Lynchburg, Va. -- Garrett McNulty's hat trick highlighted 16 University of Lynchburg men's lacrosse players who scored as the Hornets rolled to a 24-0 season-opening win over crosstown rival Randolph Saturday afternoon.

The 12th-ranked Hornets (1-0, 1-0 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) leapt out to an 11-0 lead after the first quarter and held that advantage until halftime. Lynchburg then added seven goals to the tally in the third and sixth in the fourth.

McNulty's three goals all came within a 10-minute window in the third and fourth quarters after Lynchburg had the game well in hand.

Colin Dean, Dylan Wolfe, Ethan Cotter, Ryan Kenney, Nils Holland, and Ian McCarthy all had multi-goal games for Lynchburg, while Kyle Lewis, Tye Mitchell, Brett Rogers, Trammel Robinson, Riley Mitchell, Grant Voigt, Riley Flores, and Andrew Carpenter each scored once.

Patrick Moore, Tyler Hadley, and Zach Phillips combined for the shutout in goal for the Hornets.

Matthew Piascik led Randolph (0-1, 0-1) with two shots.

Lynchburg will open non-conference action next Saturday against Southern Virginia at home on Shellenberger Field at 3 p.m.

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