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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VATop-ranked Virginia scored five first quarter goals to build a comfortable lead en route to a 16-4 win over Vermont Tuesday night at Klckner Stadium.
The win was Virginia’s eighth in a row to start the season, the second year in a row the Cavaliers have opened with at least eight straight wins. Vermont, coached by former UVa All-American defenseman Ryan Curtis, lost for the first time this season to fall to 2-1.
“Tonight wasn’t a magical effort but it was workmanlike performance and it’s nice to be in a situation like this where you can get everybody in there and get everybody some real game work,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia.
Brian Carroll led the scoring for Virginia with three goals, while Steele Stanwick notched two goals and assisted on two others.
Danny Glading scored his only goal of the game 14 seconds in, the only goal in the first 6 minutes. Shamel Bratton and Gavin Gill scored extra-man goals just over a minute apart midway through the opening quarter as the lead grew to 3-0. The Cavaliers score on all three extra-man chances in the game.
Vermont’s Geoff Worley scored the first of his team-high two goals at the 5:30 mark, but Chad Gaudet won the ensuing faceoff and fed Garrett Billings seven seconds later to start Virginia on a 3-goal run.
Carroll scored two goals in the second quarter as the Cavaliers took an 8-2 lead to the locker room at halftime. After Andrew Kelleher scored the second goal for Vermont early in the second quarter, the Cavaliers tallied the next eight goals, as UVa’s lead grew to 14-2 early in the fourth quarter.
“I thought that we got a little bit better as the night went on,” said Starsia. “I don’t think we were particularly sharp around the edges of the gamethe shooting, the finishing of opportunities. I thought we gave them some opportunities on defense because we were just a half step in anticipation behind.
“I also give our kids credit at the same time. I thought we played hard. I thought the effort was always there and that’s been indicative of us since the beginning of the season. I like that characteristic above all others.”
In the third quarter George Huguely, John Haldy, Max Pomper, and Stanwick all found the back of the net.
After Carroll and Chris Bocklet scored in the opening minutes of the final period, the teams traded goals the final seven minutes.
Goalie Adam Ghitelman continued his strong play with several spectacular saves on very tough shots. He finished with 10 saves in three quarters of action before turning the game over to the reserves.
“I thought Adam played very well,” Starsia said. “He’s continued to step up in every one of these games. This is a game where it could have been a lot uglier had he not made a couple saves for us at critical moments. His confidence continues to grow; you can just see it.”
Virginia remains at home Saturday and hosts Towson (1-3 overall) at Klckner Stadium at 1 pm. Please note the ticket buying information below.
Notes on Saturday Baseball/Lacrosse
With both the top-ranked UVa men’s lacrosse team facing Towson and the No. 18 baseball team hosting No. 14 Florida State this Saturday at 1 p.m., fans are encouraged to arrive early and to purchase their tickets in advance. Tickets are available online at VirginiaSports.com or may be ordered by calling 1-800-542-UVA1. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the athletics ticket office in Bryant Hall, Monday Friday from 9 a.m.5 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased on Saturday at the entrance to Klckner Stadium and Davenport Field. The events are ticketed separately. Reserved tickets for each game are $9 and general admission tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for youth, seniors, and UVa faculty and staff. The ticket booths will open at 11 a.m.
Parking is available for both games in the University Hall and John Paul Jones Arena parking lots.
Vermont 1-1-0-24 record: 2-1
Virginia 5-3-4-416 record: 8-0
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Scoring (G-A) UVM: Geoff Worley 2-0, Parker Bunnell 1-1, Andrew Kelleher 1-1, Liam Thomas 0-1. UVa: Brian Carroll 3-1, Steele Stanwick 2-2, Gavin Gill 1-2, Steve Giannone 1-1, Danny Glading 1-1, Garrett Billings 1-0, Chris Bocklet 1-0, Peter Borror 1-0, Shamel Bratton 1-0, Colin Briggs 1-0, John Haldy 1-0, George Huguely 1-0, Max Pomper 1-0, Chad Gaudet 0-2, Nick Elsmo 0-1.
Goalie Summary UVM: Justin Lubas 38:29 mins., 12 saves, 11 goals allowed; Alex Plavner 21:31, 7 svs., 5 GA. UVa: Adam Ghitelman 45 mins., 10 saves, 2 goals allowed; Mark Wade 11:08, 2 svs., 1 GA; Rob Eimer 2:22, 0 svs., 0 GA; Rob Fortunato 1:30, 1 sv., 1 GA
Shots: UVM 30, UVa 50
Ground Balls: UVM 37, UVa 40
Clearing: UVM 21×30, UVa 23×27
Faceoffs: UVM 8, UVa 14
Penalties: UVM 3-2:30, UVa 5-4:00
EMO: UVM 0x5, UVa 3×3