Virginia lost to Georgetown, 14-10, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 10 at Klöckner Stadium. The defeat ended Virginia’s season, which included an Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
The game was marked by challenging wet conditions and a strong performance from Georgetown’s goaltender Anderson Moore, who made 15 saves. Virginia managed to cut the deficit to one goal late in the third quarter but was outscored by Georgetown in the final period.
Georgetown took control with a five-goal run across the second and third quarters. Jack Schubert, Rory Connor, and Jack Ransom each scored three goals for Georgetown. Virginia’s Ryan Colsey and Truitt Sunderland were its only multi-goal scorers; Sunderland became just the ninth player in program history to score at least 50 goals in a season.
After falling behind early, Virginia briefly led before Georgetown regained momentum with three consecutive goals before halftime. Despite efforts from players like Brendan Millon—who set a new freshman assist record for Virginia—the Cavaliers could not recover from turnovers and missed opportunities late in the game.
Head coach Lars Tiffany said after the game: “I feel like I need to apologize to our fanbase. The ups and downs of this season will give you an ulcer, a headache, or whatever. We can play some great lacrosse at times and unfortunately today was one of those we [didn’t] put our best foot forward. Granted, Georgetown’s a very good team. Their goalie kept stoning us. Anderson Moore really stepped up when they needed him today.”
Tiffany continued: “Too many turnovers by us. Just so grateful for all the people who stuck through it with us when we weren’t very good in the early part of the season and supported us through ACC play. But yeah, this is certainly disappointing. This isn’t too the level that Virginia lacrosse is supposed to be at.” He concluded: “The fight – I love this team. It was really hard in there saying goodbye to some guys who won’t play again … I’m a very lucky man to coach such warriors.”
A crowd of 4,137 attended Sunday’s match—the largest attendance for an NCAA Tournament first-round game at Klöckner Stadium since tournament expansion in 2003.
