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Both Undefeated

Stickmen Face Hopkins

Photos By Frank Blechman

UNC Goalie Jim Kramer Watches Ball Shot By Cavalier Attackman Charlie Rullman (Out Of Picture) Go Into Goal

Coach Beardmore's Undefeated Lacrosse Team Will Put Their Record On Line Against Another Unbeaten, Hopkins, Saturday

Virginia's undefeated lacrosse
team travels to Baltimore Saturday
to face undefeated Johns Hopkins
in a game which could have much
to do with the standings at the end
of the season.

Coach Beardmore's stickmen
have been winning in the statistics
as well as the actual contests.

In lacrosse a goal made or an
assist made is a point. Third-year
man Charlie Rullman is leading the
offensive statistics as he did last
year with ten points, five goals and
five assists.

Another attackman, first-year
man Jay Connor, is right behind
Rullman in points, totaling two
goals and six assists.

Much of the Cavaliers' strength
has been in the midfield and this is
shown by the points they have
totaled. Jim Potter has hit for five
goals and three assists while yet
another first-year man, Pete
Eldridge, has five goals and one
assist.

These four stickmen have accounted
for 17 of the 25 goals
tallied by Virginia in the last three
games and 15 of the 19 assists.

The Cavalier offense has further
overshadowed their opposition by
taking 145 shots to the opponents'
slight 92.

Running three midfields has
enabled the team to retain their
effectiveness throughout the long
contests. The middies have helped
to control the ball for the Cavaliers
in contributing in capturing 243
ground balls to the opponents' 150.

Defense has also been strong for
the Cavaliers. Doug Hilbert, Al
Kavasch, Chuck Hammer, and Pete
Coy have done much to holding the
opponents to only 11 goals and
seven assists.

Goalie Jim Eustace has continued
to tum in good performances,
totaling 35 saves out of 92 shots
the other teams took.

An important part of the ball
control game is the face-offs and
the Cavaliers have a definite edge
over their opponents here winning
31 to 19. Tad Joerdans and Jim
Potter have been sharing those
duties.

Virginia's personnel will be met
by an impressive Hopkins lineup.

The Bluejays have a featured
midfield which could well be the
highest scoring group of middies in
the country. The first midfield
includes Charlie Lodell who won
first team all-American honors last
season. Lodell is backed up by Phil
Buck who has a fine outshot and
Charlie Coker who captured second
team all-American honors last year.
Coker is also noted for his speed
and skillful stickwork.

The second and third midfields'
play has been steady and adequate
so far. Mike Latson and Doug
Honing are the two leaders on these
groups.

Virginia's defense will be facing
a potent Bluejay offense. Joe
Cowan, a first team all-American
for the last two years, will pose
most of the threat here. The
Cavaliers' all-American, Pete Coy,
may be called on to guard Cowan.

Senior John Peely and junior
Stu Kahl round out the attack. But
most of Hopkins scoring, other
than Cowan, has come from their
middies.

Perhaps the Bluejays' strongest
point is their defense. First team
all-American Mike Clark has the
ability to stop an opponent's scoring
threat. Second team all-American
John Cardillo and Paul Weiss
complete the stingy Hopkins defense.

Goalie John Kelly has been
performing what has been called
adequately.

In two common opponents, the
Bluejays have victorious as has been
the Cavaliers. Hopkins downed Mt.
Washington, 10-4, and Yale, 14-4.

The Bluejays were tapped as the
pre-season favorites to retain their
national championship, and now
that the season has begun Virginia
has been given a dark horse chance.

Game time is 2 pm in Baltimore
Saturday.