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	Not even a double team by Towson could stop Virginia tri-captain Ben Rubeor (9). In waning seconds of the game, Rubeor slipped past Towson defender Matt Mehrer (28) and goalkeeper Matt Antol (2) hitting the open cage for his seventh goal of the game, Saturday, March 17, 2007. (Click for a larger image: 112K)

Ben Rubeor scored a career-high seven goals to send Virginia past Towson 13-9 in men’s lacrosse action on an overcast afternoon at Klöckner Stadium. Rubeor’s seven goals are the most by a Cavalier since Doug Knight tied the school record with eight against Syracuse in 1996. The win is Virginia’s sixth in a row, the longest winning streak in the nation, as the Cavaliers improve to 6-1. Towson falls to 2-2 this spring.

Rubeor, a junior attackman from Towson, Md., came into the game with a nation-leading 19 goals and sent seven past goalie Matt Antol, a high school teammate at Loyola Blakefield school.

“It certainly seemed like he made a big play whenever we needed it,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. “He’s been our leader at the offensive end and we need him to play like that. To have any right to expect those kind of numbers in any game is probably a little extraordinary, but that’s who he is for us right now and has been all year.”
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Virginia’s Kaitlin Duff won the first two draws of the game and the Cavaliers scored the opening two goals, but top-ranked UNC closed the first half with a 6-0 run to take a 7-3 lead at the break. After Virginia (6-1, 2-1 ACC) scored the opening goal of the second half, UNC again went on a run, scoring five goals in five minutes and held on for the 16-7 win. Duff led all players with five draw controls, and Ashley McCulloch had a hat trick for the Cavaliers, who suffered their first defeat of 2007. UNC (8-0, 1-0 ACC) was led by Kristen Taylor’s five goals while Jess Allen added two draws, three ground balls, and a hat trick.

Duff won the opening draw but the Tar Heels gained possession after Virginia set up its offense. UNC worked for a clear but lost the ball at their restraining line, and Claire Bordley scooped up the ground ball and the ‘Hoos brought the ball the other way. Virginia reset their offense and got the ball to McCulloch, who took from the top and scored to put UVa on top 1-0. Again Duff won the draw but the teams traded possessions before an overthrow on a UNC clear went out of bounds. Jen Holden gained control and Virginia worked the ball upfield where Kate Breslin fed Brittany Kalkstin, who scored at 18:22 to give UVa a 2-0 lead. UNC answered right back as Kristen Taylor scored on a fast break off a pass from Megan Bosica to cut the deficit in half 63 seconds after Virginia’s second goal.

Kendall McBrearty made a save to stop UNC from tying the game, and the Cavaliers brought the ball to the other end where Blair Weymouth fed the ball into Breslin, who scored on a quickstick to move the ‘Hoos back in front by two at 13:40. From there, the Tar Heels exploded for a 6-0 run to close out the first half. Allen scored one minute after Breslin as UNC won the ensuing draw. Erica LaGrow scored on an eight and Taylor scored her second two minutes later, and Allen scored her second two minutes after that. LaGrow and Taylor scored in the final 1:13 to stake the Tar Heels to a 7-3 lead at the break.
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