PHILADELPHIA – The nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team concludes the non-conference portion of its schedule on Tuesday night, hosting Philly 4 opponent Saint Joseph's at 5 p.m. at Franklin Field.
 
#12 Penn (5-2, 1-0 Ivy League) vs. Saint Joseph's (3-3, 0-0 A10)
Tuesday, March 19 | 5 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | Franklin Field
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Last Time Out
*#12 Penn opened Ivy League play over the weekend with an 11-6 win over Brown. Junior Tynan Walsh led the Quaker attack with four points, scoring twice and dishing out two assists.
 
*Senior Cam Rubin netted his second hat trick of the year, including the game-winning goal that slashed the final tie in the game at 3-3. Luke DiNola continued his hot start to his junior year campaign, scoring a pair of goals to bump his season total to 11. Ben Smith, Robert Schain, Anthony McMullan, and Casey Mulligan all contributed one to the scoresheet to even out Penn's scorers in the Ivy victory.
 
*On the other end of the field, goalkeeper Emmet Carroll recorded his third 16-save game of the season. The keeper held Brown to just six goals in the win, stopping 16 of the 22 shots he faced. The senior also tied his season-high in ground balls in the win, scooping up three.
 
Leading the Ivies
*Senior Carroll currently leads all Ivy League goalkeepers in saves per game, totaling 116 saves so far this season and averaging 14.50 saves per game. The Rye, N.Y. native is second among goalkeepers in save percentage, tallying a .592, and fourth in goals-against-average with 10.04.
 
*Junior Walsh sits in the top ten of the Ivy offensive stats, holding ninth in points per game (3.71) and sixth in assists per game (1.57).
 
*Defenseman Brendan Lavelle holds ninth in the conference in ground balls per game, scooping up 3.25 GBs per contest.
 
The Saint Joseph's Series
*The Quakers have a dominant hold on the series with the Hawks, leading 16-2 all-time.
 
*Penn is on a four-game run, with the past two contests being 13-12 overtime wins.
 
*Saint Joseph's last win in the series dates back to the 2018 season when the Hawks won 12-11 at Franklin Field.
 
Last Time We Met
*The Red and Blue left Hawk Hill victorious last March after Sam Handley netted the 13-12 overtime-winning goal.
 
*Midfielder Shipley dished out a career-high five goals, while Handley netted a team-leading four. Both Dylan Gergar and Rubin scored hat tricks to even out the multi-scorers in the win.
 
*Keeper Carroll stopped 14 shots, including a save late in the third quarter to keep it a one-goal deficit, which proved to be the difference in the end.
 
Scouting the Hawks
*The Hawks are on a three-game winning streak heading into Tuesday's matchup, with their latest win coming from a 15-8 contest against St. John's last Saturday.
 
*Carter Page leads the offense in points (18) and goals (16), while Levi Anderson has dished out a team-high six goals.
 
*Keepers Tommy Gross and Shayne Ryan have shared duties in the net, with Gross holding a 3-2 record, stopping 29 shots faced.
 
*Levi Verch has scooped up a Hawk-leading 28 ground balls and has caused a team-high ten turnovers.