CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The second-ranked Virginia men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one period, pushed the margin to 10-1 at the half and never looked back as the Cavaliers eased past visiting Johns Hopkins, 19-8, Saturday afternoon at Klockner Stadium.  The win improves Virginia's record to 5-0, while the 14^th-ranked Blue Jays slip to 3-3.
 
Virginia was up just 1-0 as the clock ticked under the six-minute mark of the first quarter, but the Cavaliers struck twice in less than a minute as Xander Dickson and Payton Cormier tallied off assists from Griffin Schutz to ignite a 9-1 run over the final 20:34 of the first half.
 
Six different players scored during the 9-1 spurt with Dickson, Cormier and Connor Shellenberger each scoring twice.  Six of the nine goals were assisted and the run was broken only by a Jacob Angelus unassisted goal midway through the second quarter for Johns Hopkins.
 
The Blue Jay offense got going a bit in the third quarter as Jack Keogh opened the second-half scoring and Garrett Degnon scored a pair in the period, but Cormier added four more in the quarter himself and the Cavaliers scored twice in the final eight seconds to carry a 17-4 lead into the fourth quarter.
 
Johns Hopkins would outscore the Cavaliers 4-2 in the final 15 minutes with Keogh and Connor DeSimone going back-to-back early in the period and Ian Krampf and Jack Hawley adding the first goals of their careers in a two-minute span late in the game to account for the final scoring.
 
What It Means
• Virginia retains possession of the Doyle Smith Cup, which the teams have played for during their regular season meetings since the cup's inception in 2006.
• The teams met for the 95^th time and Johns Hopkins maintains a 61-33-1 advantage in the all-time series.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Degnon and Keogh led the Blue Jays with their two goals on the day.
• Tyler Dunn won 9-of-18 faceoffs; after a big early deficit at the X, the Blue Jays finished 14-of-30.
 
Inside the Box Score - Virginia
• Shellenberger (3g, 5a) and Cormier (6g) paced a Virginia offense that generated its 19 goals on 49 shots.
• 10 different players scored for UVA.
• Petey LaSalla won 9-of-10 faceoffs and scored a goal for the Cavaliers.
• Matthew Nunes (9) and David Roselle (4) combined for 13 saves for UVA.
 
Up Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Sunday, March 13 when the Blue Jays welcome Syracuse to Homewood Field (4 pm).