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For the second year in a row, Virginia opened its season against a scappy Drexel team. This year, the Cavaliers managed to not only shut the door on the Dragons, but keep it shut. Virginia scored four straight second half goals to break a 6-6 tie as the third-ranked Cavaliers defeated No. 18 Drexel, 11-7, in front of an overflow crowd of 2500 at Vidas Field in Philadelphia.

Garrett Billings, who had three goals and seven points in the game, set up Gavin Gill for an extra-man goal three minutes into the third period to give Virginia a 7-6 lead. The Cavaliers would not trail again. Brian Carroll scored his third goal of the game on the man-up late in the third and Peter Lamade and Billings added goals early in the fourth to give the Cavaliers a 10-6 lead. Virginiaâ??s extra-man offense was the key to the victory, as the unit was perfect in four attempts with a man advantage.

With the victory, the Cavaliers avenged last seasonâ??s season-opening loss when they fell to the Dragons on their home field.
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