PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team concludes its regular season on Saturday, making the long trip north to face off with Dartmouth at noon. Coming off a an 11-7 win over Harvard last Saturday and a 12-11 non-conference loss to local rival Saint Joseph's on Tuesday night at Franklin Field, the Quakers still have plenty to play for as an Ivy League Tournament spot is still available with a win.
 
Saturday's game will air worldwide on the subscription-based Ivy League Network (ILN), now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app for Android and Apple devices.
 
The Series
The Quakers lead the Big Green overall, 43-27, and have won five in a row. Last year, Penn took a 9-4 decision at Franklin Field, and two years ago the Red and Blue won, 11-4, in Hanover. The last Dartmouth win in the series happened in Hanover in 2012, a 7-6 win, and the Green also won 15-11 in Hanover in 2010.
 
About Dartmouth
The Big Green (2-9, 0-4 Ivy) took a 24-13 loss to Princeton last Saturday, just a few days after falling to UMass Lowell in overtime, 9-8. Following Saturday's game, Dartmouth will close out Ivy play next weekend at Brown. George Prince leads the Big Green attack with team highs in assists (16) and points (31), while Ben Martin has a team-leading 20 goals and Jack Korzelius—a second-team All-Ivy pick last year—has scored 19 times. Matt Paul has 11 goals. Overall, six players are in double figures in points. Austin Meacham was honorable mention All-Ivy last year. At the other end, Christopher George (.513 save percentage) and Alex Burnley (.364) have split the minutes so far this season with Burnley getting the minutes most recently.
 
Keating, McGeary Selected in MLL Draft
Seniors Connor Keating and Kevin McGeary were taken in the Major League Lacrosse Draft, which was held Wednesday night. Keating was the program's highest pick ever, going eighth overall in the first round to the Denver Outlaws. McGeary, meanwhile, was the first pick in the sixth round, 46th overall, to the Boston Cannons.
 
SENIOR CLASS AWARD: Vote For Connor!
Senior Connor Keating was recently named one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award. Fans can vote for Connor once a day every day through May 14 by going to www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/lacrosse_2018/.
 
About Penn
*Following its 11-7 win over Harvard last Saturday, Penn is back in the USILA national coaches poll this week at No. 20.
 
*Penn has two players on this year's Tewaaraton Award Watch List, Keating and junior Simon Mathias. Keating also was recently named Midseason All-America Honorable Mention by Inside Lacrosse.
 
*Mathias continues to lead the Quakers with 41 points (24g, 17a) after recording three goals last Saturday vs. Harvard.
 
*In addition, Mathias' point-scoring streak is up to 41 games which is every game of his college career, and his 18-game goal-scoring streak is tied for the second-longest in the country.
 
*Only a junior, Mathias already is 12th on Penn's all-time points list with 128; he needs seven to tie Corey Winkoff (2008-11) for 11th place. His 80 career goals are tied for 11th place, shared at this time by Todd Minerly (1998-2000) and Michael Page (1975-77).
 
*Senior Kevin McGeary has had nine points in the last week—4 vs. Harvard, 5 vs. Saint Joseph's—giving him 35 this season (26g, 9a).
 
*Like Mathias, McGeary recently hit triple digits in career points and is currently at 115 (78g, 32a). His 82 goals are 10th all-time, one behind Ryan Taylor (1990-93) for ninth and three behind Vern Briggs (1992-95) for eighth.
 
*Sophomore Adam Goldner also had a four-point game against Harvard, and he has 23 goals on the season as well as three assists for 26 points.
 
*Junior Tyler Dunn, who scored three unassisted goals on Tuesday against Saint Joseph's, has 23 goals and two assists this season.
 
*Freshman Sean Lulley had a season/career high of three points against Cornell, scoring once and dishing off two assists. He now has 12 points this season (6g, 6a). Senior Reilly Hupfeldt (7g, 3a) and junior Joe Licciardi (4g, 6a) both have ten points.
 
*Penn has had two long poles score this season, as All-America candidate Keating scored against Michigan and Yale—amazingly, his 29th and 30th career goals—while Jack Ullrich tallied against Maryland. In the Duke win, Keating had two assists including a feed on the winner.
 
*Overall, Penn has had 15 different goal scorers this season and 18 players record at least a point.
 
*At the other end, junior Reed Junkin—the 2016 co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year with teammate Mathias—has a .496 save percentage and a 9.65 goals-against average. He had 13 saves and allowed just seven goals last Saturday against Harvard.