Danny Glading, who was the fifth overall pick in the Major League Lacrosse Draft after an All-American career at Virginia, had two goals and three assists. For his efforts, he was named MLL Rookie of the Week on Monday.

Behind five goals from Brian Carroll, four from Danny Glading and three apiece from Steele Stanwick and John Haldy, No. 1-seeded UVa (14-2) pounded Villanova, 18-6, in front of a crowd of 2,921.

The goal, courtesy of the seniors, awoke Virginia from a mini-coma. UVa went on to score the next six goals, defeating Dartmouth on Senior Day, 13-6.

Dreams of an undefeated season came to a crashing halt at Duke on Saturday after the top-ranked Virginia men’s lacrosse team was unable to mount yet another comeback.

In the longest game in NCAA Division I history, No. 1-ranked Virginia — thanks to a goal by Towson, Md., native Brian Carroll in the seventh overtime (yes, seventh) — defeated No. 9 Maryland, 10-9, in front of a crowd of 5,019.

As the top-ranked Cavaliers prepare to face ninth-ranked Maryland in their ACC opener this afternoon at Klockner Stadium, they sit at 10-0.

The second-ranked Cavaliers (5-0) took down No. 1 Syracuse (2-1), 13-12, in front of 16,595 fans Friday night.

Tonight at the Carrier Dome, roughly eight months later, Syracuse and Virginia — the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country — square off again.

Last spring, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team could practically taste the program’s fifth NCAA championship.

Dom Starsia has always believed in building his offense with outstanding attackmen, and that’s what he’s counting on in today’s NCAA quarterfinals men’s lacrosse match against Maryland.

Virginia, behind four goals from Danny Glading and three goals from Garrett Billings, overcame a
two-goal second-half deficit to beat UMBC, 10-9, in front of a crowd of 937.

For the last couple of seasons, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team’s hallmark has been its run-and-gun, up-tempo offense. This afternoon, in the ACC Tournament finals at Klockner Stadium, UVa will be facing top-seeded Duke - a team that employs the same kind of style and is probably a little better at it.

It’s been a while since a Virginia men’s lacrosse team headed into the ACC Tournament as an underdog.