CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Facing its third nationally-ranked opponent of the season, Richmond dropped a road result at No, 8 Virginia 14-7 at Klockner Stadium Saturday afternoon. The loss ends Richmond’s third two-game win streak of the season and drops the Spiders to 6-4, while the Cavaliers improve to 8-2.
Virginia scored first on the first of four goals by Ryan Tucker at the 13:04 mark in the opening quarter.
Richmond answered with a goal from Dan Ginestro with 9:29 remaining in the period, but the Cavaliers scored the last three goals of the quarter and never trailed.
The Spiders saw two-goal days from Alex Hatem (Syracuse, New York) and J.P. Forester (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), but the Cavaliers offense had too much potency in the victory.
Freshman Eric Haehl (Bellevue, Washington) had a goal and two assists for the Spiders and sophomore Mitch Goldberg (Damascus, Maryland) added a goal and an assist in the game.
Richmond gave up eight more shots (34-26) and 14 more ground balls (37-23), but the Spiders scored on one of its man-up opportunities, holding Virginia scoreless in three man advantages.
Sophomore goalie Benny Pugh (Powhatan, Virginia / Woodberry Forest School) recorded nine saves in the loss, as his record sits at 6-4.
The Spiders will return home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in a Southern Conference game against Furman.
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Richmond (6-4) vs. Virginia (8-2)
Date: Mar 28, 2015 Location: Charlottesville, Va. Stadium: Klockner Stadium
Attendance:2285 Start time:1 p.m. End time:3:01 PM Total time:2:01
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Richmond………… 1 1 2 3 – 7
Virginia………… 4 5 4 1 – 14
Richmond SCORING: GOALS: Alex Hatem 2; J.P. Forester 2; Eric Haehl 1;
Mitch Goldberg 1; Dan Ginestro 1.
ASSISTS: Eric Haehl 2; Jean-Luc Chetner 1; Mitch Goldberg 1; Brendan
Hynes 1.
Virginia SCORING: GOALS: Owen Van Arsdale 5; Ryan Tucker 4; Greg
Coholan 3; Tyler German 2.
ASSISTS: Ryan Lukacovic 4; Zed Williams 2; AJ Fish 1; Tyler German 1.
Richmond GROUND BALLS 23: Benny Pugh 5; Jean-Luc Chetner 3; Brendan
Hynes 3; Ryan Dennis 2; Tom Monzo 2; Ryan Berning 1; Austin Cates 1;
Dan Ginestro 1; Mitch Goldberg 1; Eric Haehl 1; Alex Hatem 1; Mickey
Hofmeister 1; Cory Palmer 1.
Virginia GROUND BALLS 37: Matt Barrett 5; Owen Van Arsdale 4; Michael
Howard 4; Tyler German 3; Davi Sacco 3; Jacob Dean 2; Jack Falk 2;
Jeff Kratky 2; Ryan Lukacovic 2; Jason Murphy 2; Cooper Fersen 1; AJ
Fish 1; Joe French 1; Logan Greco 1; Will McNamara 1; Carlson Milikin
1; Tanner Ottenbreit 1; Ryan Tucker 1.
Richmond TURNOVERS CAUSED 3: Ryan Dennis 1; Tom Monzo 1; Benny Pugh 1.
Virginia TURNOVERS CAUSED 7: Scott Hooper 2; Michael Howard 2; Chase
Campbell 1; Carlson Milikin 1; Davi Sacco 1.
SHOTS – Richmond 26; Virginia 34.
SHOTS ON GOAL – Richmond 17; Virginia 23.
Penalties – Richmond 3/4:00; Virginia 4/3:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – Richmond 1-4; Virginia 0-3.
30-second Goals/Warnings (Violations) – Richmond 0/0 (0); Virginia 0/0
(0).
TURNOVERS – Richmond 10; Virginia 9.
FACEOFFS – Richmond 6-24; Virginia 18-24.
CLEARS – Richmond 19-21; Virginia 17-17.
GOALIES – RICH: Benny Pugh 6-4 (60:00 minutes, 23 shots-9 saves, 14
GA); VA: Matt Barrett 8-2 (54:18, 14-9, 5) , Dan Marino (01:19, 0-0,
0) , Will Railey (04:23, 3-1, 2).
Start time: 1 p.m. Finish time: 3:01 PM Length of game: 2:01
Officials: Richard Tamberrino; Andrew Blanton; Jeff Bruso. Scorer:
Vincent Briedis.
