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Women's Lacrosse

#14 WLAX Clashes With Dartmouth in Regular-Season Finale

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 14 University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team hosts its regular-season finale on Saturday, taking on Dartmouth in Penn Park. Start time is set for 1 p.m.
 
GAME 15: PENN (10-4, 6-0 Ivy League) vs DARTMOUTH (6-8, 3-3 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 29 | 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | Penn Park
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SERIES AGAINST DARTMOUTH
*The Quakers are meeting the Big Green for the 47th time in program history. Dartmouth holds a slight edge in the series, 24-22.
 
*The two squads have an even 11-11 record when playing each other in Philadelphia.
 
*The Quakers have won the past two matchups, last season in Hanover and prior to the pandemic in 2019 during the Ivy League tournament.
 
*Penn Park has played host for the matchup twice in program history with the Quakers earning the win the last time, 8-7, back in 2013.
 
*Penn is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings.
 
LAST TIME WE MET
*The Quakers topped the Big Green last season on the road, 12-4, behind a career performance from Keeley Block. As a freshman, she dropped a game-high eight points with four goals and four assists.
 
*Anna Brandt also had four goals, while defender Grace Fujinaga scored her first collegiate goal during the first quarter.
 
*Penn went a perfect 19-for-19 on clear attempts.
 
*The Quakers forced the Big Green into 17 turnovers, seven of which were caused. Sophie Davis and Madison Jiranek led the team with two caused turnovers each.
 
*The defense holding Dartmouth to four goals matched the lowest total for the season, a mark they did in the season opener against Delaware, 15-4.
 
ABOUT THE BIG GREEN
*Dartmouth remains in the hunt for a spot in the Ivy League tournament after topping then-No. 24 Princeton last Saturday on Senior Day, 15-14. The Big Green overcame an 8-5 first-half deficit with 10 goals in the final two quarters.
 
*After falling in their first three Ivy matchups, the Big Green have won their last three over Brown (16-9), Columbia (16-8), and Princeton (15-14).
 
*Katina Christensen leads the team with 31 goals, ranking ninth in the Ivy League.
 
*Goalkeeper Gisele Todd ranks second in the conference in saves per game (8.57), totaling 120 in nearly 800 minutes of work.
 
PENN'S LAST TIME OUT
*The Quakers officially claimed the Ivy League title outright last Saturday at Brown, cruising to an 18-5 victory in Providence.
 
* With the victory, head coach Karin Corbett reached her 250th win at Penn.
 
*Senior Niki Miles ripped off a career-high nine points on seven goals and two assists to lead the offense. She is up to 46 goals and 11 assists for 57 points, moving her quickly up the single season record book. She currently ranks 14th in points and sixth in goals for a single season in program history. The program record in goals is 58, set in 1981 by Julie Heller and tied again in 2015 by Tory Bensen. Additionally, she extends her scoring streak to 15 games while remaining the only Quaker to score in all 14 contests this season.
 
*Miles also led the team in draws for the day with seven, while Aly Feeley pulled in five. The Quakers won the draw game, 19-8.
 
*There were nine Quakers that recorded at least a point in the game, including a five-point performance by sophomore Anna Brandt and four by sophomore Erika Chung. Brandt finished with four goals and an assist, while Chung added a goal and four assists.
 
*Junior Maria Themelis (2g) and senior Kennon Moon (1g, 1a) wrapped up the multi-point games. Themelis is currently riding a 12-game scoring streak, finding the back of the net in every contest this season except for the first two against La Salle and Johns Hopkins.
 
*Although the Bears scored the first two goals of the game, the backline held strong for 37 scoreless minutes after that, while giving up just three shots on target. Penn caused seven turnovers in the game led by sophomore Natasha Gorriaran and senior Grace Fujinaga with two each. The duo also paced the team in ground balls, each scooping three.
 
*Back in the net, senior Kelly Van Hoesen had a stellar 60-minute outing with six saves while surrendering just five goals. It's the second lowest amount of the season, only behind her clean sheet against La Salle in the season opener. She earned her 10th win of the season, maintaining a league-leading 10.21 goals-against average and 99 saves.
 
NOTES
*With Penn's victory against then-No. 24 Princeton, they sealed up the top seed in the Ivy League tournament the first weekend in May. As the top seed, the Quakers will host the tournament in Penn Park.
 
*The Quakers are riding a five-game win streak, including two victories over top-25 opponents (No. 13 Yale, No. 24 Princeton).
 
*The Quakers lead almost every offensive category in the Ivy League: goals per game (14.43), assists per game (6.07), points per game (20.50), shots per game (34.07), and shots on goal per game (25.86).
 
*On the other side of the field, the backline and Van Hoesen boast the third-best goals-against average in the league at 10.26.
 
*Miles ranks atop the Ivy League with 3.29 average goals per game, sitting with a league-leading 46 goals. She also ranks second in the conference in points per game (4.07), totaling a team-high 57.
 
*Miles is seventh in the country for shots on goal per game (8.29) and second in shots on goal per game (6.50).
 
*Chung ranks second in the Ivy League with 2.07 average assists per game, leading the squad with 29 this season.
 
*Defensively, Rohr leads the league in caused turnovers per game (1.50), while Sophie Davis is fourth in ground balls per game (2.29). Rohr isn't fair behind Davis in the same category, sitting sixth with 2.14.
 
*Van Hoesen ranks second in the league in goals-against average (10.21) with over 840 minutes of protection.
 
*Corbett is in her 24th season at the helm, owning 250 of the program's 403 wins.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Madison Jiranek

#20 Madison Jiranek

A
5' 6"
Senior
Keeley Block

#24 Keeley Block

A
5' 3"
Sophomore
Anna Brandt

#8 Anna Brandt

M
5' 7"
Sophomore
Erika Chung

#14 Erika Chung

A
5' 4"
Sophomore
Sophie Davis

#13 Sophie Davis

D
5' 3"
Junior
Aly Feeley

#4 Aly Feeley

M
5' 9"
Junior
Grace Fujinaga

#36 Grace Fujinaga

D
5' 3"
Senior
Natasha Gorriaran

#11 Natasha Gorriaran

M
5' 7"
Sophomore
Niki Miles

#23 Niki Miles

A
5' 8"
Senior
Kennon Moon

#12 Kennon Moon

A
5' 5"
Senior
Maria Themelis

#2 Maria Themelis

M
5' 5"
Junior
Kelly Van Hoesen

#52 Kelly Van Hoesen

GK
5' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Madison Jiranek

#20 Madison Jiranek

5' 6"
Senior
A
Keeley Block

#24 Keeley Block

5' 3"
Sophomore
A
Anna Brandt

#8 Anna Brandt

5' 7"
Sophomore
M
Erika Chung

#14 Erika Chung

5' 4"
Sophomore
A
Sophie Davis

#13 Sophie Davis

5' 3"
Junior
D
Aly Feeley

#4 Aly Feeley

5' 9"
Junior
M
Grace Fujinaga

#36 Grace Fujinaga

5' 3"
Senior
D
Natasha Gorriaran

#11 Natasha Gorriaran

5' 7"
Sophomore
M
Niki Miles

#23 Niki Miles

5' 8"
Senior
A
Kennon Moon

#12 Kennon Moon

5' 5"
Senior
A
Maria Themelis

#2 Maria Themelis

5' 5"
Junior
M
Kelly Van Hoesen

#52 Kelly Van Hoesen

5' 8"
Senior
GK