Charlottesville, Va. – The Virginia Tech lacrosse team defeated rival and eighth-ranked Virginia 20-15 to earn the program's first ACC victory over the season to carry momentum into the postseason.
The 20 goals scored was a season high for Tech.
Virginia Tech, (5-10, 1-8) shot out to a 5-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game with goals from Sarah Lubnow, Crooks, Paige Petty and sophomore Paige Tyson who has a penchant for scoring against the Cavaliers.
The Hokies' onslaught did not stop there was the team would pour in 13 goals in the first frame, a season-high for a half in 2021.
Virginia, (8-7, 3-7) which lost for the fifth consecutive game, started to close the gap in the second half, but each run was met with a score from Tech. In the final minutes, the margin slid back to just five, after over 40 minutes since the last point when the game was that close.
The Hokies saw several athletes produce season and career highs in the game beginning with midfielder Petty who scored six goals, the most for any Hokie in 2021. With her third tally, the Bernardsville, New Jersey native became the first Hokie to ever tally 200 in a career.
She stands two points shy of becoming the program's all-time leader in points.
Petty also had a season-high 11 draw controls.
Senior attacker Sarah Lubnow continued her fine form scoring three times and adding three assists. Tech's point leader in 2021 moved up to fourth all-time with 53 assists in her career. Her 23 this season is the fifth-highest tally in a single season at Tech.
Attacker Sara Goodwin scored six points of her own, a career-high. She provided five assists to take her season tally to 14.
Crooks corralled a season-high seven draws in the game and also added three goals.
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