Sportexe POG Rubeor Proves Worth with Last Second Score

March 13th, 2007

Charlottesville, VA - University of Virginia’s Ben Rubeor nailed a shot with 25.4 seconds remaining to give the Cavaliers a 7-6 win at home over Princeton in NCAA men’s lacrosse at Klockner Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Rubeor, a junior attackman with two goals on the game, was named the Sportexe Player of the Game at the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic victory over Syracuse 11-8 in which he scored three goals.

The Face-Off Classic, a season-opening doubleheader held at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium featuring Sportexe synthetic turf systems, set regular-season attendance records with 20,180 fans.

The win over Princeton, in front of a crowd of 4,143 is the Cavs’ fourth in a row as they improve to 4-1 overall this season. It is also the second year in a row they have defeated the Tigers by a 7-6 score as No. 8 Virginia runs its winning streak to three in a row in the series. For the seventh-ranked Tigers it is their second one-goal loss in a row as they are now 1-2 this season.

Princeton played in the Face-Off Classic losing to Johns Hopkins 7-6 in double overtime. Johns Hopkins also plays on Sportexe synthetic turf systems.

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