The American University lacrosse team dropped its final non-conference game of the regular season, falling at No. 16 Virginia, 18-4, on Tuesday night.

Virginia (6-6) rattled off eight unanswered goals in the first 20 minutes of play. Terese Buechli put the Eagles on the board off the pass from Olivia Mangan with under nine minutes to go in the half. The Cavaliers added three more tallies to close out the half, heading into the intermission with an 11-1 lead.

Mary Alati scored in the first minute of the second half for Virginia but Jamie Silverman and Buechli notched back-to-back scores for American (4-9) to cut the lead to 12-3 with 22:38 to play. The Cavaliers answered with five straight goals to go up 17-3. Sarah Bootman added her first collegiate goal with 5:30 remaining but Virginia's Besser Dyson was able to close out the scoring for the 18-4 final score. 

Buechli had a team-high two points on a pair of goals and Emily Maher led the team with four draw controls. Jackie Ferri, Nicole Lombardo and Olivia McCarthy collected a team-best two ground balls apiece. Ferri also made five saves as the starting goalkeeper.

Casey Bocklet and Alati led the Cavaliers with four points apiece. Courtney Swan had a hat trick to go along with four draw controls. Daniela Eppler, Maggie Press and Morgan Stephens recorded two ground balls collected. Liz Colgan had four stops between the pipes for Virginia. 

The Cavaliers held a 28-13 advantage in shots, 17-10 advantage in ground balls collected and 15-9 edge in draw controls.

American returns to Jacobs Field on Saturday, Apr. 5 at 1 p.m. when it hosts Lafayette for the 2014 Lax Blowout. The game will be broadcast live on the Patriot League Network.