A perfect performance from the Virginia Tech lacrosse team led the Hokies to a 17-4 victory over Longwood on Wednesday afternoon at Thompson Field.
Freshmen will play in a non-conference game for the second time. Isa Torres He led Tech's scorers with a four-goal, one-assist performance.
Torres' goal contribution alone topped the visiting Lancers, who had two goals on each front. The four goals allowed were the fewest by an opponent for Tech since April 11, 2023, when Old Dominion won 8-4.
The Hokies forced Longwood into 14 turnovers, but the goaltender Joselyn Torres and lily kanapel They held a strong position in five of the nine times tested.
Virginia Tech had a wide lead with Longwood in the draw and battled for a season-high 22 points on Wednesday. Sarah Gresham The number of draw controls reached double digits for the second time this season with 11, but olivia vergano There were seven.
All six Hokies scorers had multiple goals, including Torres, Vergano, grace new and Marie Catchabaud.
Three Tech players recorded multiple assists. Kayla Downey (3) Recorded 3 or more assists in his 6th game this season.with something new caroline little There were also two of each.
After allowing the first run of the game, the Hokies took a commanding lead with four points from Vergano, Torres, and New and never relinquished it. Longwood added one point and was held scoreless for the next 28 minutes, 18 seconds, while Tech tallied 11 unanswered goals.
Virginia Tech then went scoreless for the final 15 minutes and 33 seconds of the game. Wednesday was the fifth time this season that the Hokies' defense held a team scoreless in a quarter, but the first time they shut out an opponent in multiple quarters since April 11, 2023, against Old Dominion.
Among the impressive defensive performances were defenders mackenzie beam collect 100 girlfriendsth Career grounder in the first quarter. Join the Defenders in a special moment of the century, paige tyson recorded her 100th He ended the first quarter by scoring with an assist.
Virginia Tech leaves for a matchup with Pitt at 11 a.m. Saturday, starting a three-game series in the ACC road stand.
