The No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (7-6, 1-4 ACC) defeated Navy (7-5, 2-2 AA), 13-9, to win their second-straight game. The victory is the Cavaliers’ first on the road this season.
Senior attacker Kelly Boyd and sophomore midfielder Kasey Behr led the Cavaliers with three goals apiece. Junior attacker Besser Dyson added two goals and three assists. Additionally, junior attackers Posey Valis and Kelly Reese, sophomore midfielders Lilly DiNardo and Daniela Kelly and freshman midfielder Maggie Jackson all scored one goal each.
Senior midfielder Mary Alati led Virginia in assists with four on the day.The Cavaliers outshot Navy, 36-24, and held the edge in draw controls, 15-9.
Navy scored the first goal of the game at the 27:25 mark. Virginia quickly responded with a goal just 14 seconds later by Behr to tie the game, 1-1. After another goal by Navy, Virginia scored back-to-back goals by Jackson and then Boyd to take their first lead of the game at the 22:15 mark, 3-2.
A Navy goal to tie was followed by three more Cavalier goals by Boyd, Boyd again and then Behr to give Virginia a 6-3 lead with 14:43 in the first half. The Midshipmen narrowed the lead back to one with 8:02 left after scoring two consecutive goals, but the Cavaliers had two goals in less than one minute by DiNardo and Reese to put the team up three again with 7:09 remaining.
A Navy goal with 0:23 left made the score 8-6 at half in favor of Virginia.
The second half began with Virginia and Navy trading goals. Valis scored first for the Cavaliers, which was then followed with a goal by the Mids to make the score 9-7 with 25:24 remaining. Dyson scored next, and Navy quickly responded again. However, Virginia scored the game’s next three goals to put the Cavaliers in a comfortable lead up 13-8 with 14:31 left. The Midshipmen were able to score one more with 3:34 remaining, but the Virginia defense closed the game strong to give the team a 13-9 victory.
Virginia is off this upcoming weekend and will not play again until April 16 when they travel to face No. 6 Louisville in an ACC matchup.The Cavaliers defeated Louisville in a meeting last season at Klöckner Stadium, 17-9.
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