CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Loyola University Maryland scored four-straight goals to draw within 11-8 as part of a larger 6-2 run, but the 14^th-ranked Greyhounds ran out of time for their comeback bid on Saturday, falling 12-9 at No. 1 University of Virginia in the season-opener for both teams.
 
Aidan Olmstead, who was one of three Greyhounds to score three times on Saturday, had both of his goals during the 4-0 run, and Peter Swindell had a goal and assist as part of his four-point day during the stretch.
 
Olmstead took his defender behind the cage and dodged topside on the left before finding a a thin space to rip off a shot and score with 10:44 left in regulation, getting the Greyhounds within three after they were down by as many as seven late in the first half.
 
The Cavaliers (1-0) came back to score just over two minutes later as Dox Aitken registered his only goal of the game at 8:39, pushing the lead back to four.
 
Despite opportunities, Loyola did not score for nearly eight minutes until Adam Poitras fed Dan Wigley for a one-timer on the left-side of the crease with 42 ticks on the clock. The Greyhounds went man-up in the final 30 seconds, but they could not come up with a goal to get closer than three.
 
Swindell led Loyola with four points on a goal and three assists, while Olmstead and Poitras each had three-point afternoons. Olmstead scored twice in the second half and also had an early assist, while Poitras made his collegiate debut with a goal and two assists.
 
Kevin Lindley scored twice, as did Logan Devereaux who had a career-high two goals which were both on extra-man. Wigley added a goal and an assist for the Greyhounds (0-1).
 
Bailey Savio won the battle on faceoffs for the Greyhounds, going 14 of 24 with eight ground balls. On the defensive end, three Greyhounds had two or more caused turnovers. Alex Johnson (3) and Matthew Benus (2) each had career-highs in the category, while Ryan McNulty also caused two.
 
Sam Shafer made his first collegiate start in goal for Loyola and finished with 15 saves. In the second half, Shafer yielded just three goals while making 10 of his stops.
 
Virginia struck first in the opening quarter when Michael Kraus fed Ian Laviano from behind for a goal 1:59 into the game, but Devereaux evened the score at 1-1 less than two minutes later when he took a  Swindell feed for an extra-man goal at 11:15.
 
The Cavaliers, however, scored three in a row to close a quarter that was delayed multiple times by a malfunctioning clock. Matt Moore's goal with 3:16 left in the frame staked Virginia to a 4-1 lead at the end of the quarter.
 
Loyola struck again on extra-man, however, early in the second as Olmstead fed Poitras for his first goal as a Greyhound 1:18 into the quarter.
 
From there, however, Virginia reeled off five in a row to lead 9-2 on a Michael Bienkowski goal with 5:19 left in the half.
 
Poitras fed Lindley for a one-timer on the crease with 11 ticks left before halftime, and the Greyhounds went into the locker room trailing, 9-3.
 
Lindley came out and scored the first goal of the second half, finding the net off a Swindell assist with 11:27 remaining, but Virginia bounced back with two-straight goals to lead 11-4 with 8:49 left in the third.
 
Good ball movement by the Greyhounds saw Wigley feed Swindell for a goal at 7:41, sparking the Greyhounds run. Olmstead added his first of two unassisted goals 67 seconds later, and Devereaux stepped up to score a second time on extra-man with 4:44 left in the frame, again assisted by Swindell.
 
Olmstead's dodge and score from 'X' with 10:44 then capped the run and made it a three-goal game in the fourth quarter.
 
Loyola finished with a 55-44 advantage in shots, and the Greyhounds went 3 of 7 on extra-man while also killing off the only opportunity the Cavaliers had.
 
Moore and Payton Cormier each scored three times for Virginia, and Alex Rode made 19 saves in goal.
 
Loyola makes its home debut on Saturday, February 15, when it co-hosts a doubleheader with the Greyhounds women's team. The Loyola women will take on Johns Hopkins at 12 noon, and the men host the Blue Jays at 3:30 p.m.