Men’s Lacrosse Secures Second Seed In SoCon Tournament

Saturday, April 30

Richmond, Va.

Noon

University of Richmond

9-4, 4-1SoCon

VMI

4-10, 2-3SoCon

VMI

Richmond

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Men’s Lacrosse Secures Second Seed In SoCon Tournament

04/30/2022 | Men's Lacrosse

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RICHMOND, Va. – The seventeenth-ranked University of Richmond men's lacrosse team celebrated Senior Day Saturday as the Spiders clinched the second seed in the upcoming Southern Conference Tournament with a 14-12 victory over VMI at Robins Stadium. The Spiders used a dominant 6-0 third quarter to pull away from the Keydets and held on late with some key defensive stops.

The Spiders will open the SoCon Tournament facing third-seeded and tournament host High Point Thursday night. Game time is set for 8 p.m. at Vert Stadium and will be broadcast on ESPN Plus. Top-seeded and No. 8 nationally Jacksonville will meet fourth-seeded VMI in the first semifinal Thursday at 5 p.m.

The Spiders honored 16 seniors prior to Saturday's game on Senior Day including: JP Sinuk, Nate Garlow, Ryan Dunn, Andrew Caples, Luke Frankeny, Ryan Lanchbury, Ray Baran, Shayne Grant, William Rice, Jack Delligatti, John Armistead, Stephen Edler, Dalton Pascale, Jake Saunders, Jacob Griffin and Tim Adams.

The Spiders (9-4, 4-1 SoCon) started slowly Saturday trailing 2-1 over six minutes into the game. The Spiders scored three-straight, taking a 4-2 lead as Dalton Young (Chantilly, Va.) notched two early ones. The Keydets (4-10, 2-3 SoCon) responded with four-straight goals, taking a 6-4 lead in the second quarter and heading into the locker room with an 8-7 advantage.

Richmond responded with a strong third quarter, out-scoring VMI 6-0 in the 15 minute frame. Freshman Henry Alpaugh (Darian, Conn.) scored early before Ryan Lanchbury (Burlington, Ontario) got going with two of his four goals in the third quarter. Senior William Rice (Raleigh, N.C.) gave the Spiders a big push of momentum, scoring his second goal of the season and first-ever at Robins Stadium on Senior Day.

The Spiders extended the lead to 14-9 in the fourth quarter on Lanchbury's fourth goal of the game before VMI added three-straight narrowing the gap to 14-12 with 5:12 remaining. Richmond's defense stepped up with critical stops and the Spiders' strength on the faceoff kept the Keydets at bay.

The Spiders finished the game winning 20-of-30 faceoffs in the win. Senior Jacob Griffin (Skokie, Ill.) posted a season-high 10 wins in 13 attempts, picking up eight ground balls. Freshman Jared Chenoy (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) was 9-of-12 on faceoffs and added four ground balls.

Lanchbury and Young led the way offensively with seven points each. Lanchbury scored four goals and added three assists while Young tallied three goals and dished out four assists. Senior Ryan Dunn (Towson, Md.) rounded out three Spider hat tricks with three goals of his own.

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