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Randall K. Wolf/VMI

Lacrosse

Keydets Close Regular Season at #17 Richmond

LEXINGTON, Va. – Looking to close the 2022 regular season on a strong note, the VMI lacrosse team hits the road to face nationally ranked Richmond Saturday afternoon at Robins Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.

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The Keydets (4-9, 2-2) head into the weekend looking for a berth in the SoCon Tournament. The outcome is more dependent on the result of Saturday's High Point vs. Mercer game, which Mercer would need to defeat High Point by seven goals in order to be slotted into the tournament in place of VMI.
 
VMI is coming off a dominant 21-5 win over Hampton led by freshman attack Luke Rusterucci, who logged seven points on three goals and four assists on the day. Luke Mryncza and AJ Stamos both registered six points apiece in the win as Mryncza tallied a game-high four goals throughout the contest.
 
Junior Scout Ripley leads the Keydets with 36 points on the season on 24 goals and 12 assists while Hartley Jordan and Rusterucci are close behind with 32 points apiece. Josh Bass has been a solid offensive contributor all season with 24 points on 15 goals and nine assists this season.
 
Goalie Jack Liselli earned his third individual win of the season with Saturday's victory over the Pirates and now has 140 saves for the year.
 
About the Spiders (8-4, 3-1)
Richmond has played a tremendous season to this point with its four losses all coming to nationally ranked Top-15 opponents. The Spiders opened the month of April with a 17-13 upset of #2 Virginia at home, and their only losses this season have come at the hands of #4 North Carolina, #10 Duke, #5 Georgetown and #12 Jacksonville in a close 13-11 loss on April 9 in Jacksonville.
 
Senior Ryan Lanchbury leads the SoCon in points this season with 65 on 33 goals and 32 assists. He is trailed by Dalton Young's 47 (29 g, 18 a) and 35 from both Luke Frankeny and Ryan Dunn. Lance Madonna is also an offensive threat with 29 points on 20 goals and nine helpers this season.
 
Defenders Griffin Kology and Jake Saunders lead the unit in caused turnovers with 18 and 17, respectively.
 
Goalies Devin Craven and Zach Vigue have virtually split even the minutes in the cage this season with Craven owning 370 minutes to Vigue's 361.  Craven has allowed 57 goals for a 9.24 goals-against average and 83 saves, while Vigue has allowed 61 goals to go with a 10.12 GAA and 84 saves. Both own a 4-2 individual record for the year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Josh Bass

#18 Josh Bass

M
6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
Hartley Jordan

#37 Hartley Jordan

M
5' 8"
Junior
Jack Liselli

#12 Jack Liselli

GK
5' 8"
Sophomore
Scout Ripley

#17 Scout Ripley

A
5' 10"
Junior
AJ Stamos

#32 AJ Stamos

M
5' 10"
Sophomore
Luke Rusterucci

#8 Luke Rusterucci

A/M
5' 11"
Freshman
Luke Mryncza

#20 Luke Mryncza

M
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Josh Bass

#18 Josh Bass

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
M
Hartley Jordan

#37 Hartley Jordan

5' 8"
Junior
M
Jack Liselli

#12 Jack Liselli

5' 8"
Sophomore
GK
Scout Ripley

#17 Scout Ripley

5' 10"
Junior
A
AJ Stamos

#32 AJ Stamos

5' 10"
Sophomore
M
Luke Rusterucci

#8 Luke Rusterucci

5' 11"
Freshman
A/M
Luke Mryncza

#20 Luke Mryncza

5' 7"
Freshman
M