PHILADELPHIA – Fresh off a thrilling overtime contest against No. 2 Penn State last Saturday, the University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team is primed for the 2020 Philly 4 Lacrosse Classic this weekend. The No. 9/9 Quakers welcome No. 14/14 Villanova to campus on Friday, March 6, before hitting the road to face Saint Joseph's on Sunday, March 8.
 
The Philly 4 Lacrosse Classic features the Quakers, Villanova, Saint Joseph's and Drexel.
 
GAME 4 - #9/9 PENN (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. #14/14 VILLANOVA (3-2)
Friday, March 6 | 7:30 p.m.
Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA
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GAME 5 - #9/9 PENN (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. SAINT JOSEPH'S (4-1)
Sunday, March 8 | 2:30 p.m.
Sweeney Field | Philadelphia, PA
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The Penn-Villanova Series
* The Quakers and Wildcats are playing for the 30th time overall and the third year in a row. Penn leads the all-time series, 18-11.
 
* The series started back in 1988 with the Red and Blue scoring a 15-4 victory.
 
* Penn won last year's meeting, 13-11, thanks to scoring the first six goals of the game.  
 
The Penn-Saint Joseph's Series
* The Quakers and Hawks are playing for the 17th time overall and the 11th year in a row. Penn leads the all-time series, 14-2.
 
* Penn won the first 12 meetings in the series history.
 
* The Red and Blue won last year's contest, 13-6, behind seven combined goals from Adam Goldner and Dylan Gergar.
 
Stuff You Should Know
*Penn went 12-4 last year, tying the program record for wins in a season (also 1984). After an 0-3 start, the Quakers ripped off 12 wins in a row before falling to Yale in the NCAA quarterfinal round.
 
*Penn went 6-0 in the Ivy League regular season last year, just its second unbeaten campaign (the other coming in 1984); the Quakers then beat Brown and Yale to win the Ivy League Tournament, becoming just the third team to go 8-0 through an Ivy campaign (also Cornell in 2011 and Yale in 2017).
 
*Sophomore Sam Handley was the Inside Lacrosse National Freshman of the Year as well as a unanimous choice as Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season. In IL's preseason pick of the top 10 Tewaaraton Award candidates for 2020, Handley was listed fifth.
 
*Penn head coach Mike Murphy was recipient of the F. Morris Touchstone Division I Coach of the Year award presented by the USILA last year, as well as the Ivy League Coach of the Year.
 
*After playing the Ivy League Tournament at Columbia the last two years—a neutral site, as the Lions do not field a varsity men's lacrosse program—the ILT will move to Hofstra's James M. Shuart Stadium this May 1 and 3.
 
*Penn's captains for the 2020 season will be senior attackman Adam Goldner and senior defenseman Kyle Thornton.
 
* Penn is playing a ranked team for the fourth straight tilt.
 
Penn Men's Lacrosse by the Numbers
2 • Penn players who were named to the Preseason USILA All-America Teams, sophomore Sam Handley on the first team and senior FOGO Kyle Gallagher on the second team.
 
3 • Penn players who were named to the Preseason Inside Lacrosse All-America Teams: Handley (first team), Gallagher (second team), and senior defenseman Mark Evanchick (third team).
 
3 • Goals scored by junior Jack Schultz last weekend. His three markers were a career-high.
 
4 • Penn players who were named to the USILA All-America Teams following last season: Handley (first team), Gallagher (third team), Evanchick (third team), and senior attackman Adam Goldner (honorable mention).
 
5 • Goals scored by Dylan Gergar last Saturday against Penn State. The five goals were a new career-high. He also added an assist for six points against the Nittany Lions.  
 
6 • Penn players who received All-Ivy honors last season: Handley (first team), Evanchick (first team), Goldner (second team), Gallagher (second team), senior defenseman Kyle Thornton (honorable mention) and sophomore LSM BJ Farrare (honorable mention).
 
8 • Points recorded by Sean Lulley (2g/6a) last Saturday against Penn State. His eight points were a new career-high. He has set new career-highs in points in each of the last three games. Lulley also currently ranks second in the nation in points per game (7.00).
 
11 • Saves made last Saturday by sophomore goalkeeper Patrick Burkinshaw, who transferred to Penn from NCAA champion University of Virginia over the summer.
 
13 • Number of players that have scored a goal this season.
 
14.33 • The number of ground balls per game that Kyle Gallagher is averaging this season, which is tops in the country.
 
26 • Number of faceoffs won by Kyle Gallagher last Saturday versus Penn State. Gallagher won 26 of 39 faceoffs. His 26 wins were a new career-high
 
28 • Consecutive games in which Goldner has recorded at least one goal/point, dating back to the 2018 season; his goal-scoring streak is tied for sixth-longest in the country among NCAA Division 1 players; he added to that streak with a goal last Saturday against Penn State.
 
56 • Goals scored by Goldner last season, a program record for a single campaign; he enters Saturday's game with 99 career goals, sixth on Penn's all-time list and just three behind fifth-place John Shoemaker (101 from 1984-87).
 
62.5 • Gallagher's faceoff win percentage last year, as he won 270 out of 432 draws on the X and came up with 169 ground balls which was three shy of the program's single-season record. (Chris Flynn had 172 in 1988.)
 
76 • Wins at Penn by head coach Mike Murphy; he is the winningest coach in program history, surpassing the legendary Tony Seaman with the Quakers' NCAA Championship first-round win over Army last season.
 
100 • Career goals scored by Adam Goldner. Last Saturday, he became the sixth player in program to score 100 career markers.
 
124 • Combined points scored last season by Goldner (63) and Handley (61); Goldner's total is third on Penn's single-season list, while Handley's is fifth.
 
239 • Penn's goal total over 16 games last season, shattering (by 51!) the program record of 188 which was set over 15 games by the Quakers' 1988 NCAA semifinal team.