Bishop O’Connell got off to a solid start in front of a home crowd, scoring two goals in the first five minutes of the game and taking that lead into the first intermission. But DeMatha scored six unanswered goals beginning early in the second period and added an insurance goal late to defeat the Knights, 7-3, on Wednesday afternoon at Medstar Iceplex in Arlington, Va.

Sam Segar got O’Connell on the scoreboard just 45 seconds into the game when he took advantage of a defensive turnover and put a backhand shot over the pad of DeMatha goalie Dominc Sciorilli. Max Davies struck at 4:29 after Bryan Wiggins drew two defenders to him and passed off to his unmarked teammate who wristed a shot over Sciorilli’s shoulder.