CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Saint Joseph's men's lacrosse team fell to #5 Virginia on Saturday afternoon, ending its season in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in an 17-11 defeat inside Klöckner Stadium.
 
St. Joe's finishes its season at 12-4, the nation's longest win streak coming to a close after 12 consecutive wins. Virginia improved to 11-5 and will move on to the quarterfinals next weekend.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Alex Keener picked off a cross-field attempt to start the Hawk offense, Colin Reich converting on the other end of the field on the first possession of the game to open the scoring.
• After the hosts rattled off three goals in under two minutes, the Hawks responded Levi Anderson fed Carter Page inside and the senior turned and fired for his first tally of the game.
• St. Joe's added another less than two minutes later, Toron Eccleston equalizing the score after bullying his defender into a free left-handed low shot to tie the game at 3-3.
• Another pair of Virginia goals gave the hosts a two-goal cushion, but Jesse Jason found the back of the net, denied the first time by the goalkeeper but grabbing his own ground ball and finishing only seconds later to halve the deficit.
• Trailing 6-4 at the end of the first quarter, the Hawks started the second with three consecutive shots in seven seconds before Page finally broke through, again cutting the deficit to one.
• The Cavaliers used a quick 3-0 run over a span of 1:19 to extend their advantage to 9-5 with over 12 minutes in the frame.
• Jesse Jason fired low and fast past the goalkeeper from a tight angle, giving the Hawks just their second goal of the quarter to bring the game within 10-6.
• Virginia added a goal to make it 11-6 headed into the break, following with two goals to start the second half to build a 13-6 lead.
• Mark Watters stopped the run, firing from distance to look and cut the deficit. Anderson followed with a goal 30 seconds later, keeping a defender on his shoulder as he drove straight to the goal and finished.
• Another three-goal burst for the Cavaliers gave the hosts a 16-8 advantage headed into the final frame.
• Toron Eccleston grabbed an early goal for the Hawks, firing from close range on an extra-man opportunity.
• Carter Page secured his hat trick moments later for his 43^rd goal of the season to cut the lead to 16-10.
• Colin Campbell responded to a Virginia goal, narrowing the margin back to 17-11 with his second goal of the year.
• The Hawks were unable to convert any more opportunities on the attacking end, both teams going scoreless over the final eight minutes as Virginia was able to advance with a 17-11 victory.

 
 
GAME NOTES

• The Hawks ended their season with the nation's longest win streak, coming to an end at 12 games with the defeat.
• Carter Page finished with a team-high three goals and four points, finishing his career with 145 goals and a program-record 32 games with 3+ goals. Page ends his career with 43 consecutive games with a goal, the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
• Levi Anderson added a goal and an assist, finishing with 140 career goals and 82 assists, both third in program history. Anderson finishes his career with 69 games played and 222 points, both the most in program history.
• Jesse Jason added a pair of goals in the defeat, finishing his Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year campaign with 21 goals and 11 assists.
• Toron Eccleston was the final of a trio of Hawks with multiple goals, adding an assist to the two goals.
• Levi Verch added a caused turnover and four ground balls, leading the team with 29 caused turnovers on the season. Verch added 80 ground balls to his season total.
• Patrick Clemens ends his career with 67 games played (third-most in program history), finishing with 74 career caused turnovers to sit in second in SJU history.
• Liam Quinn added a pair of caused turnovers and ground balls from defense.
• Gavin Tygh finished 13-28 from the face-off against his former team.
• Tommy Gross finished with 12 saves on the afternoon, his seventh game of the year recording 10+ saves. Gross took his first loss of his career, entering 12-0 as a starter prior to the game.
• For the first time this season, the Hawks were outshot in a game with Virginia holding a 48-29 advantage on the afternoon. UVA held a 29-22 margin in shots on goal.
• Virginia entered as one of the best clearing teams in the country at 91.6%, the Hawks limiting the Cavaliers to just 17-26 (.654) on the afternoon.
• UVA finished 3-3 in extra-man opportunities, the Hawks just 2-6 on the afternoon with a man up.