STORYLINES
• Saturday marks the 200th all-time UVA men’s lacrosse game at Klöckner Stadium.
• It is the 38th all-time meeting between UVA and Syracuse. The Orange hold a narrow 19-18 advantage in the series.
• Thirteen fourth and fifth years will be honored prior to the game as part of Senior Day festivities. UVA will honor M Dox Aitken, M Jackson Appelt, A Charlie Bertrand, LSM Jared Conners, M John Fox, A Griffin Harris, D Kyle Kology, A Ian Laviano, A Matt Moore, M Jack Peele, M Ryan Pride, M, Regan Quinn and GK Alex Rode.
• UVA is No. 14 in the nation in caused turnovers per game (8.85), No. 1 in the nation in opponent clearing percentage (.774) and No. 1 in the nation in ground balls per game (44.00)
• FO Petey LaSalla is No. 5 in the nation with 8.46 ground balls per game and No. 6 in faceoff winning percentage with a 66.9 percent success rate.
• Payton Cormier leads UVA with 36 goals in 13 games. He had 12 goals in UVA’s six games in 2020. Cormier also has at least a hat-trick in 10 of his 19 career games. Cormier is No. 5 in the nation with 36 goals.
• Connor Shellenberger leads the nation’s freshmen with 52 points, which ranks No. 8 in the country overall. Shellenberger is also No. 5 in the nation with 29 assists.
• Kyle Kology is No. 6 in the nation with 19 caused turnovers.
