The No. 16 Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team put together a dominating first quarter but couldn't keep pace with No. 1 Syracuse and fell, 13-10, Saturday.
The visiting Blue Jays (3-4) opened with a 3-0 run and led 5-2 after the first quarter. Ryan Brown (Calvert Hall) scored twice and Shack Stanwick (Boys' Latin) had two assists in the period.
The Orange offense finally awoke with 1:28 left in the quarter, when Randy Staats (four goals) started a 7-0 run.
Johns Hopkins was held scoreless for nearly 18 minutes before Wells Stanwick (Boys' Latin) stopped the drought with a goal at the 2:42 mark, and the Blue Jays entered halftime trailing 8-6. Shack Stanwick scored twice to start the third quarter and tie the score at 8.
Syracuse scored two to pull ahead, but Hopkins answered with two to tie the score at 10 with 12:54 left in the game. The Orange (6-0) went on a 3-0 run over the final 7:49 to win.
The Blue Jays have lost three of their past five games.
No. 8 Maryland 11, No. 15 Villanova 2: Charlie Raffa won 13 of 16 faceoffs and Matt Rambo had four points to lead the visiting Terps (5-1) past the Wildcats (5-2).
Maryland, which has the top defense in Division I, held Villanova scoreless for stretches of 28:54 and 28:04. Goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr made nine saves, improving his season save percentage to a nation-best .708.
No. 17 Loyola Maryland 12, No. 14 Army 10: Zach Herreweyers matched his career high with six goals and Grant Limone made 18 saves in his third college start, helping the Greyhounds (4-3, 2-1 Patriot League) upset the host Black Knights (5-3, 1-2).
Loyola put 18 of its 25 shots on goal, and Limone stopped 64.3 percent of Army's shots.
Greyhounds defenseman Pat Frazier caused three turnovers and picked up four ground balls while holding preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year John Glesener to one assist.
No. 19 Towson 9, Hobart 6: Andrew Hodgson had two goals and an assist to lead the host Tigers (5-2) past the Statesmen (3-3).
Towson opened with a 5-0 run and never looked back.
Frostburg State 14, Marymount 7: The visiting Bobcats improved to 7-0 behind two goals and one assist each from Chris Rios, Nick Stailey and Spencer Love (Winters Mill).
Frostburg State took a 7-1 lead at the half and outshot the Saints (2-4) 45-26.
Salisbury 17, St. Mary's 6: Connor Anderson made seven saves and the Sea Gulls (4-3, 1-0 Capital Athletic Conference) dominated the Seahawks (0-3, 0-1) at the Calverton School in Huntingtown.
Thomas Cirillo, Kyle Goss, Mike Kane and Carson Kalama (Bel Air) had three goals each for Salisbury.
Women
No. 1 Maryland 16, No. 6 Florida 6: Brooke Griffin (South River) had five goals and three assists and the host Terps (7-0) defeated the Gators (6-3).
Maryland coach Cathy Reese earned her 200th career win. "We came out a little hesitant, and we weren't doing the things we normally do," she said. "We kind of settled in, and we were really able to control what we wanted to."
Kelly McPartland and Megan Whittle (McDonogh) each had a hat trick, while McPartland added two assists. Zoe Stukenberg (Marriotts Ridge) and Taylor Cummings (McDonogh) each scored twice, and Erin Collins had one goal.
No. 20 Loyola Maryland 16, Lafayette 6: Annie Thomas (John Carroll) had two goals and four assists, and nine Greyhounds scored in the win over the visiting Leopards (1-7, 0-2 Patriot).
Thomas had one goal and two assists during Loyola's opening 6-0 run. Kara Burke (Dulaney) finished with three goals for the Greyhounds (3-4, 1-0).
Navy 21, Bucknell 4: The host Mids (8-1, 2-0 Patriot) scored 14 goals in the first half and held the Bison (2-6, 0-1) to one to cruise to victory.
Navy was led by Loren Generi with six goals, Morgan Young (Towson) with four and Katie Gallagher (C. Milton Wright) with three. Bucknell cut the lead to 2-1 with 26:49 left in the first half, then the Mids scored 17 straight.
UMBC 12, Manhattan 11: Jennie Milligan (South River) had four goals and the host Retrievers (5-3) overcame a seven-goal deficit to beat the Jaspers (2-4).
UMBC fell behind 9-2 before scoring the final five goals of the first half to pull within 9-7 at the break. UMBC took control in the second half, scoring five unanswered goals.
Johns Hopkins 13, Hofstra 9: The visiting Blue Jays (4-2) scored four goals in just over two minutes to turn a one-goal deficit into a three-goal lead to beat the Pride (4-3).