In what has become a bit of a pattern this season, the Virginia Cavaliers followed up a disappointing loss with a win as UVA bounced back from Thursday’s defeat to Duke with a confidence-boosting win over Quinnipiac on Saturday.
Scoring-wise, UVA’s attack led the way as and Payton Cormier (two goals, four assists) Xander Dickson (five goals), and Connor Shellenberger (three goals, two assists) put on a clinic despite usual starter Matt Moore missing another game with a hamstring injury.
At the face-off X, Petey LaSalla put on a clinic by winning 23 of 28 and shouldering just about the entire load with his backup Gable Braun out with a stomach bug.