Villanova scored a big 19-9 victory on the road against Penn State.
Villanova bounced back from its season-opening overtime loss to Harvard with a dominate performance against then-No. 12 Penn State on Feb. 27.
Eight different Wildcats scored points in a 19-9 victory over the Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania.
Jake Froccaro scored a school-record eight goals and assisted two more and Luke Palmadesso captured 22 of 27 faceoffs.
"We know Luke's a great faceoff guy and I think the rest of the country is learning about him now," head coach Mike Corrado said.
Luke Palmadesso won 22 face-offs Saturday and scooped up a staggering 15 GBs. He went 6/6 in Q1 #NovaLax pic.twitter.com/JK93pRIb0Q
â Villanova Men's Lax (@NovaLacrosse) February 28, 2016
Villanovaâs defense outplayed Penn State on ground balls, collecting 34 to 14.
"It was almost make it take it,â Corrado said. âWe had a lot of offensive opportunity and we got on a little bit of a roll. We'd score, we'd win a faceoff, and we were able to get on two or three runs in that opened the game up.â
Villanova returns to the field hosting Drexel on Tuesday, March 1.
