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Week-By-Numbers: Mar. 1-7

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Strength In Numbers: Virginia was one of three teams to win a top-10 clash by the score of 11-10 this weekend, dropping then-No. 1 Syracuse by that score on Sunday.
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4 - Number of games between top-10 teams this weekend, including three at the Face-Off Classic and one more, between then-No. 1 Syracuse at No. 2 Virginia, on Sunday.

3 - Number of those games to come down to an 11-10 final score - No. 6 Maryland defeated Duke, 11-10, in OT; No. 7 Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins, 11-10 in OT; No. 2 Virginia defeated Syracuse, 11-10 in regulation.

1 - Additional number of goals then-No. 10 Loyola would have had to score during its 12-minute scoring drought to close its 11-9 loss to No. 3 Notre Dame to make that game an 11-10 final

4 - Number of consecutive games in the Virginia-Syracuse series to be decided by one goal, after then-No. 2 UVA downed then-No. 1 'Cuse 12-11 on Sunday - making the Cavs 3-1 in that stretch

2 - Consecutive times that Virginia has beaten Syracuse when the Orange were ranked No. 1, with the last coming on Feb. 27, 2009

3 - Number of official polls, from USILA to Nike/Inside Lacrosse to Quint Kessenich's Power Rankings (on IL), that had the Cavs at No. 1 on Monday

7 - Time, in seconds, that Maryland possessed the ball in OT in its win over Duke on Saturday - long enough for Grant Catalino to score the game-winner with his fifth goal of the game

123 - Time, in seconds, that the Blue Devils had the ball in the extra period.

3 - Consecutive goals scored by Duke, who has fallen behind by three or more goals in all of its games this year, to force overtime on Will McKee's goal with 13 seconds left.

2 - Overtime-forcing goals scored by McKee this year, after doing so against Bucknell in the Blue Devils' season opener.

2 - In two games against Duke at the Face-Off Classic, number of game MVP's that Catalino has collected.

7 - Goals scored in his first two collegiate games for Princeton's Jeff Frocarro, who earned MVP honors in the Tigers' win over Hopkins after scoring four goals.

6 - Shots taken by Princeton's Scott MacKenzie on Saturday before finally registering his first goal, the game-winner, 59 seconds into OT

14 - Time, in seconds, remaining in regulation when Hopkins midfielder Michael Kimmel scored the game-tying goal to force OT.

2 - Consecutive games that Princeton has won over Hopkins at the Face-Off Classic, after falling to the Blue Jays in 2007 and 2008.

4 - Consecutive games that Notre Dame has won over Loyola, after the Irish's win over the Greyhounds in their first-ever Face-Off Classic.

20 - Number of regular season games in a row that the Irish have won; last year, Notre Dame went undefeated through its schedule before losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

4 - Number of wins No. 15 Lafayette has posted to open the season, after a 15-4 win over Wagner on Saturday - the Leopards' 4-0 start is presumed to be the first time in school history, according to its officials.

1956 - Year in which Lafayette had last beaten Penn, before the Leopards downed the Quakers, 14-9, on Wednesday.

2 - Number of wins this week by fellow Patriot Leaguer Navy, over conference opponents Lehigh and Bucknell (the latter in OT), after losing two in a row to Loyola and North Carolina.

8 - Midshipmen's goal total in both wins; Navy, playing without leading scorer Tim Paul, has now scored eight goals in three of its five games this year.

4 - Number of days, from Monday, until No. 17 Navy heads to Easton to take on Lafayette in the Leopards' first meeting with a ranked opponent.

24 - Consecutive wins over Colgate that upstate New York rival Hobart has posted, after the Statesmen won, 12-9 on Saturday.

1964 - Last time Hobart lost to the Raiders.

5 - After a 12-7 win over then-No. 18 UMBC on Saturday, the number of games that North Carolina has won to open the year, becoming the nation's first 5-0 team heading into its nationally televised game against Duke on Wednesday (ESPNU).

11 - Number of games in a row that Duke has won over North Carolina.

15 - Length, in games, of North Carolina's ACC regular-season-game losing streak, dating back to a win over Virginia on April 10, 2004.

0 - Number of teams to score in double-digits against the Tar Heels this year - among teams who have played more than one game, North Carolina boasts the nation's top defense, at 5.00 goals allowed per game.

18.67 - Goals per game, in three contests, scored by Robert Morris, the nation's leading offense, after the Colonials downed VMI, 19-8 on Saturday.

13 - Change, in goal differential, between UMass' 18-6 win over Yale on Feb. 28, 2009 and the Bulldogs' 13-12 upset win over the No. 12 Minutemen on Saturday.

5 - Number of fourth-quarter goals by Marist to vault the Red Foxes over Vermont, 13-11, on Saturday.

2 - Number of weeks that Delaware attackman Curtis Dickson's career high for goals in a game stood. On Feb. 20 he scored seven; in the Blue Hens' win over Albany on Saturday, he scored eight - Dickson currently leads the nation with 24 goals.

12 - Span, in years, between Dickson's goal output and the last time a Blue Hen scored eight goals, when USILA Player of the Year John Grant scored eight against Rutgers

9-6 - Final score of Georgetown's win over St. John's in the Hoyas' inaugural BIG EAST opener

4 - Number of games, of 26 total on Saturday, to see both teams score in single-digits: Georgetown beat St. John's, 9-6; Villanova beat Fairfield, 8-6; Navy beat Bucknell, 8-7; Harvard beat Holy Cross, 9-7.

100 - Career goal total for Stony Brook's Jordan McBride, after the attackman scored six goals against Towson on Saturday - a week after being blanked by Virginia - good for fourth all-time in Seawolves history after just 34 games in Red.

100 - Career win total, after the Big Red's win over Army on Saturday, for Cornell coach Jeff Tambroni

102 - Career goal total for Big Red attackman Ryan Hurley after his four-goal day against the Cadets, with the last of the four coming as the game-winner in OT.

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