Men’s Lacrosse Improves to 9-1

Providence, 8-1, in the second half.

The win was spearheaded by Licata and Campbell, who each had four goals, but the victory over the Friars was a collective team effort.

11 different Wildcats scored a goal, while 14 different players tallied at least one point in the win.

“When we’re at our best we can spread it out,” Corrado said. It’s pretty rare to get 14 players with a point, and to start getting contributions [from everyone] it forces other teams to not just focus on one player… it makes us hard to defend.”

Villanova dominated on all ends of the field against the Friars, especially with senior faceoff specialist Justin Coppola who went 14-for-25 at the X, and picked up 12 ground balls. With this performance, Coppola became the second player in school history to surpass 300 career ground balls, and third in school history with 571 career faceoff wins, just eight behind Chris Colliniates (2004-

07) for second place.

“To have someone like Justin, he’s so experienced, he’s confident and he’s incredibly competitive,” Corrado said. “One thing with Justin is he’s quick enough, fast enough and tough enough to compete, even when he doesn’t win a move, he’s still effective.”

The Wildcats will remain at Villanova this week for their last home game against Marquette (6-5, 1-1 Big East) before the Big East Tournament.

“Marquette is a very good team,” Corrado said. “They’ve got two or three All-American type players on their team. We’re gonna expect Marquette to come in here and play a really good game, and expect to have a hard and physical battle with them.”

Villanova is set to take on the Golden Eagles on Saturday, April 22nd. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Weekly Scoreboard

April 12 - April 18

Wednesday, April 12

Men’s Tennis vs. St. Joe’s 4-3 W Baseball vs. Penn

4-15 L

Softball vs. Drexel

10-3 W

Thursday, April 13

Women’s Tennis vs. St. Joe’s

5-2 W

Softball @ Hofstra

1-4 L

Friday, April 14

Softball @ St. John’s

8-3 W

Baseball @ Butler

13-9 W

Men and Women’s T&F @ Larry Ellis Invite

No Team Scoring

Saturday, April 15

Rowing @ Knecht Cup Day 1 No Team Results

Men’s Tennis vs. Georgetown

2-5 L

Water Polo vs. No. 18 Wagner

4-15 L No. 14 Men’s Lacrosse @ Providence

20-8 W

Softball @ St. John’s

12-0 W