Danny Glading scored 3 goals in Tuesday's victory.

For a second straight week, Virginia hardly had to break a sweat against an inferior midweek opponent as the Cavaliers picked apart Mount St. Mary's for a 23-6 victory in front of 1,142 at Klockner Stadium on Tuesday evening.

"We wanted to come out, get on them early and give everyone a chance to play," sophomore attacker Danny Glading said. "We've been coming out and pushing ourselves everyday on the practice field, pushing everyone to get better, and I think that's starting to show a little bit."

Junior attacker Ben Rubeor paced Virginia (5-1) with four goals. Glading, Gavin Gill, and Joe Dewey added three apiece while Drew Thompson tallied two. Eight other Cavaliers got in the scorebook with one.

"I don't think that we shot the ball particularly great tonight but everyone was moving and everybody was alert and we really got out on top of Mount St. Mary's from the beginning," Glading said.

For the game, Virginia out-shot the Mountaineers (0-3) 75-23. The Cavaliers won 18 of 32 face-offs and secured 57 groundballs compared to Mount St. Mary's 32.

Despite the relative ease of the win, Glading felt that the evening was a productive one in terms of the growth and development of the team.

"You can learn stuff from any game," he said. "I think this was a great opportunity for some of the guys to get some experience. Some guys got their first goals of their careers which was exciting. We [also] learn how to play with different personnel."

Kip Turner played 30 minutes in goal and made four saves while allowing two goals. Bud Petit, Mark Wade, and Rob Eimer also notched some time in the net. Petit was the only of the three to secure a save.

"Kip started a little slowly this year but he's been very good the past few weeks," Cavalier coach Dom Starsia said of his starting goalkeeper.

Virginia scored the first eight goals of the game before allowing Mount St. Mary's Dave Orban to score with 10:53 remaining in the second quarter. The Mountaineers would tally one more goal before the halftime break, at which the Cavaliers lead 12-2.

"Early in the game, I thought we had a lot of good chances but I don't think we shot particularly well," Starsia said. "Later, we were passing up some good shooting opportunities. But I thought we were playing well. We kept winning the ground ball battles and getting the ball back."

UVa continued to dominate in the second but the Mountaineers did not completely roll over and die like VMI did last week. The Mountaineers scored a pair of goals in each of the final two quarters.

"This was not like the VMI game," Starsia said. "I thought we had to work. This Mount St. Mary's team was a really feisty group. They were battling out there the whole time so it never felt easy but it seemed like we were prepared to do the work we needed to do."

"A game like this can be a little messy but we played hard and played well and I thought it was a step forward."

Up next for Virginia is a Saturday afternoon home contest against Towson. Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Klockner.

"[Towson] is going to be a force in the [CAA]," Starsia said. "If we can win this game, it'll be one that'll hold up for the rest of the year."

Virginia's two games following Towson include a road trip to Johns Hopkins and a home date with Maryland. Needless to say, the Cavaliers will be tested over the next few weeks.

"It's going to be a really key stretch for us," Glading said.

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