The No. 18 William & Mary field hockey team fell on the road Friday night, losing to the nation's top offense in No. 5 Virginia, 7-2.  The tribe suffered just its second loss of the season, both to top-five teams, and moved its record to 5-2, while the Cavaliers improved to 6-1 overall.

The scoring was fast and furious in the first half, with five goals in the first 16 minutes.  The Cavaliers got things going first with a goal in the fifth minute, then barely a minute later sophomore Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.) curved a pinpoint pass to senior Cammie Lloyd (Midlothian, Va.) who got behind the goalkeeper to score her team-leading fifth goal of the season.

Virginia went back ahead at the start of the 11th minute, before senior Estelle Hughes (Newcastle, NSW) tied things up once again in the 14th minute.  Playing high in the field, she used some fancy stick skills to steal the ball from a UVA defender and took a short drive into the circle before finishing into an upper 90 for her second goal of the season.  The Cavaliers added three more goals before the half to take a 5-2 lead into the break, then added two more in the second half to set the final margin.

W&M Starters: Clay (GK), Snead, Hull, van de Kamp, Hughes, McCarthy, Ellis, Hooper, Goodwin, Lloyd, MacLeod
UVA Starters: Lucas (GK), Ell, Viljoen, van Slooten, Vittese, Robinson, McDonough, Dicke, de Koning, Zamojcin, Gallen

Inside the Numbers
- W&M led the shots in the first half, 11-7, while UVA led the second half 15-7 and overall, 22-18.
- Penalty corners were even, 4-4, again with the Tribe leading the first half (2-1) and the Cavaliers the second, 3-2.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) made seven saves, her fourth game this season with more than five stops, with all of them coming in the second half.  UVA's keeper, Carrera Lucas, also made seven saves.

Notes
Redshirt-junior goalkeeper Meredith Clay (Charlotte, N.C.) made the first appearance of her collegiate career, starting the match and playing 25 minutes ... Senior defender Katherine Hull (Fredericksburg, Va.) made her first start of the year ... Morgan Connor moved past two players into 13th all-time at W&M with 126 career saves ... Cammie Lloyd is now tied for 10th all-time with 28 career goals.

Up Next
William & Mary finishes out the weekend on Sunday, hosting No. 10 Boston College at 2 p.m.