High Point punched 2021’s first ticket to the men’s DI NCAA Tournament.
The Panthers beat top-seeded Richmond, 11-7, to win the SoCon Tournament Championship and earn the league’s AQ. It is High Point’s first SoCon championship since 2015.
Kevin Rogers, the transfer from Lynchburg and IL’s 2020 DIII Player of the Year, had four goals and an assist, pacing the Panthers. Davis Sampere won 17-of-21 face-offs.
High Point opened up big, scoring the first four goals and going up as much as 7-1 early. But like the SoCon Semifinal matchup against Jacksonville, their opponent wasn’t going away easily.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
– The No. 5 Virginia Cavaliers (8-2) used 10 goal scorers to pace an 18-10 win over the No. 13 Richmond Spiders (4-4) at Klöckner Stadium on Saturday.
The Cavaliers outscored the Spiders 7-2 in the first quarter to take an early lead. Five different Cavaliers dented the scoreboard to pace the UVA attack. Trailing 1-0, Matt Moore tied the game, 1-1, with 9:06 left in the opening frame. The unassisted shot from his knees made Moore the 19th player in UVA program history with 100 career goals. UVA won the ensuing faceoff and 34 seconds later Connor Shellenberger gave UVA the lead for good.