In their 2024 season opener, the Virginia Cavaliers handled business against the #11 Michigan Wolverines with a dominant 19-11 victory.
Payton Cormier (five goals, one assist), McCabe Millon (five goals), Jack Boyden (two goals, three assists), Joey Terenzi (one goal, two assists), and Connor Shellenberger (two goals) all combined for an offensive onslaught. Meanwhile, Matthew Nunes and the close defense were dominant and kept Michigan’s offense at bay for the vast majority of the game.
With the win, we have five takeaways.
The “pretty boys” prevail
In an Inside Lacrosse story published on Thursday, Michigan head coach Kevin Conry was quoted saying that “we play in the best conference in the country,” and adding that “it’s not the pretty-boy conference.