at 12 p.m.