PHILADELPHIA – The nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team returns to Franklin Field for the final home game of the regular season on Saturday, April 13, for a Senior Day showdown against #15 Harvard at 1 p.m.
#15 Harvard (7-2, 1-2 Ivy League) vs. #14 Penn (7-4, 3-1 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 13 | 1 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | Franklin Field
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Last Time Out
*Penn battled hard to the final draw last weekend in New Haven, dropping a close 12-9 battle to #11 Yale on Saturday.
*Seniors
Cam Rubin and
James Shipley scored a pair of goals each to co-lead the Quakers' offensive efforts against the Bulldogs.
*Defenseman
Tyler Kuehl scored the Red and Blue's first long pole goal of the year in the second half to account for his first collegiate goal to highlight the scoring.
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Luke DiNola,
Connell Kumar,
Griffin Scane, and
Ben Smith all hit the back of Yale's net once to account for the other scorers in the contest.
*On the other end of the field, goalkeeper
Emmet Carroll kept Penn in the game the entire 60 minutes, tallying his fifth 16-save game of the season against Yale. Carroll also scooped up two GBs, caused a turnover, and assisted Kuehl's goal to record his first collegiate point in the battle with the Bulldogs.
That's Our Keeper
*Senior Carroll is the only goalkeeper in all of DI NCAA men's lacrosse who holds a save percentage above .600, docking a .601 to lead the nation.
Leading the Ivies
*Keeper Carroll currently leads all Ivy League goalkeepers in saves per game, totaling 159 saves on the season and averaging 14.58 per game. The Rye, N.Y. native is also second among goalkeepers in save percentage (.591) and third in goals-against-average (10.03).
*Junior
Tynan Walsh sits in the top ten of multiple offensive stats, holding sixth in assists per game (1.45) and tenth in points per game (3.27).
*Defender Lavelle cracked the top ten in the conference in caused turnovers per game (sixth), forcing opponents to cause 1.33 per contest.
The Series with Harvard
*The all-time series between these Ivy foes is tied, with each team holding 34 wins coming into Saturday's top 15 clash.
*The Quakers are on a nine-game win streak against the Crimson that stretches back to the 2013 season.
*Harvard has not left University City with a win since the 2006 campaign.
Last Time We Met
*The Red and Blue dominated last year in Cambridge, scoring six goals in the third quarter to help bring a 15-9 victory back to Philadelphia.
*Attackman Rubin led the offense with five points, including four goals off eight shots on net.
*Four Quakers in
Sam Handley,
Gabe Furey, Shipley, and Smith each tallied a pair of tallies to even out the multi-goals scorers against the Crimson.
*Defenseman
Peter Blake led the defense with four caused turnovers, while faceoff specialists
Chris Arceri and
Ethan Costanzo each scooped up five ground balls.
Scouting the Crimson
*Harvard brings its first Ivy League win of the year into Saturday's meeting after topping Dartmouth 13-7 last weekend.
*Sam King leads the Crimson's offense in goals (28), assists (32), and points (60). The junior sist second in the conference in points (6) and assists (3.2) per game.
*Goalkeeper Christian Barnard brings 117 total saves and a .513 save percentage into the battle.
*Andrew DeGennaro has controlled the X for Harvard, going 97-223 while tallying a team-high 49 ground balls.
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