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March 11, 2000
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – David Bruce scored three goals and Conor Gill two tospark a five-goal Virginia run to propel the third-ranked Cavaliers to a15-8 win over second-ranked Princeton this afternoon.The win was Virginia’s first of the season as both teams are now 1-1overall.
The visiting Tigers opened an early 4-2 lead midway through the firstquarter before the Cavalier attack got going. Gill scored with 4:34 in theopening quarter to cut Princeton’s lead to 4-3. Bruce tied the score atfour 28 seconds later by knocking in a loose ball in front of the goal.
Gill put the Cavaliers in the lead for good early in the second quarterwith his second goal of the afternoon as he beat goalie Trevor Tierney witha shot in close.
Bruce scored twice in a span of 36 seconds to give the Cavaliers acommanding 7-4 lead en route to a 7-5 lead at halftime.
The Cavaliers extended their lead to as many as seven goals at 13-6 with asix-goal third quarter. Virginia’s faceoff duo of Jason Hard and DavidJenkins won eight of 10 faceoffs during the period.
Bruce and Drew McKnight paced the Cavaliers with three goals apiece. Gill,Jalbert and Jenkins added two goals each. Gill, the quarterback of theVirginia attack, contributed four assists, while McKnight added three.
Princeton was led by Josh Sims who scored three goals and added an assist.
Virginia travels to Rutgers for a game on March 14 at 4:00 p.m.
1 2 3 4 FinalPrinceton 4 1 3 0 -8Virginia 4 3 6 2 -15
shots: P 25, V 47.
faceoffs: P 8, V 18.
saves: P 16, V 11.
clearing: P 24 of 32 V 20 of 23.
penalties: P 3-2:30 V 8-7:00.
ground balls: P 38, V 59.
extra-man opportunities: P 1 of 8 V 1 of 3.