For the second time in two weeks, the Virginia Cavaliers’ women’s lacrosse team entered halftime with a seemingly insurmountable advantage over a ranked ACC opponent.
The Cavaliers (4-4, 1-1 ACC) squandered a seven goal lead at No. 4 Syracuse on March 5 and lost, 16-15. There would be no similar let down, however, against the No. 10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4, 2-1 ACC) Sunday in Charlottesville.
Virginia took full advantage of Notre Dame’s 15 first-half turnovers and jumped out to a eight goal halftime lead en route to a 15-5 win. The win avenges a 16-4 pounding the Cavaliers took during the two teams’ last meeting almost one year ago to the day.