Loyola Maryland sprints past Lafayette for 16-6 victory | MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE

The 13th-ranked Loyola Maryland men’s lacrosse team fell behind early, but Kevin Lindley started an eight-goal run run that spanned the first and second quarters and the Greyhounds won, 16-6, over visiting Lafayette on Saturday.

John Mathes scored two goals during a 4-2 run in the first quarter for the Leopards. Loyola (3-2, 1-1 Patriot League) answered when Lindley scored on an assist from Aidan Olmstead with six minutes left in the first quarter to start the 8-0 run. Lindley would add two more goals during the first quarter at 3:51 and 53 seconds.

The Greyhounds led 10-5 at the break and went on a 4-0 run to start the second half and pull away from Lafayette (0-3, 0-1). Evan James finished with a game-high four goals and Lindley and Peter Swindell each had three goals for Loyola. Sam Shafer made five saves for the Greyhounds in the win.

Cam Wyers posted four ground balls and three caused turnovers on defense for Loyola. Ryan McNulty added three and one, while Payton Rezanka had two caused turnovers.

Loyola went man-down five times and killed all of the penalties.

The Greyhounds remain at Ridley Athletic Complex for their next game, hosting Bucknell at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Salisbury 30, Southern Virginia 10: After suffering a rare season-opening loss last week, the visiting Sea Gulls (1-1, 1-0 Capital Athletic Conference) went on a tear.

Salisbury opened with a 3-0 run and led 9-2 in the first quarter over the Knights (1-5, 0-2) and 16-4 at the half. Cross Ferrara gave the Sea Gulls a 2-0 lead with goals at 14:14 and 12:37 and finished with a game-high 10 goals, on 17 shots, and added an assist.

T.J. Ellis (1-1) made nine saves for the win and Matty Back had two saves for Salisbury, which will host Mary Washington Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Christopher Newport 18, Washington College 4: Christopher Newport, the No. 11-ranked team in Division III, jumped to a 5-1 lead after the first quarter on its way to a win over host Washington College in nonconference action. The Captains improve to 4-0 overall, while the Shoremen are 1-1.

Chris Delrasario had 12 saves for the Shoremen, while Dylan Rice led CNU with three goals and three assists.

No. 18 Hofstra at Towson, ppd.: The Pride (3-1) vs. the host Tigers (2-4) game was postponed. There was a positive COVD-19 test within the Hofstra program. Towson travels to Delaware next Saturday at noon.

UMBC at Binghamton, ppd.: The game between the visiting Retrievers (2-0) and host Bearcats (1-0) has been postponed to March 27 at noon. UMBC halted activities due to COVID-19 protocals. UMBC will travel to Hartford next Saturday at noon.

Mount St. Mary’s at Bryant, ppd.: The game between the visiting Mount (1-5) and Bulldogs (3-1) was postponed to May 1 at 12:00 p.m. There was a COVID-19 related issue within the Bryant program. Mount St. Mary’s will host Hobart next Saturday at 1 p.m.

NATION

Vermont 14, No. 14 Albany 12: Liam Limoges scored four goals to lead the visiting Catamounts (2-2, 2-0 America East) over the Great Danes (2-1, 1-1). Vermont scored five goals in the first and second quarters and took a 10-4 lead in the first half.

No. 20 Richmond 23, Virginia Military Institute 6: The visiting Spiders (2-3, 1-0 Southern Conference) jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the first quarter and beat the Keydets (1-2, 0-1).

Richmond scored the most goals in a single game, the previous high 21 came against New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2015. Dalton Young set a school single-game goal-scoring record with seven goals and Jacob Griffin won 22 of 26 faceoffs, another school record.

Colgate at No. 7 Army West Point, ppd.: The game between the Raiders (1-2, 1-0 Patriot League) and the Black Knights (3-1, 1-0) was postponed. The game was postponed because of a positive test within Army’s Tier 1. No makeup date has been announced.