“…No. 1 Virginia 25, Richmond 8
The Cavaliers reached 25 goals for the second time this season, and they’ve scored at least 27 goals in all four games this year.
Xander Dickson had six goals on seven shots and added four groundballs. Payton Cormier (3G, 3A), Patrick McIntosh (3G, 2A), Thomas McConvey (3G, 1A) and Connor Shellenberger (1G, 3A) had multiple points.
Petey LaSalla went 19-for-26.
“We know how good Richmond is. They showed us up-close and personal a year ago. What I'm really happy with is the unselfishness. First of all, Petey LaSalla winning faceoffs [going] backwards. Petey always wants to go forward because he wants to score. He's got six goals in the first three games, but the way the faceoff men of Richmond were countering him, it allowed Petey to go backwards, and then he hit Noah Chizmar or Grayson Sallade, and they were the ones who scored the points. So for Petey to sacrifice that is a major step forward for a guy who loves scoring goals and loves getting his points. But that was just one of the key examples for me of what we saw again tonight. Really unselfish passing, but those other plays where it's ‘I don't have to be stubborn; I don't have to score a goal’ mindset that we have this year,” said coach Lars Tiffany...”